HOW TO USE MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

1. POWERPOINT
by Colin Williams, Librarian
based on a presentation by
Serena Vaquilar (Former Librarian)

3. Preview
&
Manage
your slides

5. •Adds a slide
•Arrow drops menu down to choose a
layout for your new slide
Changes the
layout of your
current slide
Deletes the
current slide

6. Text Box
•Click on Icon
•Draw square
where you want
your text box
Other shapes
•Click on Icon
•Draw your shape
More Shapes

7. ADDING IMAGES
Add images/pictures from
many different places:
 From the Internet
 From your own pictures
(that you’ve saved to your
flash drive or disk)
 From Clip Art in
PowerPoint
INTERNET

8. Add images/pictures from
many different places:
 From the Internet
 From your own pictures
(that you’ve saved to your
flash drive or disk)
 From Clip Art in
PowerPoint
INTERNET
ADDING IMAGES

9. Add images/pictures from
many different places:
 From the Internet
 From your own pictures
(that you’ve saved to your
flash drive or disk)
 From Clip Art in
PowerPoint
INTERNET
ADDING IMAGES

10. Add images/pictures from
many different places:
 From the Internet
 From your own pictures
(that you’ve saved to your
flash drive or disk)
 From Clip Art in
PowerPoint
INTERNET
ADDING IMAGES

11. What is Internet Explorer?
 An Internet Browser.
What can you do with it?
 Access to the World Wide Web
 Medical Information, Images
 Court Cases, Legal Processes
 Kaplan Quad
 Email
 Facebook

13. What is Internet Explorer?
 Your window/access to the Internet
What can you do with it?
 Look up information
 Look for images/pictures
 Log on to Kaplan Quad to check your
grades after each module
 Check/Send email
WEB BROWSERS

15. Address
Bar
Log
into Quad
WEB BROWSERS

16. ADDING IMAGES – FROM THE INTERNET
1. Copy
 Right-click on the image
 Left-click on “Copy”
2. (Or) Save
 Right-click on the image
 Left-click on “Save Picture
As…”
 Save Image to flash
drive, My
Pictures, Desktop, etc.

17. ADDING COPIED IMAGES
 Go to your PowerPoint slide or Word page
 Right-click to show the drop down menu
 Left-click on “Paste”

18. ADDING SAVED IMAGES
Open PowerPoint slide or Word page
Click on the “Insert” Tab
Click on the “Picture” Button

19. Change
the
directory to
where you
saved the
image.
Hint: If you saved to your flash drive, start
with “My Computer”
ADDING SAVED IMAGES

20. 1. Double click the image
or
2. Click the image and then
The “Insert” Button
ADDING SAVED IMAGES

21. RESIZING ITEMS
MOVE
PROPORTIONAL
UNPROPORTIONAL

23. DESIGNS
Click on the “Design” Tab.
If you choose a colored
background…
If you print your slides…
You will print that color!
Choose your Design.

24. DESIGNS
Click on the “Design” Tab.
If you choose a colored
background…
If you print your slides…
You will print that color!
Choose your Design.

25. DESIGNS
Click on the “Design” Tab.
If you choose a colored
background…
If you print your slides…
You will print that color!
Choose your Design.

26. DESIGNS
Click on the “Design” Tab.
If you choose a colored
background…
If you print your slides…
You will print that color!
Choose your Design.

27. ADDING VIDEOS
INSERT tab.
Similar to
pictures, but must be
a saved file (cannot
copy).
Insert the LINK in
your presentation

28. LINKING A VIDEO IN YOUR PRESENTATION
1. FIND the video on the internet.
2. COPY the ADDRESS from the ADDRESS BAR
3. PASTE the link into presentation.
IMPORTANT: hit [SPACE BAR] or [ENTER] to make the link
active

29. LINKING A VIDEO IN YOUR PRESENTATION
1. FIND the video on the internet.
2. COPY the ADDRESS from the ADDRESS BAR
3. PASTE the link into presentation.
IMPORTANT: hit [SPACE BAR] or [ENTER] to make the link
active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4q4KqWpV_A

30. PRINTING (POWERPOINT)

31. PRINTING (POWERPOINT)

33. POWERPOINT
REVIEW

34. POWERPOINT

35. POWERPOINT

36. POWERPOINT
What is Internet Explorer?
Your window/access to the Internet
What can you do with it?
Look up information
Look for images/pictures
Log on to Kaplan Quad to check your grades after each module
Check/Send email

37. POWERPOINT
PROPORTIONAL

38. POWERPOINT
Ready to present?
1. SAVE to flashdrive.
2. SAVE as email attachment.
The computer
you present on
will need
Powerpoint
installed!