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This document provides an overview of Microsoft PowerPoint, including its environment and basic functionalities such as opening, creating, saving, closing, and opening presentations. It details the parts of the PowerPoint interface, including the Quick Access toolbar, Title bar, Ribbon, and Slide Navigation pane. The document also outlines step-by-step instructions for performing essential tasks within the application.

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CS6 Unit3 Lesson1

This document provides an overview of Microsoft PowerPoint, including its environment and basic functionalities such as opening, creating, saving, closing, and opening presentations. It details the parts of the PowerPoint interface, including the Quick Access toolbar, Title bar, Ribbon, and Slide Navigation pane. The document also outlines step-by-step instructions for performing essential tasks within the application.

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RECALLING MS POWERPOINT

Computer Science 6
Lesson 1
At the end of the lesson, we should be able to:
1. Identify the parts of the MS PowerPoint environment.
2. Open and exit MS PowePoint.
3. Create, save, close and open presentations in MS PowerPoint.
MS PowerPoint is a program from Microsoft Office that
enables us to create dynamic presentations. It uses
slides to convey information rich in multimedia.

MS PowerPoint Launch
To open MS PowerPoint, we:
1. Select the Start button on the taskbar.
2. Choose the All apps option from the Start menu.
3. Scroll down to the Microsoft Office 2013 folder, and
select it.
4. Choose the PowerPoint 2013 option.
5. Select Blank Presentation from the Start screen.

Another way to open MS PowerPoint is using the


desktop.
1. On the desktop, look for the PowerPoint 2013
shortcut icon.
2. Double-click the icon.
MS PowerPoint Environment
When we open MS PowerPoint, we we will see the
window as shown below.
Let us identify its parts.

1. Quick Access toolbar


This contains the commonly used commands. We
can add or remove buttons on the toolbar by selecting
the Customize Quick Access Toolbar button found on its
right side.
2. Title bar
This displays the names of the file and the program.
If we have not yet saved our file, the initial name is
Presentation 1.

3. Ribbon
This is found below the Title bar. It contains all the
commands that we will need to perform the tasks in MS
PowerPoint. It has tabs that are divided into groups of
commands.
4. Minimize, Restore or Maximize, and Close buttons
These buttons are found on the rightmost part of
the Title bar. If we choose the Restore button, it changes
to Maximize button. If we select the Maximize button, it
will bring back the Restore button.

5. Slide Navigation pane


This allows us to view and work with the slides in our
presentation.
6. Ruler
This is located at the top and on the left of the
current slide. It will be easy for us to align the text and
objects on the slide of our presentation.

7. Slide pane
This is the area where we can view and edit the
selected slide. It is the main working area where we type
the text and place the objects.
8. Scroll bars
We select, hold, and drag the vertical or horizontal scroll bar
depending on which part of the slide we want to see.

9. Status bar
This is found below the Slide Pane. It displays the following:
a. Slide Number
b. Number of slides
c. Speaker notes
d. Comments
e. Slide View Options
f. Zoom control
Presentation Creation
The files we create in PowerPoint are called presentations. To
create a new presentation, we:
1. Select the File tab.
2. Choose New. The Backstage view opens.
3. Select Blank Presentation, or choose a theme.
4. A new presentation opens.
We can also create a new presentation by pressing Ctrl+N.
Presentation Saving
To save a presentation for the first time, we:
1. Select the File tab.
2. Choose Save As. The Backstage view opens.
3. Choose Computer on the center pane, then select the
Browse button on the right pane or choose from the Recent
Folders.
4. Choose the location where we want to save our presentation
in the Save As dialog box.
5. Enter the name of the file in the File name box, then select
the Save button.
To save changes in the presentation, we can do any of the
following:
1. Select the File tab, then choose the Save button; or
2. Select the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar; or
3. Press Ctrl+S.

Presentation Closing
To close a presentation without exiting MS PowerPoint, we:
1. Select the File tab.
2. Choose Close.
We can also press Ctrl+W to close a presentation.
Presentation Opening
To open an existing presentation, we:
1. Select the File tab.
2. Choose Open. The Backstage view opens.
3. Select Computer on the center pane, then select the Browse
button on the right pane, or choose from the Recent Folders.
4. Choose the location of the document we want to open in the
Open dialog box.
5. Select the file, then select the Open button.
We can also press Ctrl + O to open a presentation

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