Transcript PowerPoint Presentations

PowerPoint presentations
Help Guide
Getting started
When you start
PowerPoint you
will see this box.
• You need to click on
Blank Presentation to
start from scratch OR
Open an existing
presentation to work on
an existing file.
• And then click on OK.
Slides
• In this box you can
choose the type of
layout you want. Will
your slide include
words or pictures? Or
will it include a
mixture of the two?
• Choose the one you
want and click on OK.
Adding text
• Click inside the text
box.
• Type in the text that
you want to be in it.
Adding a new slide
• Click this button to
add a new slide.
• Click on the layout
you want.
• If you have a list of
bullet points to
include on a slide
then you might want
to choose this slide
layout.
Inserting clipart
• From the Insert
menu, choose
Picture and then
Clipart.
• Find the picture that
you want and then
click on this button.
• Then close the Insert
Clipart box by clicking
on the cross in the top
right-hand corner.
Background colour
From the Format menu, choose
Background.
This will open the following
dialogue box. Click on the
arrow, then click on More
Colours.
Choose the colour you
want, then click on OK, and
then Apply.
Font colour, style and size
To change the colour of
text, highlight the text you
want to change, then click
on the arrow by this
button to get your colour
choices.
To change the font
style
To change the font
size
Transition effects
• You can adjust how
images and text
appear during your
presentation by using
a tool called Custom
Animation.
• Go to Slide Show on
the toolbar at the top
and choose Custom
Animation.
Custom animation
• Click on the checkbox
(tick) for the image or text
you want to animate.
• Choose the type of
animation you want.
• If you click on the
Preview button you can
check what it will look
like.
• When you have finished,
click on OK.
Making the text appear point by
point
• Go to a slide with bullet
points and right-click with
your mouse.
• Choose Custom
Animation.
• Click on the check box for
the text box you want to
change.
• Choose an animation as
before.
• Click this button to make
the points appear one by
one.
• Then click on OK.