LEARNING POWERPOINT

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POWERPOINT VIEWS View is the mode in which the presentation appears

on the screen.

Normal View is composed of three working areas that allows you to work on various aspects of the presentation simultaneously Outline and Slide Slide Pane Notes pane

Slide Sorter displays all the slides in the presentation

Slide Show View fills the entire screen and allows you to view the presentation just as the

DESIGN TEMPLATES AND LAYOUTS Design Template provides consistency in design and color

throughout the entire presentation including: Color Schemes Layout or Style Font and Font Size Effects

The first slide in a new PowerPoint presentation is the Title. Introduces the presentation to the audience

  To change the slide layout go to the Home Tab > Slides group  To change the design of the slide go to the Design Tab >

Themes Group

If a slide layout or design is changed the text and object stays the same and the objects are repositioned

TEXT ATTRIBUTES

Font Group on the Home tab and in Font Dialog Box Color

Light color text on dark background. Dark color text on light background. Readability when projected.

Effects Underline, shadow, superscript, and subscript.

Style Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic.

TEXT ATTRIBUTES (CONTINUED)

Font Maximum of two font styles or effects in a slide

show. Ease of viewing. Uniformity in capitalization and grammar. Same font style throughout presentation.

Size Height of character. Point is 1/72 of an inch.

SLIDES

Placeholders Boxes that automatically display when you

create a slide. All slide except the Blank slide layout will have a placeholder.

Text and Content Areas Surrounded by dotted outline. Number of areas depend on the slide layout

selected.

CHOOSING A DOCUMENT TEMPLATE

Blank Presentation (Default)Use the blank design (Office Theme)

to concentrate on the words and message before adding color and design.

Document Theme (Design)Provides consistency in design and

color throughout entire presentation.

CREATING A TITLE SLIDE

Title Slide Layout (default) Presentation Title Presentation Subtitle

CREATING ADDITIONAL SLIDES

To add a New slide click on the New slide button on the home tab

Select a Layout Change the slide layout through

Layout in Slides group

Reset a slide

Delete a slide

BULLETED LISTS

To create a bulleted listed press Tab Increase indent

Icon Tab 

Decrease indent Icon Shift Tab

OUTLINE TAB

 The Outline tab provides a quick and easy way to create a presentation.

An outline created in Word can be uploaded and will create a basic PowerPoint

GRAPHICS AND MORE

Insert tab, Illustrations group Picture Clipart

Should enhance the slide. Photo Album

Insert tab, Media Clips group Movie Sound

TEXT BOXES

Insert tab, Text group, Text Box Text Box

Pointer will change to crosshair. Draw box. Drag sizing handles to correct size. Drag and drop to desired location. Format with font, font size, and font style.

ADDING SHAPES

Insert tab, Illustrations group Shapes SmartArt Charts

Insert tab, Text group Header & Footer WordArt Symbol Object

HYPERLINKS & ACTION BUTTONS  Insert tab, Links group, Hyperlink

Connection from a slide to another slide, a custom show, a Web page, or a file.

Can be text or an object such as a picture, graph, shape, or WordArt.

Insert tab, Links group, Action Add an action to the selected object.

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ACTION BUTTONS Insert tab, Illustrations group, Shapes

Ready-made button that you can insert into your presentation and define hyperlinks. Select button from Action Buttons menu. Draw button. Drag sizing handles to correct size. Drag and drop to desired location. Select appropriate action for button.

HEADER AND FOOTERS

To add a header or footer go to the Insert Tab > Text group

Headers and Footers can be added to Slides Notes and Handouts

ANIMATION

Animations tab, Animations group Visual effects applied to text or content.

Each line can appear in a variety of ways as it displays on screen.

Object can exit in a variety of ways.

Animations tab, Animations group Custom Animation

Use a variety of entrances, emphasis, exit, and motion paths to enhance slide show.

TRANSITION

Animations tab, Transition to This Slide group Used to progress from one slide to another. Add sound and select speed of transition. Maximum of two different animation effects in

one presentation.

RUNNING A PRESENTATION

Slide Show tab, Start Slide Show group, From Beginning OR F5 Computer acts like a slide projector. Slide is displayed on a full screen. Can start from current slide. Can be run manually or timed.

End on Black Slide

PRINTING & SAVING

Office Button, Print Print What

Slides, Handouts, Note Pages, Outline View

Color/Grayscale Color, Grayscale, Pure Black and White

PowerPoint is saved as a .pptx