Starting and
Customizing a
PowerPoint Slide Show

The PowerPoint Window
 Ribbon
– Located near the top and is the control center in
PowerPoint
 Tabs Pane
– Consists of a Slides tab and an Outline tab
 Slide Pane
– The current slide is viewed in this pane
 Notes Pane
– Used by presenter to add notes about slide

 Normal View
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Slides Tab
 Thumbnail or miniature view of slides.
Outline Tab
 Rearrange lists, paragraphs, and individual slides.
 Slide Sorter View
– View of all slides
 Slide Show View
– View slide on entire screen

 Placeholders
– Boxes that automatically display when you create a slide. All slide except the Blank slide layout will have a placeholder.
 Text and Content Areas
– Surrounded by dotted outline.
– Number of areas depend on the slide layout selected.

 Blank Presentation (Default)
– Use the blank design (Office Theme) to concentrate on the words and message before adding color and design.
 Document Theme (Design)
– Provides consistency in design and color throughout entire presentation.

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– Presentation Title
– Presentation Subtitle

 Click on New Slide in the Slides group on the
Home tab
 Select Title and Content Layout
 Increase and Decrease List Level through
Paragraph group on the Home tab
OR Tab to increase; Shift Tab to decrease
 Change Bullet Style through Paragraph group on the Home tab

 Click on New Slide in the Slides group on the
Home tab
 Select a Layout
 Change the slide layout through Layout in
Slides group
 Reset a slide
 Delete a slide

 Font Group on the Home tab and in Font
Dialog Box
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Color
 Light color text on dark background.
 Dark color text on light background.
 Readability when projected.
Effects
 Underline, shadow, superscript, and subscript.
Style
 Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic.

 Font
– Maximum of two font styles or effects in a slide show.
– Ease of viewing.
– Uniformity in capitalization and grammar.
– Same font style throughout presentation.
 Size
– Height of character. Point is 1/72 of an inch.

 Insert tab, Text group, Text Box
 Text Box
– Pointer will change to crosshair.
– Draw box.
– Drag sizing handles to correct size.
– Drag and drop to desired location.
– Format with font, font size, and font style.

 Insert tab, Illustrations group
– Shapes
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SmartArt
Charts
 Insert tab, Text group
– Header & Footer
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WordArt
Symbol
Object

 Insert tab, Illustrations group
– Picture
– Clipart
 Should enhance the slide.
– Photo Album
 Insert tab, Media Clips group
– Movie
– Sound

 Animations tab, Animations group
– Visual effects applied to text or content.
 Each line can appear in a variety of ways as it displays on screen.
 Object can exit in a variety of ways.
 Animations tab, Animations group
– Custom Animation
 Use a variety of entrances, emphasis, exit, and motion paths to enhance slide show.

 Animations tab, Transition to This Slide group
– Used to progress from one slide to another.
– Add sound and select speed of transition.
– Maximum of two different animation effects in one presentation.

 Insert tab, Links group, Hyperlink
– Connection from a slide to another slide, a custom show, a Web page, or a file.
– Can be text or an object such as a picture, graph, shape, or WordArt.
 Insert tab, Links group, Action
– Add an action to the selected object.

 Insert tab, Illustrations group, Shapes
– Ready-made button that you can insert into your presentation and define hyperlinks.
 Select button from Action Buttons menu.
 Draw button.
 Drag sizing handles to correct size.
 Drag and drop to desired location.
 Select appropriate action for button.

 Slide Show tab, Start Slide Show group,
From Beginning OR F5
– Computer acts like a slide projector.
– Slide is displayed on a full screen.
– Can start from current slide.
– Can be run manually or timed.
 End on Black Slide

 File, Print
– Settings
 Full Page Slides, Note Pages, Outline, or Handouts
 Select Grayscale, Color, or Pure Black and White