This document provides an overview of Microsoft PowerPoint, including how to open PowerPoint, create a new presentation, work with themes and slides, add drawings, and save a presentation. PowerPoint is a presentation program that allows users to convey information to an audience. It has tools for creating slides, applying themes, drawing objects, and saving presentations in different file formats. The document outlines the basic functions and features of PowerPoint.

1. Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Office 2010-Illustrated
By Dr. Zahraa Fadhil Muhsin
Uruk University
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2.  Introduction to PowerPoint
 PowerPoint Window
 Creating a New Presentation
 Themes
 Working with Slides
 Drawing
 Saving a Presentation
Objectives
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3. Introduction to PowerPoint
 Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation graphics
program that helps you convey information to an
audience.
 To open PowerPoint-a presentation application
 click Start ->Microsoft Office PowerPoint your first
Title slide will appear as shown in the figure.
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4. PowerPoint Window
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Quick Access Toolbar
Ribbon Tabs
Ribbon Groups
Slide Tab
A blank presentation
Zoom
Preview : Four main view , Normal, Slide
Sorter, Reading View, Slide Show

5. Creating a New Presentation
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To begin a new presentation,
click the File tab -> New. The
New Presentation window
will appear, giving you various
options to create a new
presentation.
You can start from a blank
presentation by selecting
Blank presentation (this is
selected by default) and then
clicking Create. You can also create a new presentation from a pre-
existing template in one of the categories under
the Office.com Templates section.

6. Themes
 To set a theme for your presentation, select the theme
you wish to use from File tab ->New ->Themes. More
themes will be shown along with an option to
download more themes from the Microsoft Office
Online site.
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Design tab->Themes

7. Working with Slides
 New presentations will be
created with one slide.
 To add an additional
slide, click New Slide
under the Slides group.
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To change the layout of a
slide, click Layout under
the Slides group and
select the desired layout
type.

8. Drawing
 The Drawing Group offers tools for adding hand drawn objects
to a presentation, such as lines, rectangles etc.. Select the shape
from the Drawing group and then draw the shape in the
presentation. You can also arrange and apply styles to any hand
drawn objects from the Drawing group.
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9. Saving a Presentation
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• To save click File tab -> Save. If this
is a new presentation the Save As
dialog box will open up.
• Select the location where you
would like the file to be saved,
• Enter a File name then click Save
button.
• The default file format is *.pptx.
If you have previously saved clicking Save
under the File tab will save changes to the
existing file.
If you prefer to have your changes saved to a
different file, click the File tab ->Save As.
You can save
the file on
different
format,
movie, PDF

10. Summary
 Introduction to PowerPoint
 PowerPoint Window
 Creating a New Presentation
 Themes
 Working with Slides
 Drawing
 Saving a Presentation
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