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a simplistic introduction to .ppt
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POWER POINT
A QUICK PRESENTATION ABOUT PRESENTATIONS
.pptIS THE FORMAT FOR
PRESENTATIONS IN MICROSOFT OFFICE
What do you need to make a presentation?
• A projector• A laptop or pc• A copy of your presentation in a pen
drive or a cd or in the computer you are using
• Speakers if you have added audio into your ppt.
Power point is power point
• Made of slides• Each slide has points• Each point usually has a bullet before it• Each slide must have six points or less• Use a lot of visuals, pictures, animation
and graphs, diagrams, whenever necessary
HOW TO START Right click with the mouse on the screen
The document is created
• You can change the title of the presentation to anything you want
• Double click on this icon and the presentation will open.
This is how your presentation will look to begin with
When you click in the centre, the screen becomes like this
This is your first slide – the title slide
Add title here Text placeholder
SLIDE LAYOUT AND BACKGROUND
SLIDE LAYOUT• ALL THIS:• TITLE • SUB TITLE• PICTURES• TABLES • ARE CALLED
THE SLIDE LAYOUT
SLIDE BACKGROUND
• IS THE LOOK, • COLOUR, • THEME
CLICK IN ANY PLACEHOLDER AND START TYPING YOUR POINTS
• Font• Font size• Font color
•Bullet• Line spacing
Font • The font is a set
of type of one particular face and size• A style of
formation of letters and numbers of text
Choice of font depends on the
type of audience: formal or
informal, small or big, etc.
Standart fonts
• Use the same font set throughout your entire slide presentation,
• Serif font are said to be easier to read at small point sizes
Font size
• Must be readable
• Not too small
• Not too big
• Best size of font is
• text at a 28 or 32 point size,
• titles being 36 to 44 point size.
To choose a font go to Home>font>Times New Roman etc.
Default font is calibri
To make a new slide you can….
• Click on ‘New Slide’ above
• Or right click on pane on left and choose ‘New Slide’
• Or press Ctrl+m
Keyboard shortcuts
More keyboard shortcuts
Most important
KEY TERMS (IMPORTANT WORDS)
(1.) Slide - Slide Show
• Each page of a PowerPoint presentation is called a slide. The default orientation of the slide is in landscape layout, which means that the slide is 11" wide by 8 1/2" tall. Text, graphics and/or pictures are added to the slide to enhance its appeal.
(2) SLIDE DESIGN
2. The Ribbon• The ribbon, first introduced in PowerPoint
2007, is the strip of buttons across the top of the main window, and it replaces the toolbar in earlier versions of PowerPoint.
TOOLBARS
THE RIBBON
(3) Contextual Menus or Contextual Tabs
• were introduced in PowerPoint 2007. Instead of scrolling through the longer menus as in previous versions of PowerPoint, once a topic is accessed, the ribbon changes to objects pertaining to that option.
(4) Slide Layouts - Slide Types• 4. Slide Layouts - Slide Types• The terms slide type or slide layout can be used
interchangeably. Types of layouts
• title slides• title and content slides• comparison slides• picture with caption slides• and more
(5 ) SLIDE VIEWSdifferent ways to see your presentation in
totality
• Normal view• Outline view
• Slide sorter view• Reading view • Notes page
SLIDE SORTER VIEW
NOTES PAGE
SLIDE SHOW
STARTS THE PRESENTATION – STARTS SHOWING THE SLIDES
(6) DESIGN THEMES
• Apply a Design Theme
• Click on the Design tab of the ribbon.
• Hover your mouse over any of the design theme icons shown..
• The design is reflected immediately on your slide, so you can see how it will look if you apply this design theme to your presentation.
• Click the design theme icon when you find one that suits your needs. This will apply that theme to your presentation
YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLOUR SCHEME OF YOUR DESIGN THEME
Transition or Slide TransitionSlide transitions
• Slide transitions are the visual movements as one slide changes to another.
(7) Animation or Custom Animation
• In Microsoft PowerPoint, animations are visual effects applied to individual items on the slide such as graphics, titles or bullet points, rather than to the slide itself
SLIDE MASTER
• THE DEFAULT DESIGN SCHEME FOR ALL PRESENTATIONS
BUSINESS SPEECHES
Qualities of a good speech
1. Clarity
2. Friendliness
3. Use recent and interesting examples
4. Brevity
5. Interesting
6. Based on the requirements of the audience
Qualities of a good speaker
• Energetic • Speaks clearly• Interacts with audience• Smiles and uses expressions a lot• Uses the hands effectively• Maintains eye contact• Looks at every part of the audience• Keeps calm• Knowledgeable• Well prepared
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
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