This document provides instructions for creating a basic slide show in PowerPoint. It outlines 7 steps: 1) doing research; 2) organizing content; 3) creating an outline; 4) making a new presentation; 5) inserting content; 6) editing and formatting; and 7) reviewing and saving. It then details how to perform each step, such as changing slide layouts, adding text and images, applying themes, and adding transitions between slides. The overall goal is to teach the basics of PowerPoint and how to build a slide show from the initial planning through the final presentation.

1. Learn to make your own slide show.
By
Dustin McDainel

2. What is PowerPoint?
 PowerPoint is presentation
software that allows you to make
slide shows. You can easily insert
text, pictures, clip
art, graphs, hyperlinks, videos, an
d even screen capture shots.

4. Steps to Take
1) Do your research.
2) Organize your content.
3) Create a rough draft outline.
4) Create a new slide show.
5) Insert your content.
6) Edit and format the content.
7) Review and save your work.

5. Do Your Research.
 Know the audience.
 Who are you presenting to?
 What is their existing knowledge of the
subject?
 Research the topic.
 Use the internet, books, and other sources.
 Learn as much as you can about the topic.
 Look for picture that relate to the ideas
involved.

6. Organize Your Content.
 Create a new folder in windows.
 Make sure you know the location of that file.
 Store all related pictures, text
documents, and links in the folder you
created.
 We will be using them later in our slide
show.

7. Create a rough draft outline.
 Rough Draft
 Use pen and paper to make a quick
outline of the topic you will be covering.
 Break the topic into smaller ideas.
○ These will be the titles for each slide.
 Create bullets from each smaller idea.
○ These will become your body in the
slides.

8. Create a New Slide Show.
To open PowerPoint click on the following:
Start menu>All programs>Microsoft office>Microsoft
PowerPoint 2010
You can also click the icon on the desk top or task
bar that looks like this:

10. Inserting your content.
 We will start by titling our slide show on
the first slide (provided already).
 Toward the left side click the outline tab.
 Type in your main title.
 By pushing the Enter key PowerPoint will
automatically create a new slide.
 For each new slide type the title and push
Enter to create the next slide.

12. Changing the Layout
 To make it easier to layout our content, we will
change the layout of each slide.
 Click the Slides tab to change the view back
 Highlight the slide you want to change.
 Right click the slide once.
 Scroll the mouse over Layout.
 Choose appropriate layout for slide, use the chart.
Slide Number Layout Name
1 Title Slide
2-5 Title and Content
6-7 Comparison
7 Picture with Caption

14. Adding Body Text
Now we will add in the
body content to each slide.
 Click on the slide view tab.
 Click in a text box.
 Add remaining text to slides.

16. Inserting Clip Art
 Now lets insert some pictures.
 First we will use clip art.
○ Check the Include
Office.com content box.
○ Drag and drop from the
menu.
○ Move and resize.

18. Inserting Pictures
 Now we will insert pictures of our
own.
 Know where they are located on
your computer.
 Use the “Insert picture from file”
button located inside of each text
box.
 Move and adjust each picture if
needed

20. Review and Edit
 Use Spell Check to make corrections.
 Under the Review tab
 Click this icon
 Let the pop-up guide you through
corrections.
 Make any other changes needed.

22. Changing the Theme
 Under the Design tab.
 Use the down arrow to expand
the theme menu.
 Select the theme named
“Thatch”
○ This will apply a preset theme
to all the slides in the show.

24. Some Touch Up
 Now to re-adjust some of text.
 Make the titles stand out more.
○ Change font size.
○ Change font color.
 Also make appropriate changes to the
bodies text.
 Move and resize the pictures.
 Highlight each picture.
 Resize and/or move.

26. Adding Transitions
 Nowto change how the slide show
goes from one slide to the next.
 Under the “Transitions” tab
○ Highlight target slide on left of screen.
○ Change the transition for that slide by
picking one from the drop down menu
across the top.
○ Use the same or different ones for each
slide.

28. Review and Save
 Give the work one last look over.
 Save the presentation in the appropriate
place.
 Use the save as function under the “File”
tab.
 Pick the desired drive to store the file on.
 Pick the desired folder to put the file in.
 Name the file.
 Click the save button.

30. Conclusion
This concludes our first PowerPoint
tutorial. You should have a grasp on
some of the basic functions the
program offers and the ability to
create your own slide show from
scratch.