Introduction to

PowerPoint 2003
and almost unlimited ways of
Starting a PowerPoint
customizing all of them. The two
Presentation
that you normally see here are the
Double-click the Microsoft
standard toolbar and the
Office PowerPoint 2003
formatting toolbar.
From the icon, if available.
If you need help, type a question
Desktop 4 – Ask a
in this box, press Enter, and
Question
answers will appear in a pane.
Drag these vertical and horizontal
Start > All Programs / scroll bars to see more of your
From the Start Programs > Microsoft Office presentation. You can use the
Menu > Microsoft Office buttons where the two scrollbars
PowerPoint 2003 5 - Scrollbar
meet to use the presentation
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browser to navigate amongst
specific objects (such as fields,
comments, and pages).
6 – Editing This is where you’ll type, edit, and
Task Pane customize your presentation.
5 Window
7 – Notes Use the notes section to make
Page notes about the slide.
Section
Use these three icons to view the
8 - View slide or the slide sorter or to run
the presentation.

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On the left hand side, the title bar

displays the title of the
presentation you’re working on
and the name of the program. To
1 – Title Bar
the far right of the title bar, you
have buttons to maximize,
minimize, restore, and close the
window.
You can click on any of these
2 – Menu items (File, Edit, View, Insert,
Bar Format, Tools, Table, or Window)
to view a list of commands.
3 – Toolbar Word has 14 different toolbars,

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Redo undoes the last undo action.

Creates a blank presentation in a Ctrl + N Open a new presentation

new window. Ctrl + S Save a file
Opens a dialog to choose a Ctrl + O Open a file
presentation to open. Ctrl + P Print a presentation
Saves your presentation. (If you Ctrl + A Select All
haven’t already specified a name and Ctrl + C Copy text
location for your presentation, you Ctrl + X Cut text
will be prompted for this
Ctrl + V Paste text
information.)
Ctrl + F Find text
Adds a section to your presentation
Ctrl + E Align text to centre
so you can e-mail the current file.
Ctrl + L Align to left
Prints your presentation.
Ctrl + R Align text to right
Ctrl + J Justify text
Opens print preview.
F7 Check Spelling or Grammar
Ctrl + Y Redo last action
Check for spelling and grammar
Ctrl + X Undo last action
errors in your presentation.
F1 Get Help
Cuts the selected text.

Copies the selected text.

Pastes the copied text.

Opens the format painter.

Opens the drawing toolbar.

Opens the help task pane.

Shows all markings in the

presentation.

Undo reverses the last action taken.

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Contains all the commands for

File Menu working with files such as open,
close, save, and print. If you click on a menu heading at
Contains all the commands you the top of your word screen the
Edit Menu need for editing your presentation Menu Items
menu will expand to show a list of
such as cut, copy, paste and undo. commands
This menu has different layouts and
View Menu zoom levels, as well as some
viewing tools.
Lets you add graphics, symbols,
Insert Menu fields like date and time and other
objects.
Allows you to change the way your
Format presentation looks including fonts, Some menu items have a right-
Menu bullets, backgrounds, borders, facing arrow (►) beside them. Once
shading, and themes. Expanding
you click on (or put your mouse
Menu Items
Have tools to add that extra pizzazz over) that item, an additional menu
to your presentations as well as will show up (expand).
Tools Menu
checking for spelling or grammar
errors.
Have all the tools you need to add
Table Menu
and edit tables in your presentation.
Allows you to switch between
Windows
multiple windows, or arrange the
Menu
windows you have open.
Offers several options for getting
Help Menu
help using PowerPoint 2003.
To see the rest of this menu, click
Chevrons
the chevrons.