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Microsoft Powerpoint Exercises 1: Getting Started

The document provides instructions for completing basic tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, including creating a new presentation, adding title and subtitle slides, inserting bulleted lists, adding clipart, and inserting wordart.

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Microsoft Powerpoint Exercises 1: Getting Started

The document provides instructions for completing basic tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, including creating a new presentation, adding title and subtitle slides, inserting bulleted lists, adding clipart, and inserting wordart.

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Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Getting Started

Microsoft PowerPoint Exercises 1

Getting Started
Using the PowerPoint Window

Ribbon bar

Slide
Thumbnails

Slide Thumbnails Provides a quick way of getting to any slide in your presentation by
allowing you to click on a small picture of each slide.

Ribbon Bar Provides quick access to commonly used tools. The Ribbon replaces the
toolbar and menu bar used in earlier versions.

Screen View Buttons Provides a quick way to change between the different views used in
PowerPoint.

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Creating a New Presentation


Exercise 1. Creating a Title Slide
The first slide in a presentation is usually a Title slide, and is used to
introduce your presentation.
1) If PowerPoint is not already started, then start it and a new blank
presentation will be created. If you don’t already have a blank
presentation open then create one by pressing [Ctrl][N] or by clicking the
File tab and then clicking New.
You should have a title slide like the one shown below.

2) Click in the space labelled Click to add title. Type the name of your favourite style of music. E.g.
Rock, Trance or R&B.
3) Click in the space labelled Click to add subtitle. Type your name, press [Enter] and then type the
name of your class. E.g. “Year 8 Computing”.

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Your slide should now look like the example below

Before we continue we’ll save the file.


4) Save the file using one of the following methods.
 Click the Save icon in the Quick Access Toolbar in the top left section of the screen.
 Press [Ctrl] [S] on your keyboard.
 Click the File tab on the Ribbon and then click
5) For the name of the file enter Music Presentation (PowerPoint will automatically add .pptx on
the end of the filename so it doesn’t matter if you don’t type it yourself).
6) Make sure you have chosen a suitable location to save your file in and click the Save button.

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While you are working on the slideshow you can save changes by using any of the above methods.
Since you have already saved the file you won’t be asked for a filename or location again.
Tip It is a good idea to save regularly. You don’t want to lose good work if the computer has a
problem or the power turns off. Don’t wait to be told.

If you want to save a copy of the file in a different location or save it with a different file name you
can use one of the following methods.
 Click the File tab and then click
 Press [F12]

Exercise 2. Adding a Bulleted List


When presenting key points in a presentation, bulleted lists are often used. Bullets can be anything
from standard points like • to fancier symbols like ☺. In the next exercise, you will be creating a
slide which includes a bulleted list.
1) Click the New Slide button on the Ribbon (right under the Home tab). You can also Press
[Ctrl] [M] instead of clicking on the button.

Note If you don’t see the New Slide button, it may be because you have a Ribbon Tab other than
Home selected.

If you click the bottom part of the button, you will see a list of choices for the new slide. Stick with
clicking on the top part for now.
2) A new slide will appear and a second slide thumbnail will appear on the left of the screen. The
new slide should look like the one below.

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3) Click in the area labelled Click to add title. Type Reasons why I like and then type the name of
your favourite style of music.
4) Click in the area labelled Click to add text. Type a reason why you like the chosen style of music.
Press Enter to begin a new line and type another. The new line will automatically be formatted
with a bullet point at the beginning. Enter between 3 and 5 reasons for liking that type of music.
Your slide should end up looking similar to the one shown below.

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Exercise 3. Adding a ClipArt Slide


“A picture is worth a thousand words”. Pictures not only add visual interest but also assist in getting
your message across. Clipart is used to add pictures to your presentations. With PowerPoint you have
a choice of several layouts that include clipart.
1) Click on the Bottom part of the New Slide button. This time you should see a range of
slide layouts displayed.
2) From the list of layouts click on Two Content as shown to the right.
A new slide will be created that has a heading above 2 content boxes.
Tip If you forget to choose the slide layout when you create a slide, or if you
change your mind afterward, you can click the button on the Home tab
of the Ribbon bar to change the layout of the current slide.

Your new slide should look like the one below

3) Click in the title and type Popular [your music style] Artists.
4) Click in the left content area and enter 3 to 6 well known artists for that style.
The middle of the right content area displays some icons that can be used to
quickly add certain types of content such as pictures and charts.
5) Click the Clip Art icon.
The Clip Art Task Pane will appear down the right side of the screen.

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Under Search for:, enter a word that might be suitable for
finding a picture that fits your chosen type of music and
click the Go button.

6) The space in the bottom part of the Task Pane will


display a list of matching results with a small version
of each image displayed. Find an image you like and
click on it to insert it in the content area.
If you would rather use a picture you have saved
then click the Insert Picture from File icon to
browse for the file.

Your slide should look similar to the example below.

Note Don’t forget to save regularly. PowerPoint stopped working on my computer as I was
working on this but I’d just saved so I didn’t have to do those last 2 slides all over again. 

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Exercise 4. Adding a WordArt Slide


Word art is used to create special effects with text that you
cannot achieve with the regular fort formatting options. You can
create curves, angles, waves, 3-D effects and more.
1) Create a new slide and set the layout to Blank. You should
now have a slide that is completely empty.
2) Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon bar.

3) Click the WordArt icon. A list of WordArt styles will appear.

4) Click on a style that you like the look of.


5) Change the text in the WordArt box to a short phrase describing your chosen music.

You can select the text in the WordArt and change the text style using the font options under the Home
tab of the Ribbon bar.

6) You can also change the WordArt style. While the WordArt is selected, a Format tab will appear on
the Ribbon bar. Click the Format tab to view the WordArt formatting options.

7) Try some of the options to change the way your WordArt looks (Many of the most creative
options can be found by clicking on ).
8) Save the changes to your file.

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