1. Computer Information Technology – Section 5-1 Some text and examples used with permission from: http://www.jegsworks.com Note: We not endorsing or promoting religious doctrine, but simply taking advantage of this website for educational purposes.

2.  PowerPoint is a complete graphics presentation program.  Presentations are also called slide shows  PowerPoint includes:  Word Processing – same features as Word  Outlining -  Charting – create and insert charts and graphs  Drawing – Same tools as Word  Multimedia – add sounds and videos

3.  Basic Unit of PowerPoint is the slide  Slides contain one or many objects  Objects are the building blocks for slides  Objects can be a title, text, graphics, tables, charts, drawings, etc.  PowerPoint assumes the first slide in a new presentation is the Title Slide  The title slides purpose is to introduce the presentation to the audience.

4.  PowerPoint has 3 main views: Normal view, slide sorter and slide show.  A view is the mode in which the presentation appears on the screen.  Change views by clicking the buttons in the lower right corner

5.  Normal view has 3 working areas: Tabs Pane (Outline and Slides) Slide Pane Notes Pane

6.  The Office Button has same buttons as Word: New, Open, Save, Print, Prepare, Send, Publish and Close.

7.  Home ribbon has many of the same groups and commands as Word:  Clipboard: Cut, Copy, Paste, and Forma t Painter  Fonts  Paragraph  Editing  There are a few new groups…

8.  The Slides group contains:  New Slide: Create a new slide after the current slide  Layout: Change the layout for the current slide  Reset: Resets the position, size and formatting for the current slide  Delete: Delete the slide.

9.  Select the layout for the slide or…  Duplicate existing slides  Create slides from an outline  Reuse slides from a different talk.

10.  Select a different layout for the current slide

11.  There are 2 new buttons in the formatting group: Shadow – Adds a shadow effect to the font. Character Spacing – Adjusts the spacing between characters on the slide:

12.  The Drawing group allows you do the common drawing commands from the home ribbon. These commands are very similar to the Drawing ribbon in Word.

13.  PowerPoint is a graphics presentation tool  PowerPoint includes Word Processing, Outlining, Charting, Drawing and Multimedia  PowerPoint ribbons share many of the same buttons as Word.

14.  Mavis Beacon grade:  Open Mavis Beacon  Print your report  Put your name on the report and turn it in.  Notebook check at the end of this week – I will look for notes on PowerPoint…