PowerPoint presentations allow users to create digital slideshows containing text, images, videos and other media that can be displayed automatically or manually by a presenter. Slide layouts, themes, templates and other design elements help structure the content and ensure visual consistency. Presenters can add notes, animations, graphics and other elements to engage audiences.

1. PowerPoint Presentations

2.  A PowerPoint presentation is a collection of
electronic slides that can have text, pictures,
graphics, tables, sound and video.
 This collection can run automatically or can
be controlled by a presenter.

3. Title Bar
Quick Access
Toolbar
Microsoft
Office Tabs
Button
Command Group Ruler
Command
Buttons
Slide
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Place
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Notes
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4.  To enhance public
speaking
 To deliver lectures
 To present Reports
 To help improve the
quality and impact of
classroom teaching.
 To present sales and
marketing ideas.

5. Slides
• A slide is a single ‘page’
in a slide shown on a
screen to an audience.

6. Templates
• A template is a
document written in a
software package that
can be used over and
over again for various
purposes.

7. Wizards
 This is a short program
within a software
package that asks the
user for the basic
information and then
creates a complete
document of slide show.

8. Slide Layout
 This is the arrangement
of placeholders on a
slide.

9.  The slide layout must relate to the
type of information being presented.
Each slide should convey only one
idea or piece of information.
 When choosing a slide ask yourself
these questions:
I. What am I trying to achieve in this
presentation?
II. Do I need to give a lot of
information?
III. Would it be better to give the
information as text, images or
diagrams?

10. Themes are design templates
that can be applied to an
entire presentation that
allows for consistency
throughout the
presentation.

11. Design templates are created so
that even though different
slide types can have different
layouts and graphics, the
whole presentation goes
together as an attractive
package.

12. Use the slide
You can change When you are
show you
the colour satisfied with
have created, scheme from your selection
click design in any of the save the
the formatting designs presentation.
toolbar.
Design
Select the
Template will
design you
appear on the
want
task pane.

13. Some Elements to consider when selecting a design are:
 Background Colour
 Font Styles, Colours and Sizes
 Extra Images used to make slide interesting
Background Styles
To change the background style of a
theme:
 Select the ‘Background Styles’
button on the design tab.

14. Theme Colours
To apply new colours to a thee:
 Click the ‘colours’ drop down arrow
 Chooses a colour set or click ‘Create
New Theme Colours’.

15. Font Formatting
To change the font of a slide:
 Select the text.
 Use the buttons on the formatting
toolbar to change to change the font
type, style, size or colour.

16.  Special headers and footers can be
created.
 They will appear on every slide.
 The header an footer sit along the top and
bottom of each slide.
To keep the text in
Type in the text you
On the „slide‟ tab in the header/footer
Go to insert then wish to be displayed
the dialogue box, from appearing on
select „Header and at the center
select the „header‟ or the title slide, select
Footer.‟ top/bottom of the
„footer‟ check box. the „Don‟t show on
slide.
title slide‟ check box.

17. A Slide Master is a special
slide where you can
create your own design.

18.  When you give your presentation,
you may need to refer to notes to
elaborate on a slide's material, or to
remind you to mention some detail.
 In PowerPoint, you can write your
speaker's notes while you work on
your slides.
 Simply go to the text box below the
slide in the main window area that
says "Click to add notes" and start
writing.

19. In order to animate a slide:
o Select the slide you wish to
animate
o Click „Animations‟ to the
formatting toolbar.
o Select one of the available
transitions or select „custom
animation‟.

20. o Select the slide you wish to add graphics to.
o Go to the insert menu, click on „picture‟ and
click „select from file‟.
o Locate the picture on the hard drive and click
insert.
o The picture can then be resized and positioned
the way you want it to be.
o The buttons on the picture toolbar can be used
to crop the picture, border it and sharpen the
contrast.

21. • Select „Home‟ on the toolbar.
• Click „New Slide‟
Add Slides • Select the slide template you wish to add.
• Look on the left of the PowerPoint window in the „slides‟ tab of the
slides/outline pane.
Delete • Select the slide you wish to delete and click „delete on the keyboard‟.
Slides
• Click view, then select „Slide Sorter‟.
• To change the position of a slide, select it and drag it to its new position.
Rearrange
Slides

22. The Slide Navigator
 Go to „Slide Show‟ on the formatting toolbar.
 Select an option under „Start Slide Show‟
 Click on „next‟ or „previous‟ to move between slides.
 Click „go to slide‟ to jump to any slide in the slide
show.
 Click on „end slide show‟ to return to the main
screen.

23. The Pointer
 View the Slide Show.
 Right click anywhere on the screen.
 Select Pointer Options
 Click on one of the pens; this allows you to draw
and highlight on the slides.
 Go back to pointer options and then select arrow
when finished with the pen.
 You will be asked “Do you want to keep ink
annotations?”

24. The Screen Attributes
You use this when you want to blank out the screen so
that your audience can concentrate on what you are
saying.
 View the Slide Show.
 Press „B‟ on the keyboard to blank out the screen. Press
„B‟ again to return to the slide show.
 Press „W‟ to turn the screen white.