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Microsoft Powerpoint 2013 Tutorial: Instructors: Mikayla, Ashley and Kate Course 1

This document provides a tutorial for using Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It covers starting PowerPoint, the different views available, how to create and format slides, add and edit text, change slide layouts, save and close a presentation. The ribbon, status bar, and common formatting tools are also explained.

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MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

2013 TUTORIAL
Instructors: Mikayla, Ashley and Kate
Course 1
Tutorial Contents
Starting Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 View
Creating a Presentation
The Ribbon
The Status Bar
Selecting a Slide Layout
Adding, Editing and Formatting Text
Adding, Deleting or Moving a Slide
Saving a Document
Closing a Document
Starting Microsoft
Powerpoint 2013
Select the Start menu

Select All Programs

Select Microsoft Office

Select Microsoft PowerPoint


2013

Start Menu
Microsoft Powerpoint 2013
View
When Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 starts, it opens in normal view
and shows the following screen:

Slides Tab

Slide Pane
Notes
Pane
Slides tab - displays a pane on the left with thumbnail previews of
your slides.
Slide pane - displays the slide that is currently selected in the slides
tab.
Creating a Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 also automatically opens a
presentation as well. As you can see in the screenshot below, the
default presentation is named "Presentation1".
To start creating a presentation, click in a text box and begin
typing your text.

Text box
The Ribbon
The Ribbon is the display you see at the top of the Microsoft PowerPoint
window. It is where you access commands for Microsoft PowerPoint.

Ribbon

Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 has hundreds of commands for working with


different presentations. To make it easier for users to find the commands
they are looking for, commands are organised onto eight main tabs:
Home - commands for formatting presentations.
Insert to insert tables, clip art, pictures, links, headers and footers.
Design - to change page setup, slide orientation, fonts and styles.
Transitions - to add and effects to a slide.
Animations - to add animation to text in a slide and to manage the order.
Slide Show - tab to finalise the slide show details and timings.
Review - tab to check spelling.
View - access the different presentation views, to show and hide the ruler.
The Status Bar
The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the window and shows
basic information about your presentation and lets you change
your view settings.

Status
bar

Slide number - shows the slide number.


Notes pane button shows the notes pane view.
Comments pane button shows the comments pane view.
View controls - changes the view from normal, slide sorter, reading, and slide
Selecting a Slide Layout
When you start a new presentation or add a new slide, Microsoft
PowerPoint 2013 adds a slide with the default layout. If the layout
isnt the one you want, you can change to another one of the
built-in layouts. To select a slide layout:
From the HOME tab, in the Slides group, click Layout. A gallery opens
showing the layouts that can be selected.
Click on the desired layout to apply the format to the current slide.

Home
Layout
Adding Text
Click in the text box.
When you click in the text box, it becomes active and the cursor
indicates where to enter your text.
Make sure the cursor is located inside the textbox and begin
typing your text.

Text box
Editing Text
Use your mouse to select the text you want to
change.
Press Delete
Type your new text.
Formatting Text
The commands commonly used to format text are included in the
Font group on the Home tab:

Font

Font - choose selected fonts.


Font size - change the size of your text.
Bold - bold your text.
Italic - italicise your text.
Underline - underline your text.
Strikethrough - strike through your text.
Font Colour - change the colour of your text.
Adding, Deleting or Moving a Slide

Adding a Slide
If you have lots of slides in your
presentation, click on the thumbnail of the
slide you want to insert the new slide after.
In the home tab, in the Slides group, click
New slide to reveal a gallery of slide layouts. Layout
In the layout gallery, click the layout for the Home
new slide. A blank slide of the specified
layout is added to the presentation.

Deleting a Slide
To delete a slide, select the slide in the
slides pane, right-click it, and select Delete
Slide.

Moving a Slide
To change the order of slides in a
presentation:
In the slides tab, click and drag the
thumbnail of a slide to its new position.
Saving a Document
The first time you save a
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
presentation, you need to
give it a name and location.
To do this:
From the File menu, select
Save As.
Now, select a location to
save your document.
Type in the name for the
file.
Click Save.
Closing a Presentation
To close a Microsoft PowerPoint
2013 presentation you can:
click the "X" in the red box in the
upper right corner or
from the FILE menu, select Close.

When you close your


presentation, you will be asked
to save if you have made any
changes since the last time
you saved.
Questions

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