1. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Introduction to Presentation Programs
Suppose you need to present the annual performance report of your company. You need to show all the facts and figures related to the profits, sales, products, and new ventures of your company. In the annual results, you also want to show charts that compare current profit and sales figures with the figures of the previous two years. In addition, you want to present the employee growth initiatives of the company and also show videos of what employees have to say about these initiatives. You want to present all this information to a large group of people efficiently and effectively.
An effective and easy way to present this information is to use a presentation program, such as PowerPoint. Presentation program helps you create visual presentations quickly and incorporate a variety of media, such as text, graphics, charts, and video, into a single presentation. You can make printed copies of selected portions of your presentation and distribute it to the audience.

2. Presentation Programs-Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Identify the basic functionalities offered by presentation programs.
Create a presentation.
Add graphics and multimedia to a presentation.
Identify the various options available to print presentations in different formats.
In this lesson, you will learn about the basic functions of presentation program, how to create a presentation, and add graphics and multimedia to a presentation. You will also learn to identify the various options available to print your presentation in different formats.

3. Introduction to PowerPoint
Presentation programs, such as PowerPoint, helps you create a presentation and use audio-visual materials, such as graphics and multimedia elements, to present information.
You can also distribute printed copies containing the key points of your presentation.

4. Open PowerPoint To open PowerPoint:
Click Start, point to All Programs, click Microsoft Office and Click Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 or,
Double click the PowerPoint icon on the desktop.

5. Normal View Use normal view to create the presentation.
Normal view is divided into three main working areas.
On the left you have two tabs, Slides and Outline.
Use normal view to create the presentation. Normal view is divided into three main working areas. On the left, you have two tabs, Outline and Slides. On the Outline tab, you can view an outline of the slide’s text only.

6. Thumbnails View
To view the slides as thumbnails, in the leftmost pane, click the Slides tab.
On the right, the slide pane displays a large view of the current slide.
On the Slides tab, you can view the miniature slides, called thumbnails. On the right, the slide pane displays a large view of the current slide. On the bottom, is the notes pane.

7. Outline View
Outline view is an outline of all the text that will appear on your slides.
Outline view is used to edit the text only.
Use normal view to create the presentation. Normal view is divided into three main working areas. On the left, you have two tabs, Outline and Slides. On the Outline tab, you can view an outline of the slide’s text only.

8. Notes Area
To add notes to a slide, click the notes pane in normal view.
Notes can contain additional text that you want to refer to during your presentation.
To add notes to a slide, click the notes pane in normal view. Notes can contain additional text that you want to refer to during your presentation.

9. Slide Sorter View To open the Slide Sorter view:
Click View
Click Slide Sorter
Slide sorter view displays the entire presentation as thumbnails. Use this view to change the order of the slides.
Slide sorter view displays the entire presentation as thumbnails. Use this view to change the order of the slides.

10. Notes Page View
The notes page view displays a slide along with the notes area.
Use this view to enter text, pictures, and tables in the notes area.
The notes page view displays a slide along with the notes area. Use this view to enter text, pictures, and tables in the notes area.

11. Slide Show View Another view in PowerPoint is slide show view.
This view displays the slides sequentially in full screen.
The content in the notes pane are not displayed during a slide show.

12. Slide Show View (Cont.)
Click the mouse/press a key to view the next slide during a slide show.
You can also set PowerPoint to automatically advance the slides after a certain amount of time passes.
To return to the normal view any time during a slide show, press the ESC key.
Either click the mouse or press a key to view the next slide during a slide show. You can also set PowerPoint to automatically advance the slides after a certain amount of time passes. At the end of the slide show, a black screen appears. When you click this screen, you return to the normal view. However, to return to the normal view any time during a slide show, press the ESC key.

13. PowerPoint Handouts
PowerPoint includes a feature to print the slides as handouts.
You can distribute the handouts to give the audience an idea about the presentation.
You can specify the number of slides on each page and the layout by clicking Handout Master on the View menu.
PowerPoint includes a feature to print the slides as handouts. You can distribute the handouts to give the audience an idea about the presentation. You can specify the number of slides on each page and the layout by clicking Handout Master on the View menu.

14. Creating a Presentation
Slide Layout
To select the Slide Layout, select “Layout” tab under “Home” ribbon.

15. Creating a Presentation
Slide Design
To add a specific theme to the slide, click the “Design” tab, and select the theme.

16. Creating a Presentation
New Slide
To add a new slide, click New Slide in the Slides Group on the Home Ribbon.

17. Creating a Presentation
Add Text
To add text, click Text Box from the Text Group on the Insert Ribbon.

18. Creating a Presentation
Bulleted
To add the bullets to a list, highlight the list and then click the Bullets icon from the Paragraph Group on the Home Ribbon.

19. Creating a Presentation
Slide Transition
To apply a transition effect to the presentation, go to the Animations Tab.

20. Creating a Presentation
Save the Presentation
To save the presentation, click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar.

21. Creating a Presentation
Add Graphics
You can add graphics from clip art and files to emphasize points in your presentation, or to make your presentation visually appealing
To add graphics to a slide, use the Insert Tab and select the proper item.

22. Creating a Presentation
Add Graphics (cont.)
You use the Clip Art task pane to search for a clip art graphic that corresponds to the description you specify.

23. Creating a Presentation
Add Graphics (cont.)
Similarly, you can add graphics from files by using the Insert Tab.

24. Creating a Presentation
Add SmartArt
You can also use charts to present numerical information visually. Charts are helpful in understanding trends and patterns. You can add a chart to a slide by clicking Chart on the Insert menu.
You can add a diagram to a slide by clicking SmartArt on the Insert Tab.

25. Creating a Presentation
Add a Audio Clip
Apart from static elements, you can also add audio and video clips to a presentation to make it more interesting and appealing. You can use the sound effects in PowerPoint to produce sound effects such as applause, a cash register, and a drum roll, in a presentation.
You can use the sound effects in PowerPoint to produce sound effects such as applause, a cash register, and a drum roll, in a presentation.

26. Creating a Presentation
Add a Audio File
Similarly, you can add audio from files by clicking the Sound from File option. For example, you can add the narration script that you recorded to the slide.

27. Printing Presentations
You can print the entire presentation or only a few selected slides, handouts, and speaker notes from your presentation.
You can also create an outline that lists the contents of the slides and the images used in the presentation.

28. Printing Presentations
Print an entire Presentation
Suppose you have created a presentation about the benefits of using computers at work. In addition to displaying your presentation, you also want to distribute handouts of the presentation to your audience so that they can refer to the key points.
You can use the printing options available in a presentation program, such as PowerPoint, to print the various sections of your presentation. You can print the entire presentation or only a few selected slides, handouts, and speaker notes from your presentation. You can also create an outline that lists the contents of the slides and the images used in the presentation. You can specify the various printing options in the Print dialog box. To open the Print dialog box, click Print on the File menu.
All: To print an entire presentation, in the Print range area, click All. Next, in the Print what Box, click Slides, and then click OK. You use this option when you want to make printed copies of all the slides of your presentation.
All: To print an entire presentation, in the Print range area, click All. Next, in the Print what Box, click Slides, and then click OK.

29. Printing Presentations
Print Specific Slides
Specific Slides: To print only specific slides, in the Print range area, click Slides. Next, enter the slide numbers if you want to print slides individually or enter the slide range if you want to print a range of slides, and then click OK. You can print the current slide by clicking Current slide in the Print range area. You use this option to print only specific slides.
Specific Slides: To print only specific slides, in the Print range area, click Slides. Next, enter the slide numbers if you want to print slides individually or enter the slide range if you want to print a range of slides, and then click OK. .

30. Printing Presentations
Print Handouts and Notes Pages
Handouts: To print handouts, click the Print what box, click Handouts, and then click OK.
Notes Pages: To print the notes from your presentation, click the Print what box, click Notes Pages, and then click OK.
Handouts: To print handouts, click the Print what box, click Handouts, and then click OK. You can print audience handouts in six formats: one, two, three, four, six, or nine slides per page. You use this option to print pages that you want to give to your audience for reference.

31. Close a PowerPoint Presentation
Close a presentation by clicking the Close Window button.

32. Open an existing presentation
To open an existing presentation:
On the Office Button click open.
In the Open dialog box, click the file that you want to open, and then click Open.
To open an existing presentation, click Open on the File menu. PowerPoint provides four views that help you to work with the slides. These views are normal, slide sorter, notes page, and slide show. The first three views are used in creating the presentation, whereas slide show view is used for displaying the presentation. By default, presentations open in normal view.

33. Questions