1. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Lesson 2

2. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 provides several standard, prebuilt themes
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 provides several standard, prebuilt themes. Themes simplify the process of creating professional designer looking presentations. Theme colors, fonts and effects give your presentation a cohesive look.
Additional themes can be found at
Presentation Themes

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

4. 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.
Entering Text

5. 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. You can then change the layout of the slide if desired. PowerPoint has nine different slide layouts by default.
Creating a New Slide

6. 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
Keyboard Shortcut
CTRL + M

7. 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.
Inserting Slides from other Presentations

8. The outline tab displays the entire presentation in outline format.
The Outline Pane allows the user to concentrate on the content of the slide rather than the design aspect of the slide.
Text can be edited in the Outline Tab or in the Slide Pane by simply moving your cursor to the item you wish to edit and typing your additions.
To change slides in the Slide/Outline Pane, click on the new slide/section you wish to move to.
Entering Text

9. The Window The filename appears in the Title Bar Slides/Outline Tabs:
Allows you to view all of the slides in your presentation.
Slide Pane: Displays the current slide which you are editing
The Window
Notes Pane: Section for speaker notes that correspond to the slide. Allows for minimal number of words on the slide, or simple graphics, which you can elaborate on all the while with the security of having the notes in front of you. Your audience will only see the slides, not your notes.
***Normal View***

10. Views The different PowerPoint Views Include: Normal (Default View)
Slide Sorter
Notes Page
Reading View
Views
Views and Zoom In/Out

11. Speaker notes are a special area in which the speaker can make comments about the presentation. They are not visible in the presentation and are viewed and printed only by the speaker.
Speaker notes can be created in the Notes Pane in Normal View or in Notes Page View.
Entering notes in the Notes Page View allows for one slide to be visible at a time, and it allows for a much larger visible area.
Speaker Notes

12. Use the up/down arrow or the page up/page down keys on the keyboard as well as the scroll bar and scroll wheel on the mouse to navigate through slides.
Zoom in/out to control the size of the window
Notes Page View

13. Simply click & drag the slide to it’s new desired location.
Slide Sorter View
View the presentation in slide sorter view to easily rearrange slides.

14. 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

15. 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.
Slide Show View