What is PowerPoint?
PowerPoint is a closed source commercial presentation program
developed by Microsoft.
The Content We Will Cover
Open a Presentation Charts
Open a New Presentation Slide Themes
Save a Slide Show Slide Transitions
Create a New Slide Rearrange Slides
Add Slides Preview Presentations
Insert Pictures View Outline
Insert Clip Art Print Handouts
Format Pictures
Format Fonts
Header and Footer
Hyperlinks
Tables
PowerPoint Ribbon
During this presentation, we will refer to the PowerPoint “Ribbon” in
terms of navigating the program.
The Ribbon is the strip of buttons across the top of the main window.
Users can access anything the program has to offer through the Ribbon.
Create a New Presentation
Select “File” then
“New”
Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press ‘N’ for “New”
Open an Existing
Presentation
Select “File” then
“Open”
Shortcut: Hold the
Control button, then
press ‘O’ for “Open”
Saving a Presentation
Select “File” then “Save
As”
Shortcut: Press f12 to
Save the file with a new
name
Add a Slide
Go to the “Home”
ribbon and select the
“New Slide” button
Select the Slide Pane
and press “Enter”
Insert Pictures from Files
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Picture”
Locate the image file
from the folder to
where it is saved.
Select “Insert” from the
dialog box.
Insert Clip Art
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Clip Art”
Enter search terms in Clip Art search pane on the right and select
image.
Format Pictures
To resize the image, click on the picture to surround the image with a
blue box.
Drag the corner dot away from the center to make it larger and toward
the center to make it smaller.
Format Fonts
Go to the “Home”
ribbon then make
changes to the font size
and style of the text.
This Home tab also
allows you to change
all aspects of the font
size and style.
Insert a Header and Footer
Go to “Insert” then “Header and Footer”
This dialog box allows you to add a date and time on the slide.
Insert a Hyperlink
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then hover over
“Links” then select
“Hyperlink”
Copy and Paste the
Link from the website
into the “Link” box.
Insert Tables
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select
“Table”
Move the mouse over
the table illustration to
select the size of the
table you would like to
use.
Insert Charts
Go to the “Insert”
ribbon then select the
“Chart” button.
Option to choose from
Area, Bar, Line, Pie and
several other Chart
Options.
Add a Slide Theme from
Gallery
Go to the “Design” ribbon
Select a design theme from the Theme toolbar.
Slide Transitions
Go to the “Transitions” ribbon
Select desired Transition from toolbar
Rearrange Slides
To move a slide, click on the slide thumbnail in the left
column
Drag and drop the slide at the desired location.
To move consecutive slides at one time, click and hold
the Shift key as you select the slides you want to move.
Drag and drop the slides at the desired location.
Preview a Presentation
Go to the “Slide Show” ribbon
Select the point in the slide show that you would like to
begin viewing.
From beginning
From current slide
The shortcut key is F5
View Slides vs. Outlines
The default view is
Slides
The second option is
Outline view to show
the slide show as outline
notes
Print Handouts
Select “File” then select
“Print”
A dialog box appears
that allows you to
change the printer
and select the number
of copies to be
printed.
You can also select to
print handouts of the
slideshow.
