Microsoft PowerPoint

What is PowerPoint?

 PowerPoint is a closed source commercial

presentation program developed by Microsoft.
 The Content We Will Cover

 Open a Presentation  Header and Footer

 Open a New  Hyperlinks
Presentation  Tables
 Save a Slide Show  Charts
 Create a New Slide  Slide Themes
 Add Slides  Slide Transitions
 Insert Pictures  Rearrange Slides
 Insert Clip Art  Preview Presentations
 Format Pictures  View Outline
 Format Fonts  Print Handouts
 PowerPoint Ribbon

 During this presentation, we will refer to the

PowerPoint “Ribbon” in terms of navigating
the program.
 The Ribbon is the strip of buttons across the
top of the main window.
 Users can access anything the program has to
offer through the Ribbon.
 Create a New Presentation
 Select “File” then
“New”
 Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press „N‟ for “New”
 Open an Existing Presentation
 Select “File” then
“Open”
 Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press „O‟ for “Open”
 Saving a Presentation
 Select “File” then
“Save As”
 Shortcut: Press f12
to Save the file with
a new name
 Add a Slide
 Go to the “Home”
ribbon and select
the “New Slide”
button
 Select the Slide
Pane and press
“Enter”
 Insert Pictures from Files
 Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Picture”
 Locate the image
file from the folder
to where it is saved.
 Select “Insert” from
the dialog box.
 Insert Clip Art
 Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Clip Art”
 Enter search terms in Clip Art search pane on
the right and select image.
 Format Pictures
 To resize the image, click on the picture to
surround the image with a blue box.
 Drag the corner dot away from the center to
make it larger and toward the center to make
it smaller.
 Format Fonts
 Go to the “Home”
ribbon then make
changes to the font
size and style of the
text.
 This Home tab also
allows you to
change all aspects
of the font size and
style.
 Insert a Header and Footer
 Go to “Insert” then “Header and Footer”
 This dialog box allows you to add a date and
time on the slide.
 Insert a Hyperlink
 Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then hover
over “Links” then
select “Hyperlink”
 Copy and Paste the
Link from the
website into the
“Link” box.
 Insert Tables
 Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Table”
 Move the mouse
over the table
illustration to select
the size of the table
you would like to
use.
 Insert Charts
 Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
the “Chart” button.
 Option to choose
from Area, Bar,
Line, Pie and
several other Chart
Options.
 Add a Slide Theme from Gallery
 Go to the “Design” ribbon
 Select a design theme from the Theme toolbar.
 Slide Transitions

 Go to the “Transitions” ribbon

 Select desired Transition from toolbar
 Rearrange Slides

 To move a slide, click on the slide thumbnail in the

left column
 Drag and drop the slide at the desired location.

 To move consecutive slides at one time, click and

hold the Shift key as you select the slides you want
to move.
 Drag and drop the slides at the desired location.
 Preview a Presentation

 Go to the “Slide Show” ribbon

 Select the point in the slide show that you
would like to begin viewing.
 From beginning
 From current slide
 The shortcut key is F5
 View Slides vs. Outlines
 The default view is
Slides
 The second option is
Outline view to
show the slide show
as outline notes
 Print Handouts
 Select “File” then
select “Print”
 A dialog box appears
that allows you to
change the printer
and select the
number of copies to
be printed.
 You can also select
to print handouts of
the slideshow.