This document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a basic PowerPoint presentation. It describes how to open PowerPoint, add and format slides, insert text and images, set slide transitions, and save the presentation as a slide show. The instructions cover choosing a theme, adding titles and bullet points, inserting pictures, applying transitions to all slides, and saving the file. An example slide show on evacuation procedures is included to demonstrate a finished presentation.

2.  Open up Microsoft PowerPoint
 Create a new presentation
 Change the theme
 Add slides to the presentation
 Add text and images to the slides
 Setup a transition between them
 Create a slide show for the presentation

3.  Click on the Start button to bring its
menu
 Click on All Programs or similar to bring
up a list of folders and icons

4.  Click on the Microsoft Office folder
 Click on the Microsoft PowerPoint
shortcut to open up the program

5.  A new presentation is created
automatically when the program opens
 To make one manually, click on the File
button
 Click on the New button
 Click on the Blank presentation button

6.  Click on the Design tab
 Look for the Themes section
 Find the theme that you want and click
on it

7.  Click on the Home tab
 Click on the New Slide button to bring up
a list of layouts
 Find the layout you want and click on it

8.  Click on the box near the top of a slide
where it says ‘Click to add title’
 Type your title within this box

9.  Click in the upper-most part of the text
box below the title
 This will create a bullet within it
 Type what you need and press Enter to
create a new bullet

10.  Click on the slide where you want the
picture to go
 Click on the Insert tab
 Click on the Picture button

11.  Click on the picture that you want
 Click on the Open button to bring your
picture into the presentation

12.  Click on the Transitions tab
 Find and click on the transition you want
 Click on the Apply To All button to give it
to every slide in the presentation

13.  Click on the File button
 Click on the Save As button

14.  Type down the presentations name in
the File name section
 Choose the PowerPoint 97-2003 Show
option in the Save as type section
 Click the Save button to save it as a Slide
Show file

15.  This next slide show will note the RTC
evacuation procedures to demonstrate
what a finished slide show looks like

16.  Reach the nearest
exit
 Move to at least 50
feet away from the
building

17.  Use the nearest stairs
to reach the 1st floor
 DO NOT USE THE
ELEVATORS
 Reach the nearest
exit
 Move to at least 50
feet away from the
building

18.  Use the nearest stairs
to reach the 1st floor
 DO NOT USE THE
ELEVATORS
 Reach the nearest
exit
 Move to at least 50
feet away from the
building