PowerPoint Introduction PDF

# MS PowerPoint ## What is MS PowerPoint? MS PowerPoint is a proprietary commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was officially launched on May 22, 1990 as part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system. ## What is a Pres...

# MS PowerPoint ## What is MS PowerPoint? MS PowerPoint is a proprietary commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It was officially launched on May 22, 1990 as part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system. ## What is a Presentation? Is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner. ## What is a Presentation Program? Is a computer software that is used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show. ## In PowerPoint, a presentation... In PowerPoint, a presentation consist a collection of sequence slides that are shown to an audience. Each slide contains information that the presenter wants the audience to see and this information can be in a form of text, image, sound or even animation. The presenter can control the movement through the slides or the presentation can perform the navigation automatically. ## How to Open the MS PowerPoint ### Long Method 1. Click the Start Button 2. Point Programs 3. Point Microsoft Office folder 4. Click Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 ### Short Method Double click the logo of the MS PowerPoint Presentation to your desktop. ## What are the parts of the MS PowerPoint? - Microsoft Office Button - Ribbon - Tabs - Outline Window - Slide Area - Zoom Slider - Status Bar - View Button ## Microsoft Office Button It replaces the File menu of older version of word and is located in the upper-left corner of the screen. When you click the Microsoft Office Button, you will see the same basic commands available in earlier releases of Microsoft Office such as open, save and print. ## Ribbon It is designed to rapidly find the commands that you need to complete a task commands are organized in logical groups, which are collected together under tabs. ## Tabs Tabs on the Ribbon display commands that are most relevant for each the task area in the application. ## Slide Area A place where you work with the content of your slide. ## Outline Windows It displays the slide in an icon form. ## View Buttons It enables you to view your work in different ways. (Normal View, Slide Sorter and Slide Show) ## Zoom Slider To get a close-up view of the document or to zoom out to see more of the at a reduced size. ## Status Bar Contains information about the document. ## Creating new Presentation To open a new blank worksheet: 1. Click Microsoft Office Button 2. Click New or press the Keyboard shortcut CTRL + N 3. Select Blank and Recent 4. Then Click the Create button ## CLOSING MS - PowerPoint Different ways in Closing PowerPoint: - On the upper right portion of the screen, Click the CLOSE BUTTON. - Or Click the Microsoft Office Button, Choose Exit Power Point. - And for the shortcut press ALT + F4 on the keyboard After closing PowerPoint, a dialog box will appear on the screen. As shown below. - Click the button you are going to select: - Yes: save changes - No: discard the changes - Cancel: go back to document ## Saving a Presentation Click the Microsoft Office Button, choose Save or press the keyboard shortcut CTRL + S. Save Dialog box will appear on the screen. In the SAVE IN list, click the Folder or Drive to which you want to save your document. On the File name box, type the name of the document. Then Click the Save button ## To Open a Presentation Click Microsoft Office Button and the click Open or press the keyboard shortcut CTRL + O. The Open Dialog box will appear on the screen. From the LOOK IN list, click the Folder or Drive where your document is placed.