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PowerPoint 2007 – Walkthrough
Views
• Normal view
• Slide Sorter view
• Notes Page view
• Slide Show view
• Master views:
– Slide
– Handout
– Notes
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Normal View
1. Outline tabTo print a hard copy of an
outline of your presentation,
Print > Outline view
2. Slides tabThumbnails make it easy for
you to navigate see effects of
any design changes.
3. Slide paneDisplays a large slide view
4. Notes pane
Type notes here
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Slide Sorter View
• Provides you with a view of
your slides in thumbnail form
• Makes it easy to sort and
organize the sequence of
your slides
• Helps to prepare your
presentation for printing
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Masters View
• Includes:
– Slide
– Handout
– Notes view
• Store information about the presentation,
including
– Background, color, fonts, effects, placeholder sizes
and positions
• Key benefit
– Ability to make universal style changes to every
slide, notes page, or handout
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Start a New Presentation
• Microsoft Office Button > New
• Choose an option (only a fragment of which is shown here)
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Choose a Theme
• Click Design tab
• Select a thumbnail (this one is Flow)
• Preview appears on the slide
• Click More arrow for a full theme gallery
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Customizing the Theme
• Click Design tab
• Colors, Fonts, and Effects
• Background Styles
– Point to thumbnail for preview
• To apply your own background– Click Format Background
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Add Slides, Choose Layouts
• Home > New Slide
• Select a layout thumbnail
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Insert a Picture (1)
1. Insert Picture from File icon
or
2. Insert tab > Picture
3. The picture is positioned inside border
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Insert a Picture (2)
4. Select the picture
5. Picture Tools > Format
6. Use buttons and options there to work with
the picture
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Insert a Text Caption Box
• Insert > Text Box > Format
• Styles for text boxes and other shape
• Shapes Gallery
– Point to any style to show preview
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Insert an Organization Chart
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• Click SmartArt Org Chart Icon
1. Org charts adopts them from slides
2. Type in pane next to chart
3. Text maps to chart shapes
Printing the Presentation
1. Office button > Print > Print Preview
2. To change program-wide settings
– Click PowerPoint Options.
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Questions? Comments?
Contact: Mel Regnell
ext. 4217
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