Creating Slides in Powerpoint

When Powerpoint is opened, a new presentation will be opened and ready for the design stage

Begin designing your slides by: 

1. Choosing a slide layout.  Click Getting Started on the task pane, then Slide Layout from the drop-down.  Choose a layout.

2. Choosing a slide design.  Click Slide Layout on the task pane, then Slide Design from the drop-down, or click the Design button on the toolbar. Choose a design and/or choose Color and Animation Schemes for background and text.

3. On the slide, click in text areas to add text; click in image or table areas to add them. 

-          Format text as you would in Word. 

-          Add graphics with the drawing toolbar and format images by selecting the image and going to Format, Picture/Image/Autoshape/Clipart. 

-          Text areas and images can be moved around.  To move text, click on the text and drag the hashed box to a new location.

4. To add a new slide, click the New Slide button on the toolbar, or click Insert, New Slide.  This will insert a slide with a general layout.  To select a specific layout when inserting a slide, bring up the Slide Layout task pane and click the down arrow on the layout you want, click Insert New Slide.

5. Choose slide transition for how one slide transitions to the next.

6. To play the presentation, click Slide Show, then View Show or click    icon in the lower left hand corner of the screen. The presentation can also be played while viewing the Slide Transition task pane.