HOW TO CREATE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Potential use of PowerPoint cannot be calculated. The slide show can help a teacher teach a lesson, show an event in history, easily show mathematical details, or be used for training in companies. Slide show can be an important tool for teaching, sharing and learning. Whether you are presenting at a conference or convincing your parents to get a puppy, PowerPoint presentations are helpful for whatever topic and help to communicate ideas to the audience. The introduction of PowerPoint by Gaskins saved presenters hours of hand-crafted displays, and created a sophisticated and easy way to transfer information. The following are steps on how to create a basic PowerPoint presentation, however certain steps may vary slightly depending on which version of PowerPoint you are using. This tutorial applies directly to PowerPoint 2007.

STEP 1: START THE POWERPOINT PROGRAM

When you launch the PowerPoint application, you may be asked what type of document you want to create. Choose to create an empty presentation. If it does not ask for this, a blank presentation will automatically launch.

STEP 2: CHOOSING THE DESIGN

The next thing you want to do is decide which design you want for the presentation. To do this, go to the 'Build' tab at the top of the page. Scroll through all the options and decide which one looks best for the presentation you want. To get a preview of what the design will look like before using it in the introduction, hover over the design you want to preview. This design will automatically continue throughout your speech. If you have more than one slide, you can add a different design for one slide. To do this, select the slide you want to change the layout on by clicking on it. It will appear as a large slide on the screen. You can then right-click the design you want for this slide and select 'Apply to Selected Slide'. It will appear on that slide, but it will not change the format of other slides.

STEP 3: CREATE SUBJECT PAGE

Click the first 'Click to add a title' box and enter the title of your presentation. Click the box below to add your name, or other subtitle of your choice. Once you have your text in the boxes, you can change the fonts, size, color, etc. with the toolbar options at the top. You can change the text box size by selecting it, then dragging the corners of the box. To move text boxes, select the box, and move your arrow above the border of the box. A four-arrow icon will appear, and clicking on this icon will allow you to move text boxes wherever you choose.

STEP 4: ADD MORE MORE Slides

Chances are you'll need more than one slide. There are a few ways you can add other slides. Note that there is a separate area to the left of the screen where your first slide is located. The first way to add a slide is to right-click the area under your first slide and select 'New Slide'. A new slide will appear. The second way is to add another slide to click on 'New Slide' in the toolbar above the slides. This button is divided into two parts,. Top will add a new slide with the default layout. You can also click the bottom half of this button, which will let you choose what type of layout you want. You can choose a slide with two text boxes and a title, one text box, a title only, and many other options. You will see your new slide appear at the bottom left of the first one, and you will have a larger slide to edit. The pre-selected design will move on to this slide. The design will extend beyond the slides you build unless you decide to change one, as described earlier. The guide edits you selected will appear, and you can add them to your details.

STEP 5: ADD PARTS, PICTURES, TOPICS, ETC.

If you want to insert a chart, photo, graph, or other image, click on the 'Insert' tab at the top of the window. Here you will see buttons for all the options for what you can add to your slide. Click the Selected box and enter what you want to have on that slide. The second way you can insert pictures and graphs is when you have a blank text or picture box. Thumbnail images of the same options you saw in the toolbox will appear in the middle of the box, and you can click on any of these to install as well. Once you have your own chart or picture, you can add a border or edit whatever you want on the 'Format' tab.

STEP 6: Make changes

To add transactions between your slides, click the 'Photos' tab at the top of the page. Here you can scroll through all of the transition options, then navigate over to see the preview. Select the slide you want the change to apply to, and then click the transition you selected. You can do this on each slide, choosing the same or different transitions.

STEP 7: CHANGING THE ORDER

Once you've done all your slides, you can change the layout of the slides. To do this, click and drag the slides from where they are to where you want them in sequence. Another possibility, which is very useful if your presentation is long, click the 'Frame' button. You can find this little button above the left area where all your slides are found smaller, right to the right of the 'Slides' button. Here you will see a list of all your slides and you can click and drag your slides where you want.

STEP 8: PLAY ACTION

When you have finished all of your slides and the way you want them, watch your slideshow. Click the 'Slide Show' tab at the top of the page and select 'From Beginning'. You can go to every slideshow, then switch slides by clicking or pressing the right arrow. The shortcut for this presses F5. Congratulations! You have now made a PowerPoint presentation.