How To Make A Basic PowerPoint Presentation

Christopher Novak

What is PowerPoint?

Slideshow program Microsoft Office 2007

Used to make presentation Speeches Tutorials Information

Starting PowerPoint

Must have Microsoft Office Explorer

Start > Programs > Microsoft Office > PowerPoint

The First Slide

When PowerPoint starts, you will see a window like this one.

Typing in Text

1) Move your mouse to the rectangle that says Click to add title, click once, then start typing

2) Move your mouse to rectangle that says Click to add subtitle, click once, then start typing

Adding a New Slide

Under the home tab, in the slide category- click New Slide, once … a new slide will appear

Inserting Pictures

1) Click on the Insert tab on the top of the toolbar.

2) Choose Picture

Inserting Pictures Cont.

1) When the Insert Picture dialog box opens

2) Choose the location of your file, for example, a pictures folder.

3) Click on the picture you want to add and it will appear on your slide

Resizing PicturesTo move the

picture on the slide

1. Click on it until the four-sided arrow appears

2. Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse –and the picture– to its new location on the slide

To adjust the size of the picture

1. Click on its lower right corner until the resize double arrow appears

2. Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse to resize the picture (“in” to make it smaller; “out” to make it bigger”)

Changing Slide Design

You can change the background and colors on all your slides

1) Click on the Design tab and hover the mouse over the slide design you want.

2) If you like the preview of the slide, click the Design style that you want to change the slide.

Slide Animations

Separate your text into different text boxes

if you want it to appear

at different times.

Adding Animations Cont.

1) Hit the Animation Tab on the top toolbar

2) Choose Custom Animation …

After adding the text boxes and pictures you want on the slide:

Adding Animations Cont. 1) Click once on the

object you want to animate to activate it

2) Move your mouse to the Custom Animation tool that appears on the right side of the window and click on Add Effect

3) Choose the type of effect you want in the submenu that appears

4) Choose the specific effect in the next submenu

Other Advise

Use keywords and phrases – not sentences

Use slides to guide your presentation not give it

Keep plenty of “white space” on your slides

Other Advise

Keep your slide design and animation simple

After your last slide, add a “Credits” slide to cite your sources