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© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Next Table of Contents –Create a presentation.Create a presentation. –Organize/animate a show.Organize/animate a show. –Customize a slide show.Customize a slide show. Introduction to PowerPointIntroduction to PowerPoint

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Create a presentation To create a new PowerPoint presentation … launch the program, then … Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Get to know the menu bar, tool bars, and view icons. Create a presentation Next Menu bar Tool bars View icons Drawing tool bar

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Choose “Create a new presentation” from this screen Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. On the next screen choose “From design template” Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Previews of available formats appear in the right-hand panel Create a presentation Use the rules of design to help select a good template. Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Or go to Microsoft Office Online to download additional formats Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. For new presentations, the default selection is a title slide Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. To create a new slide or additional slides, use Create a presentation or the New Slide button Insert/New Slide Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. single column double column bullet list plus graphics bullet list plus clip art organization chart Create a presentation Choose the kind of slide you want from the Apply slide layout panel, which includes Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 1.Click in text boxes and start typing. There are two basic ways to insert text: Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 2.Use the Insert/Text Box command and position the cursor where the text should appear, or… Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. 3.Use the text box button on the bottom toolbar and position the cursor where the text should appear. Create a presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. –Click the Slide Sorter View button on the View icons bar. Organize/Animate a show Next “Slide Sorter View” lets you work with whole slides to delete, copy, or move slides.

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. “Slide Sorter View” also allows you to create transitions between slides. Organize/Animate a show Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. To make bulleted items appear (called “build”) one at a time, click Slide Show/Custom Animation Organize/Animate a show and Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Select the animation you want from the right-hand panel. Organize/Animate a show Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. object color text color line color insert Clip Art or picture insert text draw a line, arrow, rectangle, or ellipse Get to know the “Drawing” toolbar. Customize a slide show. * If the toolbar is not visible, go to “View/Toolbars/Drawing.” Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Customize a slide show. You can make your own template. –Begin with a blank presentation Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Customize a slide show. –View/Master/Slide Master From the menu choose: Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Customize a slide show. Change font characteristics (face, color, etc.); resize, reposition, add or delete text boxes. Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Customize a slide show. Whatever you do to the master will apply to every slide. Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Some final observations –Break any rule if you have a good reason. –Observe copyright laws on photos and artwork. –Have a purpose for everything that happens. You control every aspect of a slide’s design. Next

© 2008 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. For advice on how to make your slides attractive and inviting, view the PowerPoint Design Tips on Disk 1 of the SpeechMate 4.0 CD-ROM 2-CD set.