Microsoft Office PowerPoint

"PowerPoint" refers to Microsoft PowerPoint, a program that allows the user

to design a presentation that consists of multiple slides. These slides may
contain images, text, video clips, and related types of information.

A presentation is an effective and powerful way to communicate idea and

information. Presentations are used to inform, advertise, educate and
promote.
Software packages for creating presentations are MS PowerPoint, Office
Impress, Apple Keynote and K presenter.

Advantages of presentation software.

1. Presentation software are easy to learn and use
2. They are excellent for summarizing facts.
3. Graphs, charts , diagrams can be easily inserted into a presentation
through a presentation software.
4. They provide many built-in layout and design options.
5. It is easy to add multimedia components such as audio and video files
using presentation software.
6. They make the presentation interactive and entertaining.
About Microsoft Office PowerPoint
MS PowerPoint Is one of the most powerful and simple tool used to design
presentations. It is a collection of electronic slides that can have text, pictures,
graphics, tables, sound and video.
Presentations can be created easily by making slides in PowerPoint . It has
number of built-in designs, , pictures, clipart, graphics and templates, which
help the user to design high – impact, dynamic presentation in a professional
manner.
Starting Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Click on the Start button,. - All programs, ---- Microsoft Office. --Microsoft
Office PowerPoint 2007.
A new presentation window appears with a blank slide in normal (layout)
view.
SLIDE
A slide is a collection of text,images,pictures,graphs,charts,sound,and
animation.
Presentation is a collection of multiple slides arranged in a systematic order
with several components that combine together to present a slide show.

Steps for preparing a presentation.

Step 1: Launch the PowerPoint Program
Choose to create a blank presentation
Step 2: Choosing a Design
Select 'Design' tab.
select Any theme and right-click - select 'Apply to Selected Slide'. It will
appear on that slide, but will not change the design of the other slides.
Step 3: Create Title Page
Click the first box that says 'Click to add title' and add the title of your
presentation. Click the bottom box to add your name, or any other subtitle
that you choose.
Once you have your text in the boxes, you can change their font, size, color, etc.
with the toolbar options at the top.

Step 4: Add More Slides (Inserting new slide)

Select home menu->Slides-> New Slide->

Select any slide design and design the new slide
Step 5: Add Charts, Pictures, Graphs, Etc.
Select Insert menu

Insert menu options:

TABLES PICTURE CLIPART SHAPES CHART TEXT HEADER WORD DATE&
BOX & ART TIME
FOOTER

Step 6: Add Transitions

To add transitions in between your slides
Select Animations tab
Select the slide you want the transition applied to, and then click the
transition you chose

Adjust transition speed (Slow/Medium/Fast)

 Select "apply to this slide" or apply to all" option
Check advance slide option as " On mouse click" or Automatically after
option and set Time.
Step 7: Play the Presentation
Once you have all your slides
completed and in the order you want,
view your slideshow. Click the 'Slide
Show' tab and select 'From Beginning'. You can go through your entire
slideshow, and change slides by clicking or pressing the right arrow.
A shortcut to this is pressing F5.