In this section you will learn how to:

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• In this section you will learn how to
• Open Microsoft PowerPoint
• Interact with Microsoft PowerPoint
• Close Microsoft PowerPoint
• Add a slide
• Delete a slide
• Cut, copy and paste slides
• Use AutoFit
• Create text
• Delete text
• Select text
• Cut, copy and paste text
• Use the Format Painter
• Use Find and Replace
• Save a presentation for the first time
• Save a presentation for the second time
• Open a presentation
• Close a presentation
• Use the Save As command

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What is Microsoft PowerPoint 2003?

• Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the leading
  programs used for creating presentations.
• With PowerPoint, you can create any type of
  presentation/slideshow by customizing each slide
  to your specifications.

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Opening Microsoft PowerPoint

• Click the Start menu, click All Programs, and
  click Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Interacting with PowerPoint

• You will find the Minimize, Maximize, and Restore
  buttons on the horizontal title bar at the top of
  each window.

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Closing Microsoft PowerPoint

• To close a window, either select the Close button
  on the PowerPoint title bar or click the
  PowerPoint icon on the top left portion of the
  title bar.

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What is a Slide?

• Slide shows are made up of a series of slides
  that contain text, pictures, diagrams, charts,
  and other objects to display and enhance a
  presentation.
• Slides are similar to pages in a Word document or
  worksheets in an Excel spreadsheet.

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Adding a Slide

• PowerPoint provides you with a New Slides button
  located on the main toolbar.

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Deleting a Slide

• Click the slide, and then click the Delete button
  on your keyboard, or click the Slide, click Edit
  and Delete Slide.

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Cutting, Copying and Pasting Slides

• Select the slide, click cut (scissors) to cut the
  slide completely out of the presentation or Copy
  (double documents) to duplicate the slide.
• After you have chosen to cut or copy, click
  paste.
• Cut, Copy and Paste can be done from the Main
  toolbar or by right clicking on the slide.

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Text AutoFit

• PowerPoint resizes text as you type so that it
  fits into a placeholder.
• You will notice when Text AutoFit is minimizing
  text when the AutoFit icon is active on the slide.

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Creating Text

• To create text in PowerPoint you must have a
  place for it to go, meaning a text box or
  placeholder.
• Click on the text box/placeholder and type.

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Deleting Text

• There are two ways to delete text the Backspace
  key, and the Delete key.
• The Backspace key always deletes text to the left
  of the insertion point
• The Delete key always deletes text to the right
  of the insertion point.

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Selecting Text

• To select (or Highlight) text you can move your
  mouse insertion point (which looks like I) to the
  blank space in front of the text you want hold
  the left mouse button down and drag the
  selection tool over the text you want to
  highlight.

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Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text

• To cut or copy text, first you must select the
  text you want to edit, and then click on the cut
  or copy button we used in the last lesson.
• Pasting text will place the item in a new
  location.

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Using the Format Painter

• The Format Painter allows you to copy the
  formatting of text (bold, italics, underline,
  colour, borders, fill, etc.) and apply it
  elsewhere.
• To use the format painter, first click the
  paintbrush icon () on the toolbar. Then, select
  the text that you want the new formatting to
  apply to.

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Using Find and Replace

• Click the Edit menu and click Find or Replace.

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Saving A Presentation for the Second Time

• After you have saved your file, the file will
  update just by clicking the save command.

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Opening a Presentation

• There are two ways to open an existing
  presentation from your hard drive and from
  PowerPoint itself.

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Closing a Presentation

• Use the Close command at the top section of the
  File menu.
• This command will only close the active
  presentation without closing the program.

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Using the Save As Command

• If you want to see the Save dialog after saving
  your presentation for the first time, click the
  File menu and click Save As.

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Using the Help Menu

• The Help menu is one of the best ways to get
  help.
• Contains many commands and tools.

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Using the Help Task Pane
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Using the Office Assistant

• When you click the Help menu and click Microsoft
  PowerPoint Help, the assistant will pop up on the
  right hand side of your screen.
• You can also activate the assistant by pressing
  the F1 key on your keyboard or clicking the help
  icon on the standard toolbar.

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Configuring the Office Assistant

• Make sure the Office Assistant is shown.
• Then, right-click on the Office Assistant, and
  click Choose Assistant.

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Using the Type a Question Box

• Type your question in the box and hit enter.
• A list will be displayed under the search box.
• Click on any of the items listed to view results.

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Getting Help in a Dialog Box

• Click the question mark in the top right hand
  corner of the dialog box, next to the close
  button.
• Once you click that question mark, you will see
  related help topics.