IMPROVING SLIDE

PRESENTATIONS
LESSON 2
OBJECTIVES:
1.Identify the guidelines in creating effective
presentations.
2.Learn how to insert, organize, and
manage slides.
3.Format slide background.
4.Apply themes and transitions.
QUICK TIPS IN CREATING AN
EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
1.Minimize
2.Clarity
3.Simplicity
4.Visuals
5.Consistency
6.Contrast
 CREATING A NEW PRESENTATION

To create:

1. Click File menu, click New

and the available templates
are displayed.
2. You can also type in the
Search box if you want to
look for other designs from
online sources and click the
Search button.
APPLYING SLIDE LAYOUT
To apply:

1. On the Ribbon, click Home

tab, go to the Slides group
and click the Layout button.
2. When the Office Theme
gallery appears, click the
layout you want to apply.
3. Or, click the New Slide
button and the Office theme
gallery appears.
***If you use a unique slide layout, such as Quote with Caption or Name Card,
and then switch to a theme that does not include that layout, it may give
unexpected results.
 ASSIGNING A THEME

Theme Effects

Theme Fonts
Theme Colors
***once you’ve applied a theme, you can also select a variant for that theme
from the Variants group. Variants use different theme colors while preserving
a theme’s overall look. Some variants also use different textures.
ADDING, REMOVING COPYING SLIDES
• ADDING SLIDES

Clicking the Inserting a

bottom half of new slide with
the New Slide the same
command layout

The new slide

• DELETE SLIDES • COPY SLIDES
ADDING A SLIDE TRANSITION

To add:

1. Click the slide that you want to

add a transition.
2. Click the Transitions tab, go to
the Transition to This Slide
group.
3. Click the arrow and select from
the transition design gallery.
SAVING THE FILE
OPENING A PREVIOUSLY SAVED PRESENTATION

1.

2.