Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Lesson 2 Created by Felicia Hudson, Riverside High School--Durham Public Schools

Presentation Themes Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 provides several standard, prebuilt themes. Find a standard theme that has a look that you like, and then modify it by changing the colors, the fonts, or the line and fill effects. You can then save it as your very own custom theme. Additional themes can be found at

Selecting a Theme To access these themes  click on the Design Tab on the Ribbon and select a theme

Entering Text Notice the Placeholders (something used or included temporarily or denotes or reserves a place for something to come later) guide the user in entering data. By clicking on a text placeholder, it will change the placeholder to a text object that can be used for text entry.

Changing text levels in an Outline Promote Take an item from lesser “importance” to greater “importance” Use Decrease List Level on Home tab, Paragraph group Use Shift key + Tab key (bulleted lists or # list) Demote Take an item an make it more “important” Use Increase List Level on Home tab, Paragraph group Use tab key (bulleted lists or # list)

Creating a New Slide To insert a new slide, select the New Slide button on the Home Tab under the Slides group You may alter the layout of any slide as you see fit by selecting the Layout button on the Home Tab under the Slides group.

Creating a New Slide A new slide can be inserted anywhere in the slide presentation.  Simply select the slide you wish to precede the new slide then click new slide. A blank slide will be inserted after the slide that was selected.  Alternative ways to insert new slides  Ctrl + M  Right click on a slide’s thumbnail and select New Slide

Inserting Slides from other Presentations Using previously created slides when creating a new presentation is a time-saving technique. Steps:  Click Home Tab  Click New Slide drop-down arrow, select Reuse Slide  Under the Insert Slide From option, select Browse, then Browse File  Find the File in which you want to borrow the slide and select it  Scroll through the slides until you find the slide you wish to use.

Slide Show View Slide Show view is used to show a presentation in full screen view from the first slide to the last slide in the presentation in order by slide number. To view the slide show click on the Slide Show tab on the Ribbon. This will allow you to view from the beginning or from the current slide you are editing. You can also press F5 on your keyboard to run the slide show. In Normal View you can also press the Slide Show icon located at the bottom of the window.

Slide Show View To advance to the next slide during the slide show/return to a previous one, use the control buttons that the bottom on the lower left corner of the presentation window. You can also control the slides by using the Page Up & Page Down buttons and the arrows on your keyboard, or by clicking the left mouse button. To end the show, press the ESC button on your keyboard.