Power Point for Beginners

Overview  What is Power Point?  Slides  Design  Transitions  Animations  Sound effects  Tips for a great presentation

What is Power Point?  Microsoft PowerPoint is the name of a proprietary commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft  PowerPoint provides numerous features that offers flexibility and the ability to create a professional presentation

Slides  Can present a variety of different information

Text The Road Not Taken  Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear, Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Pictures

Charts

Videos

Design  You can choose from a number of designs or create your own as we have here.  Lets look at some of the different designs…

Transitions  Transitions are the animation used to go from one slide to another  You have seen a number of them already  Lets look through the many different transitions that are available…

Animations  Are used on different items on each slide  Each item can be given a different animation and a place on a timeline of when to appear  You can set different animations to have an item appear or disappear, grow or shrink etc.

Sound Effects  Sound effects can be added to add help you present your information  Different sound effects are available through power point or you can load your own sound effects