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The Ultimate Beginners Guide to

PowerPoint for Business

Why Use PowerPoint?

• Very dynamic platform• Turn boring presentations into multimedia

presentations– You can add audio, video, photographs, charts,

graphs & much more– Interactivity engages your audience

• Appeal to the visual learners in your audience• Great way to demonstrate how your product

works

PowerPoint Menus

• Most of the PowerPoint icons are self-explanatory

• It’s very easy to correct mistakes without losing your work

• Always remember to save your work frequently– Hit the save button after creating a new slide

Getting Started

• Create a brand new presentation

Getting Started

• Or open up an existing presentation– Click the File tab, Open folder, then search for the file

The Main Menu

• This is where you will find the following submenus

• Hint: the best way to learn what PowerPoint can do is by playing around with it

The Design Menu

• Choose a template, colors & optional design elements before adding text to your slides

• Preloaded templates are convenient for those who don’t want to design their own

The Background Menu

• Create a custom background with color gradations, textures, patterns or photo backgrounds

Choosing a Template

• Go to the Design Menu, choose a template & hover over the template to see a preview

Choosing a Template

• If you like the template design, click Save & the design shows up in the smaller boxes in the left margin

Choosing Colors & Fonts

• From the Design tab, select the Colors link

Choosing Colors & Fonts

• Hover over each color selection to see a preview

Choosing Colors & Fonts

• You can also choose your own custom color palette

Choosing Colors & Fonts

• Click the Fonts link & hover over each name to see a preview

Adding an Image to Your Design

• Click on View tab, then Slide Master

Adding an Image to Your Design

• Click on the slide layout where you want to place the image, click Insert > Photo, then search for the file

Adding an Image to Your Design

• Resize & reposition image as needed, then exit out of Slide Master

• Every time you choose that layout, your image will appear

Choose from 40 Template Designs

Modifying Backgrounds

• Click Design tab > Background Styles > Format Background

Modifying Backgrounds

• Solid fill – changes the background to another solid color

Modifying Backgrounds

• Gradient fill – your chosen color will appear lighter or darker at certain points

Modifying Backgrounds

• Picture fill – set a photo as your background

Modifying Backgrounds

• Stretch the photo to make it fit by increasing or decreasing the percentages

Modifying Backgrounds

• Tip – use the Transparency slider to make the photo look like a watermark so it doesn’t compete with the text on each slide

• Try Recoloring the photo by selecting Background Styles > Picture Color > Recolor

• Set Contrast & Brightness as needed

Modifying Backgrounds

• Texture fill – adding a textured pattern as your background design

Modifying Backgrounds

• Pattern fill – adding a pattern as your background

Adding & Formatting Text

• The Home menu is where you find the Clipboard, Slides, Fonts, Paragraph, Drawing & Editing submenus

• Clipboard – allows for cutting & pasting• Slides – select a new blank slide or change the

layout of a slide• Fonts – choose a new font style, size or add

some bolding or italics

Adding & Formatting Text

• Paragraph – add bullet points, numerical lists, indentations, or columns

• Drawing – add shapes, change color of shapes, or group objects together so they are evenly spaced

• Editing – find or replace certain words throughout the entire presentation

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Type some text on a slide– Highlight the text, then hover mouse over the font

menu

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Follow the same steps to change the font size

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Now add bold, italics or underlines to the text

(optional)

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Bullet points are set as

default but you can change the look

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Or you can use

numbers, Roman numerals, or ABC ordered lists

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Try changing the text position on the slide

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Experiment with Text

Direction

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Text Align indicates

where in the box the text should be

– Choices are top, middle & bottom

Adding & Formatting Text

• Basic overview– Columns allow you to

fit more text inside a single text box

Formatting in Master Slide View

• This allows for consistent formatting throughout the presentation

• Click on View > Slide Master

Formatting in Master Slide View

• Note the sidebar has the different layouts associated with your current theme

Formatting in Master Slide View

• This is NOT where you enter your slide text!• Simply highlight the sample text to change the

font or size

Formatting in Master Slide View

• Make note of the font names & sizes• Click on each of the other layouts you plan to

use & make the same changes• Once these changes are made, exit from Master

Slide View & start entering your slide text• All the formatting is now preset for each new

slide

Slide Sorter

• This view displays all slides horizontally, indicating which have transitions & animations

Notes View

• Allows presenters to add notes to each slide

• Especially helpful for presenters to print out ahead of time & to jot down speaking points

Other Tools in the View Menu

• These tools are used for design purposes – your audience will NOT see these in the final presentation

– Ruler – places a ruler at the top & left of slide– Gridlines – places a grid on top of the slide– Guides – places a dotted line vertically & horizontally

through the center of the slide

• Helpful for aligning multiple design elements

Different Slide Layouts

• PowerPoint slides should compliment your presentation

• They should NOT be a word for word transcript!

• Too many words on a slide will be hard for audience to read

• Use slides to summarize your points

Different Slide Layouts

• Click on Home > Layouts to see your layout choices

Different Slide Layouts

• Choose a layout; add your slide text• To add a new slide, click Home > New Slide• To delete a slide, click on slide in left preview

sidebar & hit delete button or Ctl + x• To rearrange slides, click on slide in left preview

sidebar & drag to new position• To duplicate a slide, highlight it, click New Slide

arrow > Duplicate Selected Slides

Inserting Screenshots or Graphics

• Insert Menu– Insert graphics, photos, tables, illustrations & media

Inserting Screenshots or Graphics

• Insert Tables

– Select the number of columns & rows or upload a table from Excel

Inserting Screenshots or Graphics

• Insert Pictures

– Or other graphics from your hard drive

– Just make sure the new graphics don’t overlap with any other elements

Inserting Screenshots or Graphics

• Insert Illustrations

– Or shapes, text boxes, smart art

Other Tools from the Insert Menu

• Hyperlinks – add website URL’s to your presentation

• Text – add text boxes, headers & footers, dates, times & slide numbers

• Note: put your presentation & URL in the header or footer of every slide so people have a way to contact you

How to Insert Videos

• Go to Insert > Media tab• Click on Media tab > Video• Insert video from hard drive, YouTube, website

or Amazon hosting account

Video Tool Bar

• Allows you to adjust video brightness, change color or add a frame around video

• Bring Forward – the video will be in front of any background images or text boxes on that slide

• Send Backward – the video will become part of the slide background (not ideal)

Playing a Video

• When you reach the slide that contains the video, simply look for the video control buttons & hit Play

• Videos can be useful in presentations to:– compliment your topic– showcase a members-only video– illustrate your point of view– gives you a break from speaking!

How to Insert Audios

• Follow the same process as with videos but choose an mp3 file instead

Playing an Audio

• Click the button when you’re ready

• Note: the audio will stop playing if you advance to the next slide

• Audios will add extra value to your presentation– Share an interview with your audience– Share client testimonials– Share your latest podcast or radio commercial

Adding Transitions & Animations

• Transitions = movement occurs when you advance to the next slide

Adding Transitions & Animations

• Animations = gives movement to the text on each slide

Adding Transitions & Animations

• Notes:– Transitions – you can customize how the transition

occurs (top to bottom, side to side) as well as the duration & if you want sound

– Animations – you can choose the type of animation, duration & when it should start (automatically or with mouse click)

– Stay consistent with your choices! Too many different types of transitions or animations will confuse your audience

Creating a Slide Show

• Prescreen your presentation• Allows you to see what your audience will see

• Click From Beginning• Slides will be full screen• Click mouse to advance slides

Creating a Slide Show

• Broadcast slideshow– Allows remote users to view your slideshow in their

browser window while you still maintain control

• Rehearse timings– Used for creating a PowerPoint video– This option times how long each slide in on screen– Click mouse to advance & to activate all transitions &

animations– Save & then start From Beginning to see it automated

Rehearse Timings

Reviewing Your Presentation

• Proofing, Language, Comments & Compare submenus

• Spell check & Thesaurus are under Proofing Features

Reviewing Your Presentation

• Research – find a definition or synonym

• Translate – translate a section or the entire presentation into another language

• Comments – handy for remote collaborators to jot notes

• Compare – combine two presentations together

Creating a PowerPoint Video

• Design your slides• Add some music or record your own voice• Record your slide show• Camtasia is a video editing software that is

compatible with PowerPoint• If you have both software titles, you will see the

Add Ins option on the main menu

Creating a PowerPoint Video

• Save & edit your video in Camtasia

• Jing is a free recording software but there is no editing function & it only allows recording for 5 minute

Printing Your Presentation

• It’s all about capturing an audience through different learning styles– Your visual presentation will appeal to visual learners– Your audio will appeal to auditory learners– Your printed presentation will appeal to those who

want to read & refer to your presentation at a later date

• Printing a copy for yourself also ensures you’ll never lose it

Printing Your Presentation

• Handouts of your slides are helpful at live presentations

• Choose from these printing options:– Print all slides– Print single slides– Print slides in a custom range– 9 different hand out layouts (most popular is the

Notes layout)

Reusing Your Slides

• Turn your presentation slides into the following products:– A marketing video for YouTube– A free special report to grow your email list– Bundle your PDF report with your audio recording for

those who could not attend the presentation live– Reuse your branded layout for future presentations

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