Microsoft PowerPoint Basics

*******Creating a Presentation*******

by

Floyd Ingram

 

Start Up:

  1. Click on Microsoft PowerPoint on your PC desktop screen; if not there, click on Start, then Programs and look for it on list.
  2. When you click on Microsoft PowerPoint to launch it, the PowerPoint dialog box may appear (otherwise, the Slide dialog box appears…skip to no. 5).
  3. If the PowerPoint dialog box appears, select the Blank Presentation option button and click OK.
  4. When the Slide dialog box appears, choose an AutoLayout format.
  5. To begin, select the Title Slide layout and click OK.  The name Title Slide appears in the preview box.
  6. A Title Slide appears.

 

Adding text and images to a slide:

  1. To add text, click in the text box and type a title or other text.
  2. If no text box, click Insert, then Text Box and then click space where you want the text box placed on your slide.
  3. NOTE: text may be added from other documents using copy and paste between documents.
  4. To add an image, click on Insert and then Picture.
  5. Click on Clip Art or From File.
  6. If you clicked on From File, browse in Insert Picture window to locate image file on your PC (including diskette or CD).
  7. When you find image file, highlight it and click Insert.  The image is now inserted on the slide.

 

Adding a new slide:

  1. Click on Insert and then New Slide.
  2. Choose an AutoLayout format.
  3. This time, select the Title Only layout or other AutoLayout format with title and click OK.
  4. A Title Only Slide appears

 

Adding animations:

  1. For special effects on text or image, highlight text or image in slide, click on Slide Show, then Preset Animation or Custom Animation.
  2. If you selected Preset Animation, just select a special effect.
  3. If you selected Custom Animation, check a slide object, then Effects tab, select animation (and other options) and click OK.
  4. For Slide Transition, click on Slide Show, then Slide Transition, select effect, other options and click on Apply (to the slide on display) or Apply to All (all slides).

 

Using templates:

  1. Click on Format
  2. Click Apply Design Template.
  3. Highlight a template and click APPLY.

 

Setup Show:

  1. To apply an effect to a slide, a range of slides or all slides, click on Slide Show.
  2. Click on Slide Transition, make selections and click OK.

 

See also PDF copy.
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