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Objective 1: Create a
New Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint is software you can use to create a presentation to
communicate information to your audience effectively. A presentation consists of
one or more slides. Like a page in a document, a presentation slide can contain
text, pictures, tables, charts, and other multimedia or graphic objects. When you
start PowerPoint, presentations you have recently opened, if any, display on the
opening screen. At the top, you can select either a blank presentation or a

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PowerPoint theme, a set of unified design elements that provides a look for your

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Activity 1.01: Identifying Parts of the

PowerPoint Window
In this Activity, you will start PowerPoint and identify the parts of the
PowerPoint window.

1. Start PowerPoint. If necessary, click More Themes. In the templates list,

click Facet to view a preview of the Facet theme and the color variations
associated with this theme. If Facet is not visible, use the Search for online
templates and themes box to search for it. Below the theme preview, click
either the left- or right-pointing More Images arrows to view how

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various types of slides in this theme display.
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The presentation displays in PowerPoint normal view, which is the
primary editing view in PowerPoint where you write and design your
presentations. On the left, a pane displays small images—thumbnails—
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of the slides in your presentation. On the right, the Slide pane displays
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To display group names on the ribbon, from the PowerPoint menu, click
Preferences, click View, and select the Show group titles check box.

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For Non-MyLab Submissions

Open your saved Lastname_Firstname_1A_GAT_Overview presentation.

Activity 1.02: Entering Presentation

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1. In the Slide pane, click in the text Click to add title, which is the title

placeholder.

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A placeholder is a box on a slide with dotted or dashed borders that
holds title and body text or other content such as charts, tables, and
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pictures. This slide contains two placeholders, one for the title and
one for the subtitle.
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A theme is a set of unified design elements for your presentation by applying
colors, fonts, and effects. After you create a presentation, you can change your
presentation’s look by applying a different theme. Global Adventure Travel ISP
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1. On the ribbon, click the Design tab. In the Themes group, click More
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2. In the gallery, point to several of the themes and notice that a PowerPoint

ScreenTip—a message that appears when you hover the mouse pointer
over an object or command—displays the name of each theme, and the
PowerPoint Live Preview feature displays how each theme would look if
applied to your presentation.

The first theme that displays is the Office Theme.

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3. Use the ScreenTips to locate the Celestial theme shown in Figure 1.7.

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If your system does not have the Celestial theme, use the theme file downloaded
with your data files from MyLab IT. In the themes gallery, click Browse for
Themes, navigate to your PowerPoint Chapter 1 folder, locate the Celestial.thmx
file, and click Apply.

4. Click Celestial to change the presentation theme and then Save your
presentation.

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Designer Pane

The Designer pane may open each time you insert a picture or apply a theme.

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The pane includes ideas for ways to format and lay out a slide. In this project,
you will not use these suggestions, so you can close the pane each time it opens.
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