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Skill Development Lect 4 Power Point

PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft that allows users to create slideshows. It features a ribbon interface that provides access to tools for adding slides, formatting text and images, inserting tables, charts and other media, applying themes and transitions, and previewing or printing presentations.

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Skill Development Lect 4 Power Point

PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft that allows users to create slideshows. It features a ribbon interface that provides access to tools for adding slides, formatting text and images, inserting tables, charts and other media, applying themes and transitions, and previewing or printing presentations.

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What is PowerPoint?

PowerPoint is a closed source commercial


presentation program developed by Microsoft.
The Content We Will Cover
PowerPoint Ribbon

During this presentation, we will refer to the


PowerPoint “Ribbon” in terms of navigating
the program.
The Ribbon is the strip of buttons across the
top of the main window.
Users can access anything the program has to
offer through the Ribbon.
Create a New Presentation
Select “File” then
“New”
Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press ‘N’ for “New”
Open an Existing Presentation
Select “File” then
“Open”
Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press ‘O’ for “Open”
Saving a Presentation
Select “File” then
“Save As”
Shortcut: Press f12
to Save the file with
a new name
Add a Slide
Go to the “Home”
ribbon and select
the “New Slide”
button
Select the Slide
Pane and press
“Enter”
Insert Pictures from Files
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Picture”
Locate the image
file from the folder
to where it is saved.
Select “Insert” from
the dialog box.
Insert Clip Art
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Clip Art”
Enter search terms in Clip Art search pane on
the right and select image.
Format Pictures
To resize the image, click on the picture to
surround the image with a blue box.
Drag the corner dot away from the center to
make it larger and toward the center to make
it smaller.
Format Fonts
Go to the “Home”
ribbon then make
changes to the font
size and style of the
text.
This Home tab also
allows you to
change all aspects
of the font size and
style.
Insert a Header and Footer
Go to “Insert” then “Header and Footer”
This dialog box allows you to add a date and
time on the slide.
Insert a Hyperlink
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then hover
over “Links” then
select “Hyperlink”
Copy and Paste the
Link from the
website into the
“Link” box.
Insert Tables
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Table”
Move the mouse
over the table
illustration to select
the size of the table
you would like to
use.
Insert Charts
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
the “Chart” button.
Option to choose
from Area, Bar,
Line, Pie and
several other Chart
Options.
Add a Slide Theme from Gallery
Go to the “Design” ribbon
Select a design theme from the Theme toolbar.
Slide Transitions

Go to the “Transitions” ribbon


Select desired Transition from toolbar
Rearrange Slides

To move a slide, click on the slide thumbnail


in the left column
 Drag and drop the slide at the desired location.
To move consecutive slides at one time, click
and hold the Shift key as you select the slides
you want to move.
 Drag and drop the slides at the desired location.
Preview a Presentation

Go to the “Slide Show” ribbon


Select the point in the slide show that you
would like to begin viewing.
 From beginning
 From current slide
The shortcut key is F5
View Slides vs. Outlines
The default view is
Slides
The second option is
Outline view to
show the slide show
as outline notes
Print Handouts
Select “File” then
select “Print”
 A dialog box appears
that allows you to
change the printer
and select the
number of copies to
be printed.
You can also select
to print handouts of
the slideshow.

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