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Open PowerPointOpen PowerPoint

Select Select Blank PresentationBlank Presentation

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Getting started:

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In the new slide menu, select an In the new slide menu, select an AutoLayoutAutoLayout

►►Choose layout for first slide:

We will start our presentation with a title slide.

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Place cursor in the title box and type Place cursor in the title box and type your nameyour name

►►Insert title:

For your assignment, your first slide will contain your name only.

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Place pointer on the edge of the Place pointer on the edge of the title box, and drag it to the middle of title box, and drag it to the middle of the pagethe page

►►Move title box:

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Place cursor in the title box and Place cursor in the title box and highlight your name. highlight your name.

►►Format font:

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On the toolbar choose On the toolbar choose formatformat and and select select fontfont..

►►Format font:

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A font box will open. Choose the font A font box will open. Choose the font style, size, color, etc. you want and style, size, color, etc. you want and click click OKOK..

►►Format font:

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Place your cursor anywhere on your Place your cursor anywhere on your slide, right click your mouse and slide, right click your mouse and choose choose backgroundbackground. .

►►Format background:

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A toolbox will open, and you can A toolbox will open, and you can choose the color of your background. choose the color of your background. Click Click apply to allapply to all when finished. when finished.

►►Format background:

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On toolbar, click on On toolbar, click on insertinsert. Choose . Choose new new slideslide..

►►Insert next slide:

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A new slide will appear. Click on the A new slide will appear. Click on the slide slide layoutlayout you want to use for this you want to use for this slide.slide.

►►Choose layout for new slide:

We will use the title and text layout.

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Place cursor in the title box, and type Place cursor in the title box, and type the the titletitle for your second slide. for your second slide.

►►Insert title:

For this assignment, this slide will serve as the preview for your main points.

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To format your title, click on To format your title, click on formatformat on on the toolbar and choose the toolbar and choose fontfont. You can . You can also choose the also choose the justificationjustification from the from the toolbar.toolbar.

►►Format title:

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Place your cursor in the text box. Hit Place your cursor in the text box. Hit backspacebackspace on your keyboard to delete on your keyboard to delete the bullet point, and type your main the bullet point, and type your main points (hit enter after each one).points (hit enter after each one).

►►Insert text:

We will create our own stationary bullet points

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Resize the textbox (to make room for Resize the textbox (to make room for your bullet points) by holding your your bullet points) by holding your cursor over the edge of the textbox cursor over the edge of the textbox until it turns into a two-sided arrow until it turns into a two-sided arrow and then drag the text box to right just and then drag the text box to right just a little.a little.

►►Move textbox over:

We will put our bullet points along the left edge of the page, under the title

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On the toolbar, choose On the toolbar, choose insertinsert and and text text boxbox. .

►►Create own bullet points:

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Draw a textbox out beside your first Draw a textbox out beside your first main point. main point.

►►Create own bullet points:

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On the toolbar, choose On the toolbar, choose insertinsert and and select select symbolsymbol. .

►►Create own bullet points:

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A symbol box will open. Choose the A symbol box will open. Choose the symbol you want to use for your bullet symbol you want to use for your bullet points and click points and click insertinsert. Click . Click closeclose. A . A symbol will then appear in the textbox symbol will then appear in the textbox you drew.you drew.

►►Create own bullet points:

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You can change the size and color of You can change the size and color of your bullet point by highlighting it, your bullet point by highlighting it, clicking on clicking on formatformat on the toolbar, on the toolbar, selecting selecting fontfont, and then making your , and then making your selections in the toolbox that opens.selections in the toolbox that opens.

►►Create own bullet points:

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Move your bullet point around (by Move your bullet point around (by clicking on it and then dragging) to line clicking on it and then dragging) to line it up with your first main point.it up with your first main point.

►►Create own bullet points:

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Click on your bullet point (you have to Click on your bullet point (you have to be on the text box portion of it). Right be on the text box portion of it). Right click and choose click and choose copycopy..

►►Create own bullet points:

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Place your cursor anywhere on your Place your cursor anywhere on your slide, and right click. Choose slide, and right click. Choose pastepaste. A . A bullet point will appear. Right click bullet point will appear. Right click again and choose again and choose pastepaste. You should . You should have three bullet points now.have three bullet points now.

►►Create own bullet points:

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Use the arrow keys on your key board Use the arrow keys on your key board to move the bullet points around. Line to move the bullet points around. Line them up with your text.them up with your text.

►►Create own bullet points:

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If you want your main points to come in If you want your main points to come in one at a time, highlight your text. Right one at a time, highlight your text. Right click and choose click and choose custom animationcustom animation..

►►Animate your main points:

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A custom animation box appears on A custom animation box appears on the right of your screen. Click on the right of your screen. Click on Add Add EffectEffect and choose how you want your and choose how you want your text to come in.text to come in.

►►Animate your main points:

Custom Animation Box

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Make sure in the Make sure in the StartStart drop-down box drop-down box you have chosen you have chosen On ClickOn Click..

►►Animate your main points:

Note: We have set up your presentation so that your bullet points will stay stationary, but your text will come in one line at a time when you click your mouse.

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On the internet, go to On the internet, go to www.google.com. Click on imagesimages and type in the type of and type in the type of picture that you want to use in your picture that you want to use in your presentation (ex. lions). Click on presentation (ex. lions). Click on SearchSearch..

►►Find picture:

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When you find the picture you want to When you find the picture you want to use, right click and choose use, right click and choose save picture save picture asas. Save the picture to your computer . Save the picture to your computer or a disk.or a disk.

►►Find picture:

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Now you want to insert the picture you Now you want to insert the picture you found into your slide. On the toolbar, found into your slide. On the toolbar, choose choose insertinsert, select , select picturepicture, and from , and from filefile..

►►Insert picture:

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When you insert your picture, it will When you insert your picture, it will mess up your layout, so you need to mess up your layout, so you need to immediatelyimmediately go to the toolbar, select go to the toolbar, select editedit, and select , and select undo slide layoutundo slide layout. This . This will fix the problem.will fix the problem.

►►Insert picture:

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You can move your picture around by You can move your picture around by clicking and dragging. You can resize clicking and dragging. You can resize your picture by clicking on a corner your picture by clicking on a corner and dragging the corner out.and dragging the corner out.

►►Format picture:

It is a good idea to tell your audience where you got the picture from in small font under the picture.

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If you want to insert a line under your If you want to insert a line under your title, on the toolbar, choose title, on the toolbar, choose insertinsert, , select select picturepicture, and then select , and then select AutoShapeAutoShape. .

►►Insert line under title:

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An AutoShape box will appear. Choose An AutoShape box will appear. Choose the line you want. Draw the line under the line you want. Draw the line under the title.the title.

►►Insert line under title:

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To format the line, double click on the To format the line, double click on the line. A toolbox will open and you can line. A toolbox will open and you can change the color, style, weight, etc.change the color, style, weight, etc.

►►Insert line under title:

If you want a line at the bottom of the page also, you can right click on the line, choose copy, and then choose paste. Drag the new line to the bottom of the slide.

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You do not want to have to do all these You do not want to have to do all these formatting steps for every slide, so for formatting steps for every slide, so for your next slide, go to the toolbar, your next slide, go to the toolbar, choose choose insertinsert, and choose , and choose duplicate duplicate slideslide..

►►Insert next slide:

You now have two of the exact same slides.

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Click in the title box on your new slide Click in the title box on your new slide (3(3rdrd slide), highlight the old title, and slide), highlight the old title, and type a new title over it. Do the same type a new title over it. Do the same thing for the text.thing for the text.

►►Change title & text on new slide:

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Click on the picture, and hit delete on Click on the picture, and hit delete on your key board. Insert a new picture your key board. Insert a new picture (insert, picture, from file). Don’t forget (insert, picture, from file). Don’t forget to go to to go to insertinsert, , undo slide layoutundo slide layout to fix to fix your slide. You can then move and your slide. You can then move and resize the picture.resize the picture.

►►Change the picture:

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Insert as many duplicate slides as Insert as many duplicate slides as needed. Follow above steps to change.needed. Follow above steps to change.

►►Additional slides:

1 2 3

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You may want to insert a chart to help You may want to insert a chart to help explain the information in your explain the information in your presentation (especially statistics). To presentation (especially statistics). To add a chart: on your toolbar, choose add a chart: on your toolbar, choose insertinsert and select and select chartchart

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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When you insert a chart, a sample data When you insert a chart, a sample data sheet and corresponding bar chart will sheet and corresponding bar chart will appear on your slide. PowerPoint has appear on your slide. PowerPoint has included some sample data in the first included some sample data in the first four columns. The bars in the chart are four columns. The bars in the chart are the graphical representation of the the graphical representation of the numbers in the data sheet.numbers in the data sheet.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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To create you own chart, you can replace To create you own chart, you can replace the data in the sample data sheet with the data in the sample data sheet with your own data. Click in the row on the your own data. Click in the row on the data sheet you want to change, type your data sheet you want to change, type your number, and hit enter. PowerPoint will number, and hit enter. PowerPoint will automatically change the chart as well.automatically change the chart as well.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

You can also change the chart titles by simply typing over what PowerPoint has used as sample titles.

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After you have changed all the data you After you have changed all the data you want to change, click anywhere on your want to change, click anywhere on your slide, and the data sheet will disappear. If slide, and the data sheet will disappear. If you need to make additional changes, you need to make additional changes, double click on the chart, and the data double click on the chart, and the data sheet will reappear.sheet will reappear.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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If inserting the chart messed up your slide If inserting the chart messed up your slide format, on the toolbar, go to format, on the toolbar, go to editedit, and , and select select undo slide layoutundo slide layout. This will fix your . This will fix your slide.slide.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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To delete rows on your chart, double click To delete rows on your chart, double click on the chart so the data sheet will appear. on the chart so the data sheet will appear. Right click on the column (or row) in the Right click on the column (or row) in the data sheet you want to delete, and choose data sheet you want to delete, and choose deletedelete..

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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If you want to add bars to your chart, If you want to add bars to your chart, double click on the chart so the data sheet double click on the chart so the data sheet will appear. In the first empty columns and will appear. In the first empty columns and rows in the data sheet, type in the new rows in the data sheet, type in the new data you want to appear on your chart.data you want to appear on your chart.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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The bar chart is the default chart in The bar chart is the default chart in PowerPoint. If you think your data would PowerPoint. If you think your data would be better displayed in a different type of be better displayed in a different type of chart, you can change it. Double click on chart, you can change it. Double click on your chart so the data sheet appears. your chart so the data sheet appears. Right click on your chart Right click on your chart and choose and choose chart typechart type..

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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A chart box will open, find the type of A chart box will open, find the type of chart you want to display your data, chart you want to display your data, and click and click okok..

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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You can also resize and move your You can also resize and move your chart the same as you did for text and chart the same as you did for text and pictures earlier in this tutorial.pictures earlier in this tutorial.

►►Add a graph to any slide:

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Review slides for spelling, grammar, Review slides for spelling, grammar, etc. errors. Practice using your etc. errors. Practice using your PowerPoint as you practice your PowerPoint as you practice your presentation.presentation.

►►Review slides:

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To start your presentation. Go to your To start your presentation. Go to your toolbar, select toolbar, select slide showslide show and choose and choose view showview show. .

►►Start PowerPoint presentation:

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To switch from slide to slide, click your To switch from slide to slide, click your mouse; hit the space bar on your key mouse; hit the space bar on your key board; or use the down arrow key on board; or use the down arrow key on your keyboard.your keyboard.

►►Switch to next slide: