Unit 7 Presentation
Unit 7 Presentation
Unit 7 Presentation
Unit-7
Working with MS Power point
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin
at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially for
Macintosh computers only. Microsoft acquired PowerPoint for about $14 million three months
after it appeared.
Click FILE > Save, pick or browse to a folder, type a name for your presentation in the File name box, and click Save. Save
your work as you go. Hit Ctrl+S often.
Normal view: This view is where you create and edit your slides. You can
also move slides in the Slides tab on the task pane on the left.
Creating, Saving, Viewing and printing a
PowerPoint presentation
Slide Sorter view: Miniature slides are arranged on the screen in this view. You can drag and
drop slides easily to reorder them, and you can see more slides at one time. This is a good view to
use to confirm that you have all the necessary slides and that none have been deleted.
Slide Show view: This view fills the computer screen with a slide and is what the audience will
see when they view the presentation. The Slide Show view has an additional menu that allows
you to navigate the slides, as well as other features you can use during a presentation.
Use the arrow keys, Page Up and Page Down keys, spacebar, and Enter key to move through the slides in Slide Show view.
Press the Esc key to end a slide show.
The slide show menu
Arrows: The forward arrow displays the next slide, while the back arrow displays the previous slide.
Menu icon: Click the menu icon, and a menu appears that gives you the option to move to the next or previous slide, jump to
a specific slide, change your screen options, or end the show.
Pen icon: Click the pen icon, and a menu appears that allows you to change your cursor to a ballpoint pen, felt-tip pen, or
highlighter, as well as to choose the color of the pen. This allows you to annotate your slides and make notes while you
present to an audience.
Editing a Presentation
Apply headers and footers to slides, see how to apply settings, then customize the header and
footer settings for the title slide.
Show footer information on your slides
You can add information like a presentation title or the words ‘Company Confidential’ to the
bottom of your slides. You can also add things like the date and time, and slide numbers.
1. Click INSERT > Header & Footer.
2. On the Slide tab, check Footer.
3. In the box below Footer, type the text that you want, such as the presentation title.
4. Check Date and time to add that to your slides.
5. Check Slide number to add that to your slides.
6. To stop the footer from appearing on the title slide, check Don't show on title slide.
7. Click Apply to All. Or, if you want the footer information only on the selected slide,
click Apply instead of Apply to All.
Creating Headers and Footers; Inserting Slides from an Existing
Presentation; Using Slide Sorter View; Adding Pictures and Shapes;
Format Slide Elements; Using Slide Transitions and SmartArt Graphic
In the slide thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide that you want your new slide to follow. On the Home
tab, click New Slide. In the New Slide dialog box, select the layout that you want for your new slide.
Creating Headers and Footers; Inserting Slides from an Existing
Presentation; Using Slide Sorter View; Adding Pictures and Shapes;
Format Slide Elements; Using Slide Transitions and SmartArt Graphic
3. Select right arrow in the Variants group to select different Colors, Fonts, Effects, or Background
Styles and choose from built-in options or customize your own.
Creating and Modifying Tables and Charts
To create a simple chart from scratch in PowerPoint, click Insert > Chart and pick the
chart you want. On the Insert tab, in the Illustrations group, click Chart. In the Insert
Chart dialog box, click the arrows to scroll through the chart types. Select the type of
chart that you want and then click OK.
What are the steps in creating tables and charts in PowerPoint presentation?
Create and format a table in PowerPoint
3. In the Insert Table dialog box, do one of the following: Use the mouse to select the number of rows and columns that
you want. ...
4. To add text to the table cells, click a cell, and then enter your text.
Thank You
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