Introduction to PowerPointIntroduction to PowerPoint

By Michelle KravitzBy Michelle Kravitz

What is PowerPoint?What is PowerPoint?

A presentation softwareA presentation software Uses multimedia: text, graphics, Uses multimedia: text, graphics,

pictures, sounds, videos, music, pictures, sounds, videos, music, etc.etc.

A tool for professionally displaying A tool for professionally displaying and presenting workand presenting work

Getting StartedGetting Started

First, click on the Button in the First, click on the Button in the bottom-left cornerbottom-left corner

This will open up the menu optionsThis will open up the menu options Second, click on Programs then Second, click on Programs then

Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft PowerPoint This will open PowerPoint and you This will open PowerPoint and you

will have a choice boxwill have a choice box

PowerPoint (continued)PowerPoint (continued) You will be asked about your new You will be asked about your new

presentation that you’re going to presentation that you’re going to create with this menu:create with this menu:

Click on “Blank Presentation” then Click on “Blank Presentation” then click on click on

PowerPoint (continued)PowerPoint (continued)

Next, a choice Next, a choice of several of several screens will screens will come up for come up for the New Slide the New Slide you will be you will be makingmaking

Double-click Double-click on the first on the first screenscreen

PowerPoint (continued)PowerPoint (continued) You will now have the You will now have the

template for a “Title template for a “Title Slide” openSlide” open

This will serve as the This will serve as the first slide in your first slide in your presentation.presentation.

Click in the top box Click in the top box and type a Titleand type a Title

Click in the bottom Click in the bottom box and type a box and type a subtitle (or name and subtitle (or name and date, etc.)date, etc.)

The Title CardThe Title Card

The title of your The title of your presentation presentation should be concise should be concise and to the pointand to the point

The subtitle box The subtitle box can contain your can contain your name, date, or an name, date, or an actual subtitle.actual subtitle.

Coloring and Formatting Coloring and Formatting TextText

We don’t live in a boring Black-We don’t live in a boring Black-and-White worldand-White world

Let’s add color and nice formatting Let’s add color and nice formatting to the text!to the text!

Coloring and Formatting Coloring and Formatting TextText

Select text you Select text you wish to format wish to format by dragging by dragging across the text across the text with the mousewith the mouse

Click on FClick on Foormat, rmat, then then FFont to ont to make changes make changes to Font Style, to Font Style, Size, ColorSize, Color

Moving a Text BoxMoving a Text Box

Put arrow on the thick gray line, Put arrow on the thick gray line, and a four-headed arrow will and a four-headed arrow will appearappear

Click, hold, and drag the text box Click, hold, and drag the text box to where to you would like itto where to you would like it

Resizing a Text BoxResizing a Text Box Click on one of Click on one of

the corner the corner “handles” of “handles” of the box (and the box (and hold)hold)

Using your Using your other hand, other hand, drag the mouse drag the mouse either inside (to either inside (to make smaller), make smaller), or outside (to or outside (to make bigger)make bigger)

Adding a Background Adding a Background ColorColor

Adding a Adding a background background color to your color to your slide will slide will improve the improve the visual quality visual quality and appeal to and appeal to the entire the entire presentationpresentation

First, open the First, open the Format Menu, Format Menu, and select and select BackgroundBackground

Background Color (cont.)Background Color (cont.) Click on the Click on the

down-arrow down-arrow then select then select MMore Colorsore Colors

From the From the palette, you palette, you may pick may pick any color any color you want!you want!

Background color (cont.)Background color (cont.) After you have After you have

selected your new selected your new color, the previous color, the previous window will again window will again appear.appear.

Choose “Apply” to Choose “Apply” to apply this background apply this background color to just this one color to just this one slideslide

If you choose “Apply If you choose “Apply to All”, this to All”, this background color will background color will be applied to all of be applied to all of your slides!your slides!

““Importing” a pictureImporting” a picture Pictures and Pictures and

images can also images can also be incorporated be incorporated into into presentations (as presentations (as you have seen you have seen with this with this presentation)presentation)

Pictures can be Pictures can be from sources from sources such as Clip Art, such as Clip Art, the Internet, or the Internet, or from your from your personal diskpersonal disk

Clip Art:Clip Art:

Internet:Internet:

From disk:From disk:

Importing Clip ArtImporting Clip Art

Open the Open the Insert Insert menu and menu and select select Picture, Picture, then Clip then Clip ArtArt

Clip Art (cont.)Clip Art (cont.)

First, select First, select the category the category that interests that interests you (single you (single click)click)

Then, select Then, select the image the image within the within the gallery that gallery that you want you want (single click)(single click)

Clip Art (cont.)Clip Art (cont.) Now, close the Clip Now, close the Clip

Art dialog box and Art dialog box and you will see your you will see your selected clip art on selected clip art on the slidethe slide

To move and To move and resize the clip art, resize the clip art, apply your apply your knowledge of the knowledge of the methods of methods of moving and moving and resizing text boxesresizing text boxes

Importing a picture from your Importing a picture from your diskdisk

To personalize your To personalize your presentation, it is presentation, it is always a good idea always a good idea to add pictures to add pictures that are generated that are generated yourself.yourself.

This makes your This makes your project unique to project unique to youyou!!

Importing a picture (cont.)Importing a picture (cont.) To insert a To insert a

picture from picture from your own your own disk, first disk, first select the select the Insert menu, Insert menu, then Picture, then Picture, then From then From File ….File ….

Importing a picture (cont.)Importing a picture (cont.) Next, you Next, you

will be will be presented presented with a with a screen screen that asks that asks where the where the picture file picture file is is located..located..

Importing a picture (cont.)Importing a picture (cont.)

If your If your picture picture is on is on your your disk, disk, select select drive A, drive A, 3½3½

Importing a picture (cont.)Importing a picture (cont.) Select the Select the

picture picture that you’d that you’d like to like to import import from your from your disk, then disk, then clickclick

For additional studyFor additional study

Adding a slide transitionAdding a slide transition Importing a videoImporting a video Importing a sound / Recording a Importing a sound / Recording a

soundsound Applying design templatesApplying design templates Word artWord art Inserting graphs from Excel and Inserting graphs from Excel and

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