Workshop by Tal Moscovici

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CLASS presents
PowerPoint 101
An Introduction To PowerPoint

• Workshop by Tal Moscovici

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Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
File Menu New Open new blank document Open
Open existing PowerPoint document Close Close
document Save/Save As Save document
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Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
Edit Menu Undo Take back last action (youll
use this a lot) Copy Copy an item Paste Paste
that very same item Delete Slide Self
explanatory
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Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
View Menu Normal Normal view for editing
slides Slide sorter View for arranging
slides Slide show View as slide
show Color/Grayscale Displays color
options Toolbars Displays option for toolbars
necessary for each aspect of a slide. If a
toolbar is missing, this is where you find it.
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Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
Insert Menu(s) New Slide Add blank
slide Inserting objects can be done through the
Insert Menu or through the Insert Toolbar at the
bottom of the screen.
rectangle
picture
diagram
line color
line
text
fill
arrow
word art
clip art
oval
font color
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Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
Format Menu Font Allows access to all aspects
of font including size, style, and
extras. Alignment Includes choices for font
alignment. Slide Design Houses options for
slide themed designs. Slide Layout Houses
options for preset slide layout. Background
Houses options for slide background style, fill,
and color.
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Tools Menu Spelling Spell Check Research
Provides search capabilities to key
words. Thesaurus Database for synonyms and
antonyms
Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
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Slide Show Menu View Show Plays presentation
as a PowerPoint Show. Set Up Show PowerPoint
Show Preferences. Rehearse Timings Timing
utility useful in timing a presentation. Animation
Schemes Provides animated intros for certain
objects. Custom Animation Provides custom
options for all animated schemes. Slide
Transition Provides animated transitions in
between slides
Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
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Help Menu (when all hope is lost) F1 All you
need to know Office Assistant Allows for help
as you work
Part 1 Getting To Know Your Menus
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Part 2 Getting Started
OK, now what? You know the menus, but that
hasnt created your presentation for you. Lets
build a sample slide that incorporates many of
the design elements displayed in those menus
discussed in Part 1. Well use the title slide
of this presentation as the sample. Remember
this?
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CLASS presents
PowerPoint 101
An Introduction To PowerPoint

• Workshop by Tal Moscovici

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Part 2 Getting Started
First thing we need to do is to create a new
slide. For that we can click here. Notice a
Slide Layout window pops up. Many options, but
for now well choose this blank template.
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OK, so now we have a blank slide. To create a
title using word art click here. The Word Art
window pops up. Choose a style and click OK.
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Now a text window for word art appears. Type
what youd like it to say and make sure its the
font and size you like. Then click OK
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PowerPoint 101
Cool, so we have our title now. Click on the
image to manipulate it as you see fit. Now we
need an image of some kind and since I dont have
one myself, well use clip art.
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PowerPoint 101
Notice the clip art window that appears. Type
what you want under Search for and hit Go.
Then choose an image of your choosing.
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Type as you wish and manipulate the text to your
choosing.
Now for some basic text. For that we click here.
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One final thing we need to animate some text.
For that we can right click on the text we
wish to animate and hit custom animation.
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Notice the custom animation window on the right
side of the screen. Click add effect to
choose from a list of effects.
Once an effect has been chosen, choose the
effects start method and speed. A 0 beside
your animated text means 0 seconds in between
your previous and next items.
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And there you have it! A completed title slide!
If you wish to change the background or designs
of the template you may refer back to the
Format Menu.
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Part 3 Finishing Touches
So weve completed a title page using many tools.
These tools and others mentioned can be used to
create you own PowerPoint Presentation. Suppose
you have created all the slides for your
presentationWhat then? Well, assuming youve
completed your presentation, your next step
would be a final save as a PowerPoint
Presentation (.ppt) and, in our case, a creation
of a PowerPoint Show (.pps).
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OK, after the final save (.ppt), go to the File
Menu and click Save As. The Save As window
pops up.
Make sure you know where its being saved. In
the box Save as type choose PowerPoint Show
(.pps) and hit save.
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Part 3 Finishing Touches
And there you have it a completed PowerPoint
Show! Do note that this presentation was
created using PowerPoint 2003 for the PC. If
using another version of PowerPoint or a Mac
platform, some options will be different from
the ones discussed in this presentation.
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Once you increase your understanding
of PowerPoint, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
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Thank You for Watching
The End.