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Welcome to PowerPoint

A Presentations Graphics Program

Why Use This Software?

Present your information efficiently and professionally

Easily generate and organize ideas

Provides tools for effective slide shows, handouts, speaker’s notes and transparencies

Reduce meeting time

Publish presentation on the WWW

Getting Started

Starting PowerPoint

Start button to Programs

Start button to New Office Document

Tip of the Day

Meet the Office Assistant

Getting Started

PowerPoint dialog box

appears when you load PowerPoint

4 options

Opening a Presentation

Apply a design template

“New Slide” dialog box

Select and use common slide layouts

Page Setup

Getting Help

The Office Assistant

Start Up Tips

Shortcut menus - point at object & right click

Help

Contents

Index

Find

The PowerPoint Window

Menu Bar

Tool bars

Standard tool bar

Formatting tool bar

Common tasks

Drawing tool bar

Picture toolbar

Status bar

Adding/removing toolbars

Presentation Tips

6x6 rule

Determining size of text

Fonts

AVOID TYPING MUCH TEXT IN ALL CAPS - IT IS DIFFICULT TO READ

Presentation Tips

Make it easy to read

Light background for transparencies

Dark background for digital projectors

Use animations when necessary

They can be entertaining, but also can be distracting

Starting Your Presentation

PowerPoint Dialog Box

File, New

File, Open

About the Design Templates

Template - a consistent background look

Color coordinated

Professionally designed

Pick one to suit your message and audience

Create your own

Layout Options

Format, Slide Layout

Can be selected after selecting template

More About Slide Templates

24 different options

Text, Columns, Tables, Charts, Images

Combinations

Choose your default, then modify

Changing the Template

Double click on design template on status bar

Page Setup

File, Page Setup

Select type of presentation

Orientation

PowerPoint Working Environment

View buttons are located on the left of the horizontal scroll bar

Slide View

Outline View

Slide Sorter View

Notes Page View

Slide Show

Slide View Mode

Used for working with one slide at a time

You can add text, graphs, clip art, pictures, shapes, etc.

You have access to all tools and buttons on the various toolbars

Working in Slide View

Click placeholder or insert text box to add text

Tab or demote button to demote

Shift-Tab or promote button to promote

Select text to edit

Insert images & clip art

Working in Outline View

Enables you to organize & create information

Ctrl-Enter to insert new slide

Shift-Enter to add line w/o bullet

Moving slides and adjusting text

Promote/Demote

Slide Show View

To view slides without the empty placeholders

View - Slide show

Slide show button on the left of horizontal scroll bar

Playing Your Show

Slide Show View

, , or mouse click to move to next slide

to move backward one slide

To end show, right click to get a shortcut menu or press

Saving Your Presentation

Save your work frequently

File, Save

File, Save As…

To give file a different name

Save as presentation, template, graphic

File, Save As HTML...

Using Existing Presentations

Initial Dialog box

File, Open

Double click on any ppt file’s icon Exiting PowerPoint

File, Close

File, Exit

Posters

Usually use blank presentation

File, Page Setup

Slides sized for - custom

Width - 54 inches

Height - 36 inches

Orientation - Landscape

Printing Poster Miniatures

File - Print - current slide

Scale to fit paper (81/2 x 11)

Orientation - Landscape

Learning More

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HELP!

http://www.lgta.org/

The Land Grant Training Alliance On Line PowerPoint Lessons

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http://www.lgta.org/ppt2000/ppt2000.contents.htm

http://www.lgta.org/ppt97/

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Information Technology

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Presentations Help Aids General Info · MS PowerPoint

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/it/itaids/presentations.shtml