1. exploring Microsoft Office 2013 Volume 1
by Mary Anne Poatsy, Keith Mulbery, Lynn Hogan, Amy Rutledge, Eric Cameron, Cyndi Krebs

2. Introduction To PowerPoint
A PowerPoint presentation is an electronic slide show saved with a .pptx extension after the file name.
A slide is the most basic element of PowerPoint.

3. The PowerPoint Window Title bar Ribbon Thumbnails Slide pane
Splitter bar
Fit slide to current window button
Notes pane
Note Button
Slide number
Comments button
Zoom slider
View buttons
Status bar

4. Using PowerPoint Views
We will talk about 3 views which are:
Editing View (Normal)
Reading View
Slide Show
The default view in PowerPoint is Normal View

5. Normal View
Editing View (Normal View) displays with two panes that provide maximum flexibility in working with the presentation.
The pane on the left side of the screen shows thumbnails, which are miniature slides.
The slide pane on the right displays the current slide. This is where you make edits to slide content and add notes.

6. Normal View
Thumbnails
Slide pane
Splitter bar
Notes pane

7. Reading View
Reading View is used to view the slide show in full screen, one slide at a time
Navigation
Views
Menu
Title bar

8. Slide Show View
Slide Show view is used to deliver the completed presentation full screen to audience, one slide at a time, as an electronic presentation.

9. Typing Speaker Note
To create a speaker note: 1.If the Notes pane is not visible, click Notes on the status bar. 2. Drag the splitter bar between the Slide pane and the Notes pane up to expand the Notes pane. 3. Click in the Notes pane to begin typing. To modify the text, click the HOME tab and apply formatting using the tools in the Font and Paragraph groups.

10. New slide To insert a new slide : 1- Go to slide group in the home tab
2- Click on new slide.
3- Chose the layout you want.
4- Click on Add Slide.
To add a slide that contains the same content of an existing slide in a presentation, you can duplicate the slide

11. new slide- Hide slide
Hide slide means that the slide will be hidden in the presentation.
Layout
New Slide
Duplicate Slide
Hide Slide

12. Slide Layouts
PowerPoint provides a set of predefined slide layouts that determine the position of the objects or content on a slide.
When you click the New Slide arrow on the Home tab, a gallery from which you can choose a layout displays.
To change an existing slide layout: select the slide then click Layout arrow in Slides group on the Home tab.

13. Slide Layouts Title Slide Title and Content Slide
Title and content slide using SmartArt
Section header

14. Reorder Slides
TO ORDER YOUR SLIDES: Drag the slide to the place that you want in the slide pane.

15. Insert A Picture
To add a picture, do the following: 1.Click the INSERT tab. 2.Click Pictures in the Images group. 3.Navigate to the location of your picture files and click the picture you want to use. 4.Click Insert.

16. Creating Shapes To create a shape in PowerPoint :
1.Click the Insert tab
2.Click the shape you desire from the Illustrations group.
3.Drag the cross-hair pointer to control the approximate size of the shape as desired.
4. Release the mouse button.

17. Creating Shapes
Insert tab
Shapes

18. Shape Fill You can choose a solid color fill, no fill.
To change the fill of a selected object:
1.Click Shape fill in the Shape Styles group on the Format tab.
2.The Shape fill gallery provides color choices that match the theme colors or color choices based on Standard Colors.

19. Shape Fill
Shape Fill

20. Changing Shape Outline
Format tab
Shape Outline
No Outline Option
Shape Outline Color
Line weight

21. Flipping Objects
To flip an object: 1.Click Rotate arrow from the Arrange group on the Format tab. 2.Select one of the options to flip. 3.Chose flip vertical or flip horizontal

22. Order Objects
You can order shapes by placing them under or on top of one another.
The order of the layers is called the stacking order
To change the order of a stack of shapes:
1. Select a shape.
2. Click the FORMAT tab.
3. The Arrange group on the FORMAT tab includes the Bring Forward and Send Backward arrows to open a submenu for each that includes the following options:
Bring to Front Moves the shape to the top of the stacking order
Send to Back Moves the shape to the bottom of the stacking order
Bring Forward Moves the shape up one layer
Send Backward Moves the shape down one layer

23. Organization Chart To create an organization chart:
Click the INSERT tab.
Click SmartArt in the Illustrations group.
Click the organization type in the right pane.

24. Organization Chart
SmartArt
Organization chart

25. Modifying A Theme
Themes can be modified once they have been applied. To change the theme: 1. Click the Design tab. 2. In the Themes group click More, and then choose the Theme you want to change to.

26. Modifying A Theme
Theme Gallery

27. Animating Objects
An animation is a movement that controls the entrance, emphasis, exit, and/or path of objects on a slide.
To apply animations to text or other objects:
1- Select the object you want to animate.
2- Click the Animations tab.
3- Click an animation type to apply.
4- Click Effect Options to display available options related to the selected animation type.

28. Animating Objects
Animations tab
Animation gallery
Effect Options

29. Transitioning Slides
A transition is a specific animation that is applied as a previous slide is replaced by a new slide.
Transitions are selected from the Transition to This Slide group on the Transitions tab. You can select from the basic transitions displayed.

30. Transitioning Slides
Apply To All Slides
Transitions
Effect Options