2. Add a new slide
• Click on “Insert” and “New Slide” and write
in a couple of lines (your name, what and
where you teach)
• You can find your way around the
presentation by clicking on the numbered
slides on the left of the screen
3. Special layouts
• now add another slide by clicking on
“Insert” “New Slide” and then clicking on
one of the text or content layouts to the
right of this
• If you wish, practise adding a picture by
finding one on the web (Google Images),
right clicking and copying, than right
clicking and pasting into your slide
4. Presentation
• Highlight this heading and change the
font, colour and size by clicking on
“Format” and then “Font”
• Click on “Format” and then “Background”
and then the arrow beneath the main box
• Change the background colour and fill
effect (go to “more colours”). In “Fill
Effects” use the tabs to get a textured
background
5. Templates
• Click on “Format” and “Slide design”
• Preview a few of the prepared slide
designs by clicking on them
• You can apply a design template to all
your slides, or format each one individually
(as in previous slide)
6. Setting up your slide show
• Click on “Slide Show” and “Animation
Schemes”
• Use the scroll arrow to view options and
choose an effect
• Click on “Apply to all slides”
• Now click on “Slide Show” and “View
Show” to see the effect
7. Custom animation
• Click on “Slide show” and “Custom
animation”
• Select and element of the slide, then click
“Add Effect” to add animation. Try “Motion
Paths” for some real excitement!
8. Slide Transition
• Click on “Slide Show” and “Slide
Transition” and choose an effect
• Click on “Slide Show” and “View Show” to
look at it
9. Rehearse timings
• Imagining you want your show to run
automatically, click on “Slide Show” and
“Rehearse Timings”
• Then just click every time you want it to
advance. The program will record your timings
and ask you to confirm that is what you want at
the end
• Then click on “Slide Show” and “Set up show”
and select “Loop continuously until escape”
• View your show
10. Different slide views
• Now click on the “thumbnail” slide view on
the bottom left of the screen to see an
overview
• You can hold down “Control” and click on
some of the slides or select all and make
changes to their format or animation
11. Changing slide order
• In the usual view, try clicking and dragging
the overview slides to the left of this in
order to change slide order
12. Congratulations!
• You have mastered the main features of
PowerPoint and are ready to impress
friends, colleagues, and most of all, your
students!
