Click on ‘Click to add title’ and type your presentation
title.
Click on ‘Click to add subtitle’ and type your subtitle.
INSERT menu -> NEW SLIDE
Click OK. This puts in your second slide.
Click on ‘Click to add title’ and type your title.
Click on ‘Click to add text’ and type some text.
Repeat steps 6 – 9 if you want more pages.
SLIDE SHOW menu -> VIEW SHOW. This will show you your
slides in full screen view. Click to advance to next slide. Click again
to go back to the slide view.
Insert a new slide using one of the layouts with a picture
in it.
Double click on the picture icon to insert a picture
from the MS Office collection.
Alternatively, click in a box on the slide, then go
to the INSERT menu -> PICTURE -> FROM FILE
You can choose colours for your slides in a few different
ways. From the FORMAT menu choose:
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Slide color scheme – set colours or custom schemes
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Background – choose individual colours or textures
for backgrounds
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Apply design – background graphics, a full template
From the SLIDE SHOW menu -> SLIDE TRANSITION to create
animation effects between slides. Set different transitions for each slide
or apply one scheme to the whole presentation by clicking on the APPLY
TO ALL button.
Keep viewing the show as a slide show to test the look
of transitions and develop a consistent flow.
Use the INSERT, FORMAT and SLIDE SHOW menus to add new
images, sounds, transitions and effects to your presentation. Use other
formatting features as in word processing to change font, size, text colour,
alignment, bullet styes etc.
Save regularly to avoid losing your good hard work.
Use TOOLS -> POWERPOINT CENTRAL to update your clipart
and get other features from Microsoft’s website. You can find online tutorials
and help with design issues from there too.