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Creating a Presentation

1.2 Click Blank Presentation

1.1 Double Click the PowerPoint icon

on the desktop

Or

Click on the start menu

Type “PowerPoint” into the search

box

Click on the PowerPoint icon

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How To Save A File To Your Personal Drive.

Step 1: Save/Save As

Step 2: Save As And Choosing Where to Save

Step 3: Finding Your Personal Drive

1.1 Click File

2.1 Click Save As

2.2 Click Computer

2.3 Click Browse

3.1 In the pop up

window that

appears, scroll

down and click

on Computer

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Step 4: Finding Your Personal Drive

Step 5: Creating New Folders

4.1 Click on Computer 4.2 Double Click on your

Personal drive

5.2. When the new folder

appears, name it by typing

If you need to rename an existing

folder, right click on the folder and

left click on rename.

When finished hit Enter on your

keyboard

5.1 Click on New Folder

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Step 6: Saving Inside The Folder You Created

Step 7: Naming the File You Are Saving

6.1 Double Click on the

folder you created

7.1 Give the file you are saving a

name by typing in this box

7.2 Click on the save button to

save the file

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Step 8: Saving Changes To The File

Alternative Step 8: Saving Changes To The File

Step 9: Saving Changes To The File

8.1 Once a file has been saved to

your personal drive, any

changes/updates can be saved by

clicking this icon. This will update

the file in your Personal Drive

Alternatively you can use the

keyboard shortcut “CTRL+S”

8.1 Alternatively you can

click File

9.1 Click Save

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Inserting a New Side

1.1 Click the Home Tab

1.3 Click New Slide

1.2 Choose the

slide layout

you wish to

insert

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Changing the Layout of a Slide

1.1 Click the Home Tab 1.2 Click Layout

1.3 Choose the

slide layout

you wish to

apply to your

slide

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Inserting And Editing An Image

Step 1: Inserting an Image from your Personal Drive

Or If your slide does not have a content box, click the insert tab and the insert picture icon.

1.1 Click on the insert image

from file icon

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Step 2: Navigating to the Picture You Want to Insert

2.1 By default your Picture

Library folder appears in

the pop up window

2.2 Scroll down and left click on Computer

2.2 Scroll down and left click on Computer

2.3 Double click on your personal drive

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2.4 Double click on the folder/subfolders that contains the images. (If the

folder contains more folders, keep double clicking until you find the

image contains folders inside in folders, repeat until you have

2.5 If this folder contains more folders inside it (subfolders), double click on

the subfolder to open them. Repeat until you find the image you wish

to insert

2.6 Click on the image you wish to insert.

2.7 Click the Insert button.

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Step 3: Manipulating the image. Resize, Rotate and Move

3.1 Notice that a new tab appears, the

Format Tab

This tab appears when a picture or

shape is selected.

This tab shows all the icons that are

used to change/alter an image/shape

3.2 You can precisely resize the selected

image here

3.3 Handles (little dots) appear when the

image is selected

3.5 You can manually resize an image by

clicking and dragging a handle

3.4 You can rotate an image by clicking

and dragging the rotation handle

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Step 4: Moving an Image

Click on the image, your mouse cursors will now appear with a cross hair. To move the image left

click and hold down the button while you drag the image into the desired location.

Step 4: Cropping an image

Cropping an image allows you to trim the image.

Click on the image you wish to crop.

The format tab will appear, Click it and click the Crop icon.

Black crop handle appear at the corners and middle of the image. Click and drag on these

crop handles to trim off the unwanted parts of the image. The part being cropped appears

greyed out.

Click the crop button again to finalise the crop.

4.1 When the image is selected/clicked

on the format tab appears 4.2 Click the crop icon

4.3 Crop handle

appear. Clcik and drag

on the crop handle to

trim the image

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Step 5: Artistic Effects

Artistic effects change how an image appears.

Click on the image you wish to apply an artistic effect to.

The format tab will appear, Click it and click the Artistic effects icon.

A drop down pane showing various artistic effects appear. Hover your mouse over the

artistic effect you wish to apply.

A temporary preview of the effect is applied to the image. Moving your mouse away

removes the preview. To apply the artistic effect click on the effect.

5.1 When the image is selected/clicked

on the Format Tab appears

5.2 Click the Artistic

Effects icon

5.3 Hover your mouse over an

artistic effect to see a

temporary preview of the

effect is applied to the image.

Moving your mouse away

removes the preview. To

apply the artistic effect click

on the effect

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Step 6: Image Corrections

6.1 The Corrections and Color

Icons allows you to brighten

or darken an image and

change the colour of an

image. They are applied the

same way an Artistic effect is

applied.

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Step 7: Picture Styles

7.1 A Picture Style changes

the shape or border around

an image. To apply a Picture

Style click on the more icon

and click on the picture style

you wish to apply

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Step 8: Background Removal

7.1 Click the Remove Background icon.

7.2 A rectangle appears

around the image. Resize the

rectangle to fine tune what

areas to remove.

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Inserting a Video

Step 8: Inserting a Video From Youtube

Or

8.1 Click the Insert Tab

8.2 Click the Video Tab

and click Online Video

8.1 If your slide has a

content box, click the

Online Video Icon

8.2 Search for the

Video you wish to

Insert.

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8.3 Click on the video you want to insert

and click the Insert button

8.4 You can resize the Video by using the

drag handles. The video will play when

you are viewing the slideshow

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Applying a Theme

1.1 Click the Design Tab

1.2 Click the More Icon

1.3 Click on the Theme

you wish to apply

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Applying Transitions

Transitions are animations between slides

Viewing the Slide Show

1.1 Click the Transitions Tab

1.3 Click on the Transition

you wish to apply

1.2 Click the slide you want to

apply the transition to

1.1 Click the Transitions Tab

1.2 Click From Beginning