An Introduction To PowerPoint

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1 CLASS presents: An Introduction To PowerPoint Workshop by Tal Moscovici

2 File Menu New Open new blank document Open Open existing PowerPoint document Close Close document Save/Save As Save document

3 Edit Menu Undo Take back last action (you ll use this a lot) Copy Copy an item Paste Paste that very same item Delete Slide Self explanatory

4 View Menu Normal Normal view for editing slides Slide sorter View for arranging slides Slide show View as slide show Color/Grayscale Displays color options Toolbars Displays option for toolbars necessary for each aspect of a slide. If a toolbar is missing, this is where you find it.

5 Insert Menu(s) New Slide Add blank slide Inserting objects can be done through the Insert Menu or through the Insert Toolbar at the bottom of the screen. rectangle picture diagram line line color text arrow word clip oval art art fill font color

6 Format Menu Font Allows access to all aspects of font including size, style, and extras. Alignment Includes choices for font alignment. Slide Design Houses options for slide themed designs. Slide Layout Houses options for preset slide layout. Background Houses options for slide background style, fill, and color.

7 Tools Menu Spelling Spell Check Research Provides search capabilities to key words. Thesaurus Database for synonyms and antonyms

8 Slide Show Menu View Show Plays presentation as a PowerPoint Show. Set Up Show PowerPoint Show Preferences. Rehearse Timings Timing utility useful in timing a presentation. Animation Schemes Provides animated intros for certain objects. Custom Animation Provides custom options for all animated schemes. Slide Transition Provides animated transitions in between slides

9 Help Menu (when all hope is lost) F1 All you need to know Office Assistant Allows for help as you work

10 OK, now what? You know the menus, but that hasn t created your presentation for you. Let s build a sample slide that incorporates many of the design elements displayed in those menus discussed in Part 1. We ll use the title slide of this presentation as the sample. Remember this?

11 CLASS presents: An Introduction To PowerPoint Workshop by Tal Moscovici

12 First thing we need to do is to create a new slide. For that we can click here. Notice a Slide Layout window pops up. Many options, but for now we ll choose this blank template.

13 OK, so now we have a blank slide. To create a title using word art click here. The Word Art window pops up. Choose a style and click OK.

14 Now a text window for word art appears. Type what you d like it to say and make sure it s the font and size you like. Then click OK

15 Cool, so we have our title now. Click on the image to manipulate it as you see fit. Now we need an image of some kind and since I don t have one myself, we ll use clip art.

16 Notice the clip art window that appears. Type what you want under Search for and hit Go. Then choose an image of your choosing.

17 Now for some basic text. For that we click here. Type as you wish and manipulate the text to your choosing.

18 One final thing: we need to animate some text. For that we can right click on the text we wish to animate and hit custom animation.

19 Notice the custom animation window on the right side of the screen. Click add effect to choose from a list of effects. Once an effect has been chosen, choose the effect s start method and speed. A 0 beside your animated text means 0 seconds in between your previous and next items.

20 And there you have it! A completed title slide! If you wish to change the background or designs of the template you may refer back to the Format Menu.

21 So we ve completed a title page using many tools. These tools and others mentioned can be used to create you own PowerPoint Presentation. Suppose you have created all the slides for your presentation What then? Well, assuming you ve completed your presentation, your next step would be a final save as a PowerPoint Presentation (.ppt) and, in our case, a creation of a PowerPoint Show (.pps).

22 OK, after the final save (.ppt), go to the File Menu and click Save As. The Save As window pops up. Make sure you know where it s being saved. In the box Save as type choose PowerPoint Show (.pps) and hit save.

23 And there you have it; a completed PowerPoint Show! Do note that this presentation was created using PowerPoint 2003 for the PC. If using another version of PowerPoint or a Mac platform, some options will be different from the ones discussed in this presentation.

24 Once you increase your understanding of PowerPoint, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!

25 The End.