PowerPoint is a comprehensive presentation graphics tool that allows users to create professional presentations by breaking down content into slides. Users can insert text, images, and charts, modify them, and apply custom animations and transitions through a tabbed ribbon menu system. Important features include the Microsoft Office button for accessing key options, the ability to create and format presentations, and inserting various media elements.

2. PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package.
It gives you everything you
need to produce a
professional-looking
presentation.

3. To convey a message or a story, you
break it down into slides. To convey a
message or a story, you break it
down into slides. Think of each slide
as a blank canvas for the pictures,
words, and shapes that will help you
build your story.

4. The tabbed Ribbon menu system is how you access the various PowerPoint
commands
Above the Ribbon in the upper-left corner is the Microsoft Office button
From here, you can access important options such as New, Save, Save As,
and Print

5. Creating new presentations
Click the Microsoft Office button, and choose New from
the menu
The New Presentation dialog box will appear.
Blank presentation is selected by default

6. Slide basics
Placeholders can contain many different items, including text, pictures, and
charts

7. Click the New Slide command in the Slides group
on the Home tab
Click the Layout command in the Slides group on
the Home tab
Click an option to select it
The slide will change in the presentation

8. To insert text
Click the placeholder or text box where you want to
insert text
To format font size
Click the drop-down arrow next to the font size box on the Home tab
To insert a text box
Select the Insert tab on the Ribbon
Click the Text Box command in the Text group
Click and drag the cursor until the text box is the desired
width

9. Select the Insert tab.
Click the Insert Picture command in the Illustrations group.
Locate and select the picture you want to use.

10. To resize a picture:
Select the picture.
Click one of the corner sizing handles
The cursor will turn into a cross
While holding down the mouse button, drag the sizing handle until the
image is the desired size
Release the mouse button

11. Modifying pictures
When you select a picture, a Picture Tools Format tab appears on the
Ribbon
To apply a picture style
Click the More drop-down arrow to display all the picture styles.

12. To change the shape of a picture
Click the Picture Shape icon
To insert a clip art from the Ribbon

13. Inserting Movies
Click the drop-down arrow on the Movie command in the Media Clips group
To preview the movie

14. Working with tables
Enter the number of table columns and rows in the
dialog box
Options on the Design tab
To insert a row

15. Click the Insert Chart command
Click and drag the scroll
bar to view the chart types,
or click a label on the left of
the dialog box to see a
specific chart style

16. Enter chart data
The data that appears
in the Excel
spreadsheet is
placeholder source
data you'll replace with
your own information.
To enter chart data
Select a cell in the Excel spreadsheet
Select any cells with placeholder data
remaining

17. To apply a custom animation effect
Click Add Effect in the task
pane to add an animation effect
to the selected text or object

18. Using Transitions
To apply a transition to one slide
Locate the Transition to This Slide group
To set slide transition speed