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Introduction
& Overview
- PowerPoint
- a presentation
tool to create presentations with professional look
- each slide can
be created from scratch or can be based on a "setup wizard,
" then customized
- slides can include
text and charts, graphics, multi media
- can create handouts,
overhead transparencies, speaker notes
- can publish presentation
to web
Starting Up Powerpoint
When you first open
PowerPoint, you are presented with four choices:
Autocontent Wizard
- fastest, most efficient
method to create a presentation
- contains suggested
content and design
- start with a wizard-created
presentation, then customize
Template
- then four tabs:
- General (blank,
same as pressing New button on button bar)
- Presentation Designs
(choice of "look and feel"-- color schemes, graphics,
tone)
- Presentations
(Content Designs -- suggestions for different types of presentations
based on your includes content wizard as first option)
- Open an existing
presentation
Blank Presentation
Open an Existing
Presentation
AutoLayout
When starting a
new presentation from Blank Presentation or when inserting a
new slide from Insert menu, this AutoLayout box appears. Choose
an appropriate layout. Click on different options to see what
they represent. In this example the first option on the top row
is selected and Title Slide displays on the lower left side.
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