Microsoft Office 2013 ®® PowerPoint Tutorial 1 Creating a Presentation

Microsoft Office 2013® ®

PowerPoint Tutorial 1

Creating a Presentation

XPXPXPObjectives• Plan and create a new presentation• Create a title slide and slides with lists• Edit and format text• Move and copy text• Convert a list to a SmartArt diagram• Duplicate, rearrange, and delete slides• Close a presentation

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XPXPXPObjectives• Open an existing presentation• Change the theme and theme variant• Insert and crop photos• Modify photo compression options• Resize and move objects• Create speaker notes• Check the spelling• Run a slide show• Print slides, handouts, speaker notes, and the outline


XPXPXPThe PowerPoint Window


XPXPXPStarting PowerPoint and Creating a New Presentation• PowerPoint is a computer program that you

use to create a collection of slides that can contain text, charts, pictures, sounds, movies, multimedia, and so on

• Display the Windows Start screen, if necessary• Click the PowerPoint 2013 tile


XPXPXPStarting PowerPoint and Creating a New Presentation


XPXPXPWorking in Touch Mode• In Touch Mode the ribbon increases in height

so that there is more space around each button on the ribbon, making it easier to use your finger to tap the specific button you need

• On the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar button

• On the menu, click Touch/Mouse Mode


XPXPXPWorking in Touch Mode


XPXPXPCreating a Title Slide• The title slide is the first slide in a presentation


XPXPXPSaving and Editing a Presentation• On the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Save

button


XPXPXPSaving and Editing a Presentation


XPXPXPSaving and Editing a Presentation• you mistype or misspell a word, you might not

need to correct it because the AutoCorrect feature automatically corrects many commonly mistyped and misspelled words after you press the spacebar or the Enter key


XPXPXPSaving and Editing a Presentation


XPXPXPAdding New Slides• Make sure the HOME tab is displayed on the

ribbon• In the Slides group, click the New Slide button


XPXPXPCreating Lists• A bulleted list is a list of items with some type

of bullet symbol in front of each item or paragraph– First-level item– Second-level item• Subitem

• If you add more text than will fit in the text box with the default font sizes and line spacing, AutoFit adjusts these features to make the text fit


XPXPXPCreating Lists• A numbered list is similar to a bulleted list

except that numbers appear in front of each item instead of bullet symbols


XPXPXPCreating Lists• An unnumbered list is a list that does not have

bullets or numbers preceding each item


XPXPXPFormatting Text• To apply a format to text, either the text or the

text box must be selected– Mini toolbar– Live Preview


XPXPXPMoving and Copying Text• The Clipboard is a temporary storage area

available to all Windows programs on which text or objects are stored when you cut or copy them

• To copy and paste text, select the text, and then on the HOME tab, in the Clipboard group, click the Copy button

• Click the desired location to paste the text, and in the Clipboard group, click the Paste button


XPXPXPConverting a Bulleted List into a SmartArt Diagram• Click anywhere in the bulleted list• In the Paragraph group on the HOME tab, click the

Convert to SmartArt Graphic button, and then click More SmartArt Graphics

• In the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box, select the desired SmartArt type in the list on the left

• In the center pane, click the SmartArt diagram you want to use

• Click the OK button


XPXPXPConverting a Bulleted List into a SmartArt Diagram


XPXPXPManipulating Slides


XPXPXPClosing a Presentation• On the ribbon, click the FILE tab• In the navigation bar, click Close


XPXPXPSlide Show and Presenter Views


XPXPXPChanging the Theme and the Theme Variant• A theme is a coordinated set of colors, fonts,

backgrounds, and effects• A theme and its variants are called a theme

family


XPXPXPChanging the Theme and the Theme Variant


XPXPXPWorking with Photos• Content placeholders contain buttons that you

can use to insert things other than a list, including photos stored on your hard drive, a network drive, a USB drive, an SD card from a digital camera, or any other medium to which you have access

• You can also use the Picture button in the Images group on the INSERT tab to add photos to slides


XPXPXPWorking with Photos


XPXPXPCropping Photos• Cropping is cutting out the parts of a photo

you do not want to include


XPXPXPModifying Photo Compression Options• When you save a presentation that contains

photos, PowerPoint automatically compresses the photos to a resolution of 220 pixels per inch (ppi)


XPXPXPModifying Photo Compression Settings and Removing Cropped Areas• After all photos have been added to the

presentation file, click any photo in the presentation to select it

• Click the PICTURE TOOLS FORMAT tab. In the Adjust group, click the Compress Pictures button

• Click the option button next to the resolution you want to use


XPXPXPModifying Photo Compression Settings and Removing Cropped Areas• To apply the new compression settings to all

the photos in the presentation, click the Apply only to this picture check box to deselect it

• To keep cropped areas of photos, click the Delete cropped area of pictures check box to deselect it

• Click the OK button


XPXPXPResizing and Moving Pictures


XPXPXPChecking Spelling• Click the REVIEW tab, and then in the Proofing

group, click the Spelling button


XPXPXPUsing Reading View• Click the Reading View button on the status

bar


XPXPXPPrinting a Presentation• Click the FILE tab to display Backstage view,

and then click Print in the navigation bar


XPXPXPExiting PowerPoint• In the upper-right corner of the program

window, click the Close button


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Microsoft Office 2013 ®® PowerPoint Tutorial 1 Creating a Presentation