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Table of Contents

– Create a presentation.

– Organize/animate a show.

– Customize a slide show.

• Introduction to PowerPoint

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Create a presentation

• To create anew PowerPoint presentation …

• launch the program, then …

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• Get to know the menu bar, tool bars, and view icons.

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Menu bar

Tool bars

View icons

Drawing tool bar

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• Choose “Create a new presentation”from this screen

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• On the next screen choose “From design template”

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• Previews of available formats appear in the right-hand panel

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Use the rules of design to

helpselect a good

template.

Use the rules of design to

helpselect a good

template.

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• Or go to Microsoft Office Online to download additional formats

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• For new presentations, the default selection is a title slide

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• To create a new slide or additional slides, use

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• or the New Slide button

• Insert/New Slide

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• single column

• double column

• bullet list plus graphics

• bullet list plus clip art

• organization chart

Create a presentation

• Choose the kind of slide you want from the Apply slide layout panel, which includes

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1. Click in text boxes and start typing.

• There are two basic ways to insert text:

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2. Use the Insert/Text Box command and position the cursor where the text should appear, or…

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3. Use the text box button on the bottom toolbar and position the cursor where the text should appear.

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– Click the Slide Sorter View button on the View icons bar.

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• “Slide Sorter View” lets you work with whole slides to delete, copy, or move slides.

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• “Slide Sorter View” also allows you to create transitions between slides.

Organize/Animate a show

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• To make bulleted items appear (called “build”) one at a time, click Slide Show/Custom Animation

Organize/Animate a show

and

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• Select the animation you want from the right-hand panel.

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objectcolor

textcolor

linecolor

insert Clip Art or

picture

insert text

draw a line, arrow, rectangle,

or ellipse

• Get to know the “Drawing” toolbar.

Customize a slide show.

* If the toolbar is not visible, goto “View/Toolbars/Drawing.”

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Customize a slide show.

• You can make your own template.

– Begin with a blank presentation

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Customize a slide show.

– View/Master/Slide Master

• From the menu choose:

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Customize a slide show.

• Change font characteristics (face, color, etc.); resize, reposition, add or delete text boxes.

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Customize a slide show.

• Whatever you do to the master will apply toevery slide.

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Some final observations

– Break any rule if you have a good reason.

– Observe copyright laws on photos and artwork.

– Have a purpose for everything that happens.

• You control every aspect of a slide’s design.

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For advice on how to make your slides attractive and inviting, view the PowerPoint Design Tips on Disk 1 of the SpeechMate 4.0 CD-ROM 2-CD set.