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Powerpoint Basics
 The Basics
• Powerpoint layout (The Ribbon)
• The File tab
• Creating a new presentation
• The Home tab
• Inserting Elements
• Slide Design
• Transitions and Animations
 The File Tab
Allows you to open a saved presentation, start
a new one, save, save as, print and more
•  Use the File tab to do all of your
housekeeping work
•  Always save presentations frequently
o Microsoft's recover feature doesn't always work
properly
 Creating a new presentation
Use the File tab to create a new presentation

• When Powerpoint starts up, a blank

presentation will be shown
o You can use this blank presentation or access other
options under the File tab
Create new presentation
Use a template
 The Home tab
Home tab is your main screen
• Allows you to
o add new slides
o change slide layouts
o change fonts, font colors, add bold/underlined/italics
o insert bullets

If you have trouble finding a button or option (like

how to bold text), always go back to the Home
tab first to see if the option is there
 Inserting Elements
Elements can include:
•  Images/clip art
• Tables and charts
• Video and audio clips
• WordArt
• Links add to a presentation and keep your
Elements
slides from being dull
The Insert Tab
 Slide Design
The Slide Design tab gives you plenty of
options to give your presentation a theme
•Themes gives presentations color and styling
Themes also preset each slide's design and
•layout, along with font options and colors
o These can be changed if you don't like the theme's
choices
• This tab also lets you adjust margins and
slide orientation
The Design Tab
 Transitions and Animations
• Transitions: how slides appear on the
screen
•  Animations: how text, graphics, etc. appear
on each slide
•  Transitions and animations can give your
presentation a polished look, but they can
also be a distraction
The Transitions and Animations Tabs
 Managing Your Slideshow
The Slideshow tab gives you lots of options on
the delivery of your show.
•  View full slideshow before presenting it
o Allows you to catch mistakes/mistimings
o Gives you the chance to view the show as an
audience member
The Slideshow Tab
 Review and View
The Review and View tabs allow you to do
more editing
• Spellcheck
• Translate
• Zoom
• Turn on/off Ruler, Guidelines, Gridlines
Review and View Tabs
Application::

Create Power Point presentation

with atleast 5 slides with simple
animations