PowerPoint Presentation By, Nanci Gannon

Tool Bars You need to know the tool bars at the top of the screen, and you need to know how to use the ones at the bottom. The ones on the bottom you will use a lot look like the ones on this slide. They are shortcuts, and are extremely useful. Normal view Outline view Slide view Slide show

How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation How to add Clip Art. How to do Backgrounds. How to do Custom Animation. How to do Slide Transitions.

Clip Art To add Clip Art: 1. Clip on Insert 2. Clip on Picture. 3. Clip on Clip Art. 4. Clip on a picture from the ones provided, or click on Import Clips. 5. Click on Insert. Your Clip Art should by on your slide. You can then change the size, or position, by clicking and dragging.

Backgrounds How to put backgrounds onto your slides. 1. Click on Format. 2. Click on Background. 3. Click on the down arrow under Background fill. 4. Click on Fill Effects. 5. Click on 2 Colors, or Patterns, Textures, or Preset Colors. 6. You may click on Apply, or Apply to all, your choice.

Custom Animation This will explain how to add Custom Animation. 1. Click on Slide Show 2. Click on Custom Animation 3. Click on the tab Timing. 4. Click on the Object, Text, etc. that you want to animate. 5. Click on the Animate circle, Automatically circle, and put 3 or 5 seconds in the time box. 6. Click on the Effects tab, and pick out how you want the animation to look.

Slide Transitions How to view the presentation automatically. 1. Click again on Slide Show. 2. Click on Slide Transitions. 3. Click on Automatically, and put 3 seconds in the box. 4. Click on the down arrow under to dog, and pick a transition. 5. If you want a sound during the transition, click on Sound and choose one.

The End Now, have fun making your own PowerPoint Presentation.