MICROSOFT POWERPOINTHow to successfully use PowerPoint

CREATING A NEW PRESENTATION

Creating a new presentation is simple! Just follow these steps:

1. Under the File tab on the ribbon, select “NEW”

2. Choose a theme that you like and select “CREATE”

a. You can also choose a color variation of the theme before selecting “CREATE” You can see an example of this here:

FILLING TEXT PLACE HOLDERS

• Once you have created your presentation, your slides will start out with text placeholders

• These placeholders are where you will enter your text

• To do this, all you need to do is select the box/text where the placeholder appears

• You should now see a cursor and be able to type whatever you would like

INSERTING A NEW SLIDE

When you are ready to insert a new slide, you will:

1. Click on the “HOME” tab at the top of your page

2. From there you will select the “NEW SLIDE” drop down button

3. This will give you a variety of slide options to choose from

4. Select your preferred slide formata) Different formats will allow you to customize your presentation

USING THE RIBBON

When using PowerPoint, you will notice that the ribbon looks very similar to the one used in Microsoft Word

That’s because it is very similar and has a lot of the same functions.

Some tabs in the Ribbon that you should already be familial with are:

USING THE RIBBON

HOME TAB

The home tab is where you will find a variety of familiar tools and groups such as: Font Group / Text Formatting tools

Paragraph Group / Bulleted and Numbered lists, alignment tools

Drawing Group

USING THE RIBBON

INSERT TAB

Using this tab, you will be able to insert things such as images, text boxes, word art, shapes, tables and even videos

USING THE RIBBON

DESIGN TAB

Using this tab, you will be able to customize the background of your slides or change the theme of your entire presentation.

STARTING FROM SCRATCH

• Rather than using a premade theme for your presentation, you also have the option of designing your presentation from scratch.

• This can be done using the “CUSTOMIZE” group in the “DESIGN” tab.

• It can turn this

INTO THIS!

OR THIS!

APPLYING TO ALL SLIDES

• If you choose to create/use a custom background, you have the option of applying the background to all slides in the presentation at one time.

• You will do this by selecting “APPLY TO ALL” at the bottom of the “FORMAT BACKGROUND” window.

SLIDE TRANSITIONS

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• Another feature that we may choose to implement is a transition.

• A transition is how your presentation moves from one slide to another.

• In the “TRANSITIONS” tab, we can select between a variety of transitions.

• We also have the ability of including sounds, choosing how long the transition will take, and whether the transition will happen once the mouse is clicked or after a certain amount of time.

SLIDE TRANSITIONS

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• Another feature that we may choose to implement is a transition.

• A transition is how your presentation moves from one slide to another.

• In the “TRANSITIONS” tab, we can select between a variety of transitions.

• We also have the ability of including sounds, choosing how long the transition will take, and whether the transition will happen once the mouse is clicked or after a certain amount of time.

SLIDE TRANSITIONS

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• Another feature that we may choose to implement is a transition.

• A transition is how your presentation moves from one slide to another.

• In the “TRANSITIONS” tab, we can select between a variety of transitions.

• We also have the ability of including sounds, choosing how long the transition will take, and whether the transition will happen once the mouse is clicked or after a certain amount of time.

SLIDE ANIMATIONS

• Similar to slide transitions, you can also implement animations to your text.

• Animations change the way your text appears onto the page.

• You can make your text appear each time you click the mouse.

• There is also the option of adding sound to these animations.

SLIDE ANIMATIONS

• If you choose to add animation to your text and would like your text to all appear at once, you will need to highlight it all before selecting an animation style.

• If you would like each line/bullet of text to appear separately, you will need to select them one at a time and select an animation style.

• Pay attention to the order your text will appear (the number to the left of the text after animation is added).

• You may reorder the text animations by using the tools in the top right of the animation pane.

CREATING LINKS IN POWER POINT

• Just as we did in Microsoft Office, we can insert links into our PowerPoint slides.

• These links can be to external websites, or to other slides within the PowerPoint.

• To insert a link, Select the “HYPERLINK” button under the “INSERT” tab.

CREATING LINKS IN POWER POINT

• Text to display: What will show up as a clickable link in your slide

• Address: Web address you would like to link to

CREATING LINKS IN POWER POINT

• You may also link your text to a place within the document.

• You will need to select which slide the link takes you to when clicked on.

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