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Lesson 6 - MS PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a presentation program that allows users to create dynamic slideshows. It includes features like animation, narration, images, and videos. The workspace contains areas like the notes pane, slide pane, and thumbnail pane. Users can apply themes, add and format slides using different layouts, and insert slide transitions to control how slides appear on screen. The ribbon interface contains tabs and groups of commands for common tasks like saving files, printing, and applying slide effects.

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Lesson 6 - MS PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a presentation program that allows users to create dynamic slideshows. It includes features like animation, narration, images, and videos. The workspace contains areas like the notes pane, slide pane, and thumbnail pane. Users can apply themes, add and format slides using different layouts, and insert slide transitions to control how slides appear on screen. The ribbon interface contains tabs and groups of commands for common tasks like saving files, printing, and applying slide effects.

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Basics of

MS PowerPoint
What about PowerPoint?
• PowerPoint is a presentation program that allows you to create dynamic slide
presentations.

• Includes
➢ Animation
➢ Narration
➢ Images

➢ Videos

• Workspace
➢ Notes Pane
➢ Slide Pane
➢ Thumbnails
The Workspace

shows the full layout of


a slide

shows slide
thumbnails

used to input text relevant


to a specific slide
Working with PowerPoint
• Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar are where you will find the commands to perform
common tasks in PowerPoint.
• Backstage View gives you various options for saving, opening a file, printing, and sharing
your document.
Backstage View Quick Access Toolbar

Ribbon

• Slide View command to switch between different slide views.


The Ribbon
• Ribbon contains multiple tabs, each with several groups of commands.

Groups of commands

• Some groups also have a small arrow in the bottom-right corner that you can click for
even more options.
Applying Themes
• Themes are applied to have a distinctive look to the text, bullets, background colors, and
graphics in a presentation.
• To add a Theme:
1. Click the Design tab
2. Select one of the themes in the Themes group
3. To see more, click the dialog box launcher
Adding Slides
• Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and placeholders for all of the content that
appears on a slide.
• PowerPoint includes nine built-in slide layouts:
Adding Slides
• To add new slides:
1. Click the Home tab
2. Click on New Slide in the Slides group
3. Choose a slide layout

• PowerPoint has six types of content to choose from every slide.


Applying Slide Transitions
• Transitions is a special effect that determines how a slide appears as it enters or leaves
the screen.
• To apply Transitions:
1. Click the Transitions tab
2. Click on the drop down arrow in the Transition to This Slide group to see a listing of all available
transitions
3. Click on the transition you want to apply
4. Click on Apply to All to apply the transition effect to the entire presentation

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