Welcome to Power Point! This tutorial provides a brief introduction to getting started with PowerPoint. It explains that upon opening PowerPoint, you will see options to open an existing presentation or start a new one. It notes the different types of slides that can be inserted initially - title, blank, or description. It also highlights some common toolbar tools like save, font options, cut/copy/paste. Additional tools are inserted shapes, colors, and clipart. The tutorial concludes by pointing out the slide show menu options to run, set up animations, and change transitions between slides.
2. When you open PowerPoint this is what
you will see…. This is where you will
open a presentation
you have already
saved
Use this to start a
new presentation
Choose OK when finished
3. When Power Point begins it will ask what type of slide to
insert first
Title Slide
Blank Slide Slide Description
4. Review some of the items on the toolbar
Save
New print
open Italics
Font Font size Bold Underline
Whenever you see a double arrow you can click it
for additional buttons that you don’t see on the
toolbar.
5. These are other helpful tools
Cut: This is used to cut things out
of your project
Copy: this is used to copy from
one portion of your project to
another
Paste: When you cut or copy
something from your project, it is
put on an “imaginary” clipboard.
The paste button retrieves it from
the clipboard and places it in your
6. Things you can insert….
New Slide : This button on the toolbar will allow us to
add more sides to the presentation
Most of the other buttons are towards the bottom of the
screen
Various Shapes line arrow rectangles oval text box text art clipart
Fill Color Line Color Font Color Line Width Line Type Arrow Type Shadow 3-D
7. If you forget what the icons are:
If you move your cursor over any icon
on the screen and leave the mouse there
for a second, the name of what the icon
represents will appear.
8. The Slide Show menu will help you run your show:
This will run your show
This will have you set up
animations with the objects on
your slide
This allows you to
change the transitions
between slides
