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LESSON 6 - PowerPoint Lesson-1

This document serves as a guide to using Microsoft PowerPoint effectively for presentations, emphasizing the importance of simplicity, continuity, and appropriate typeface. It outlines key features of PowerPoint, including toolbars and tabs, and offers tips for designing effective presentation aids. The guide aims to enhance understanding and retention of concepts through well-structured visual aids.

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LESSON 6 - PowerPoint Lesson-1

This document serves as a guide to using Microsoft PowerPoint effectively for presentations, emphasizing the importance of simplicity, continuity, and appropriate typeface. It outlines key features of PowerPoint, including toolbars and tabs, and offers tips for designing effective presentation aids. The guide aims to enhance understanding and retention of concepts through well-structured visual aids.

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Technology

Mr. Derick Ray A.


A GUIDE TO
POWERPOINT
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PowerPoint
• A PowerPoint is a part of the Microsoft
Office package.
• It is a presentation software program that
has many of the functions available in
Microsoft Word.
• To display a presentation, you need:
 Computer
 LCD projector
 White board or screen for projection.
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• PowerPoint presentations
can enhance understanding
and retention of concepts.
• Audiovisual aids should be
relevant to the speech
topic.

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Designing
Presentation Aids

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SIMPLICITY
• Do not add too much content
 Keep bullets short
• Visual aids should:
 Reinforce
 Support
 Summarize what you say

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CONTINUITY
Use the same design throughout your
presentation
• Maintain continuity in:
• Colors
• Fonts
• Upper and Lowercase letters
• Styling
 Boldface
 Underlining
 Italics
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TYPEFACE
Typeface:
• A specific style of lettering
 Arial
 Times Roman
 Courier New
 Tahoma
 Monotype Corsiva
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• Fonts size
 Sets of sizes (called the point
size)
o 44 point
o 36 point
o 30 point
o 20 point

 UPPERCASE and lowercase

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Typeface Style and Font Size
• Check that your lettering stands apart from
your background.
• Use a typeface that is simple, easy to read,
and doesn’t distract from your message.
• Don’t overuse boldface, underlining or italics.
Use UPPER and lowercase type.
• Use bold, bright colors to emphasize
important points.
• Use softer, lighter colors.
• Avoid dark backgrounds.
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This guide offers straightforward
advice that will help you use
Microsoft PowerPoint to create
effective and enjoyable
presentations

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If you are proficient in programs such
as Word and Excel, you are already
familiar with some common
commands used by Microsoft Office
software.
NOTE: All of the icons, example
buttons, and toolbars show in this
photo are taken from the PC version of
PowerPoint 2016.
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Learning the Toolbars
Insert

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Learning the Toolbars
Title Bar – Displays the name of the application and the
file currently use.
The Ribbon – Displays the numerous functions and
tools available to work with your presentation.
Quick Access Toolbar – Enables you to customize the
toolbar to contain the commands you use most
frequently.
File Tab – Provides access to basic commands such as
New, Open, Save, Print and Share plus access to
customize the application.
Slides Pane – Displays a thumbnail version of each slide
within the presentation.
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Learning the Toolbars
Slide – The area which will be displayed as full
screen when viewed in Slide Show mode.
Status Bar – Provides information relating to
features such as a slide number, spell check and
shortcuts to Notes, Comments, various different
Views and zoom functions.
Placeholder – Displayed as dotted lines which
allows you to identify where you can add text
and insert elements such as images or tables.

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The Ribbon Tabs
Home - The Home tab contains options to change the font and
font size, format paragraphs, and copy and paste slide elements.
• Clipboard
• Slides
• Font
• Paragraph
• Drawing
• Editing

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The Ribbon Tabs
Insert - The Insert tab adds something to a slide. Elements that
can be inserted into a presentation include images, shapes,
charts, text boxes, videos, and links.
• Slides • Links
• Tables • Comments
• Images • Text
• Illustrations • Symbols
• Add-ins • Media

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The Ribbon Tabs
Design - The Design tab is home to the themes
and color schemes.
• Themes
• Variants
• Customize

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The Ribbon Tabs
Transitions - The Transitions tab handles how your
slides move from one to the other and include settings
for individual transitions. Preview transitions here.
• Preview
• Transition to this slide
• Timing

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The Ribbon Tabs
Slide Show - Use the Slide Show tab to set up
how you want to show your presentation to
your audience.
• Start Slide Show
• Set up
• Monitors

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The Ribbon Tabs
Review - Use the Review tab to add comments
and run a spell-check.
• Proofing • Comments
• Insights • Compare
• Language

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The Ribbon Tabs
View: The View tab shows your presentation in different ways.
Choose a different view depending on where you are in the
process of creating or giving the presentation.
• Presentation • Color/Grayscale
Views • Window
• Master Views • Macros
• Show
• Zoom

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Thank you!

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