PowerPoint
Exercise 1
Insert a slide
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Slides are added to a presentation by clicking the New
slide button in the Slides group under the Home tab.
Clicking the New slides button will insert a slide with
the same layout as the previous slide. Clicking the New
Slide drop down menu lets you choose which layout
you want on a new slide.
Insert a slide with the layout Two Content by using the
New Slide drop down menu then go to slide 3.
Changing a Layout
 You can change the layout of a slide after you’ve
created it by clicking the layout command and
choosing a different layout
 Change the layout of this slide to Title and
Content.
 Go to slide 4
Delete a slide
 Slides are deleted by selecting them in the pane
on the left then pressing the delete key.
 Delete slide 5
Rearrange a slide
 You can rearrange slides in the pane on the left or
in the Slide Sorter view.
 Move Slide 6 to the very beginning of the
presentation by clicking and dragging it to the top
of the pane on the left. Then go to slide 7
Creating a Section
 You can group slides by sections to organize them
in the left pane.
 Add a section by clicking on the section command
in the Slides group and choose Add Section
 An Untitled Section will appear on the left, right
click on it and choose Rename Section.
 Name it Section 2. Go to slide 8
Change background theme
 Now we will add a stylish design to our plain white
slides.
 Click on the Design tab and choose the theme
titled Austin. (You can find the correct theme by
hovering over the themes shown until the tool tip
box says Austin)
 Your background should now be green, white and
brown. Go to slide 9
Changing Background Colors and
Fonts
 Now say we like this theme but we want the
colors and font to be different.
 Change the color by clicking on the Colors
command in the Themes group. Choose the color
scheme Composite.
 Change the font by clicking on the Fonts command
in the Themes group. Choose the font scheme
titled Office. Go to slide 10
Insert an image
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To insert an image you
can click on the Insert
tab and choose Picture
from the Images group
or you can just click on
the picture icon in a
placeholder.
Click on the picture icon
in the placeholder on the
right and choose the
lighthouse picture in the
sample pictures. Go to
slide 11
Using WordArt
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WordArt is preformatted
decorative text that
comes with PowerPoint
to make headings and
other text stand out.
Highlight the Text on the
right, then click on the
Format tab. Choose one
of the word art styles in
the WordArt Styles
group.
Go to slide 12
Using SmartArt
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SmartArt is preformatted
text graphics that come
with PowerPoint.
Highlight the text on the
right, then click on your
Home tab. Choose the
Convert to SmartArt
command in the
Paragraph group. Choose
one of the SmartArt
graphics.
Go to slide 13
Insert
Slide
Design
Slide
Format
Slide
Present
Slide
Transitioning Slides
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Now lets add transitions to our slides.
Click on the transitions tab then choose the Reveal
transition
In the Timing group, change the Duration to 2.00
seconds.
Click on the Mouse Click option under Advance Slide to
uncheck mark it, then checkmark the After option. Use
the arrows there to change it to 1.00 seconds
Then click on Apply to All.
Go to slide 14
Playing the Slideshow
 Now we are ready to view our slideshow.
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Click on the Slideshow tab and click the From
Beginning command in the Start Slideshow group.