This document provides instructions for using Microsoft PowerPoint. It introduces PowerPoint as presentation software that allows users to create slides containing text, graphics, tables, movies and other objects. The document outlines the PowerPoint interface, including the ribbon, slide show view and start bar. It provides step-by-step instructions for opening PowerPoint, adding and deleting slides, inserting text and images, editing images, and saving PowerPoint projects. Learning outcomes are defined and self-assessment questions are included to check understanding. Resources for additional information are listed at the end.

1. Sultan Qaboos University
College of Education
Instructional & Learning Technology Department
TECH4101
Writing Distance Materials
PowerPoint
Done by:
Eman Almhroqi 92714
Halimh ALkind 94550

2. Introduction:
PowerPoint is a presentation software package. PowerPoint
presentation consists of a number of individual pages or “slides.” Slides
may contain text, graphics, tables, movies, etc. The presentation can be
printed, displayed on a computer, and can be projected using a video
projector. PowerPoint can add animation to your texts, graphics, tables,
movies, and other objects through Custom Animations. You can also
add transition (movement) between your slides.
Learning outcome:
Student will be able to:
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Identify Microsoft PowerPoint interface and tools
Insert text in the slide
Insert picture in the slide
Elite picture in the slide
Save PowerPoint project
Learning process:
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Identify PowerPoint tools
Add text and title in slide.
Import pictures in slide.
Elite pictures.
Save the PowerPoint project.
Resource, Information, Materials:
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Computer or lab top
Access to the internet
New version of Microsoft PowerPoint
Pictures from clip art or digital photo
background Picture

3. Content:
1- Open Microsoft PowerPoint, You can find it
in your Start Menu under all programs, or you
can search for “PowerPoint” and select it
from the results.
• From the Start menu select All Programs
• From Microsoft Office select Microsoft
PowerPoint
Interface: Microsoft PowerPoint interface is presented:

4. Microsoft Office Button: In the
upper‐left corner is the Microsoft
Office button. When you click the
button, a menu appears. You can use
the menu to create a new file, open
your existing file, save a file, and
print a file.
The Ribbon :You can use the commands to tell PowerPoint what to
do. The Ribbon is located at the top of the PowerPoint Window. At
the top of the Ribbon there are several tables; clicking a table
displaces several replanted group commands. You can click on the
command buttons to issue commands or to access menus.
Start bar: Appears at the bottom
of the window. The status bar
displays the slide number that is
currently displayed and also the
total number of slides.
Slide show: Use the slide show
view when you want to view
your slides as they will look in
your final presentation.

5. Add and delete slide:
Click new slide
Click to delete slide
Insert text:

6. Insert and edit image:
select the Insert tab on the ribbon and click on the Picture icon, as shown
in the image.
Use the drop-down arrow at the end of the Look in box and find the folder
containing your pictures.
When you click on the image, a border and tiny white circles appear on the edges
of the image. These circles are called resizing handles (or selection handles).
Dragging one of these handles allows you to enlarge or shrink your picture.
- Click the picture that you want to add an effect to.
- Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click
Picture Effects.
Saving Your Work:
Saving for the First Time, Click Microsoft
Office Button, and Click Save. Renaming and
saving as an Earlier Version and type of
show PowerPoint. Click Microsoft Office
Button, Click Save As; choose the type that
you want

7. Self-assessment
Learning Objective
1- Identify Microsoft PowerPoint
interface and tools
Assessment
what is the Ribbon?
Feedback: collection of command
located at the top of the PowerPoint
Window
2- Insert text in the slide
Which way to adding text in the slide?
A. Insert
B. Page layout
C. view
Feedback: Insert
3- Insert picture in the slide
We can add more than one picture on a
slide.
A. True
B. Fouls
feedback: true
4- Elite picture in the slide
explain how we can edit picture in
PowerPoint

8. 5- Save PowerPoint project
we can save our PowerPoint project as
PDF file
A. True
B. fouls
feedback: True
Resources:
1- http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Forestry/FOR150/PowerPoint.pdf
2- http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/shi/training/01-instructions/docs/PPT-UserGuide.pdf