Printing
1. From the File tab, click Print.
Complete the print options including the number of pages, page
range and number of copies as required.
2. Select the appropriate settings the range and number of
copies.
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Slides – Full Page Slides will print 1 slide per page
Handouts - select 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 slides per page
Notes Pages - 1 slide plus notes per page
Outline View – a text only print of the slides.
3. A print preview is shown on the right.
4. Click Print to send the presentation to the printer.
Presenting the on screen Slide Show
1. Click the Slide Show tab, From the Start Slide Show group
select From Beginning or From Current Slide or press F5
2. Advance forward through the slides by clicking the left mouse
button or pressing Enter on the keyboard.
3. Right click to navigate the slide show from a short cut menu.
4. Press the ESC key at any time to stop the slide show.
PowerPoint
2013
An Introduction to Creating,
Formatting and Presenting
an on-screen slide show.
Remember
 If you need help or advice ask at one of
the Help Desks or call 4286
LT7 Text Updated October 2013
Learning Services Guides
Slide Transition Effects
Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
When running the slide show, set a transition effect which will
animate the whole slide when moving from one slide to the next.
Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
1. On the Transitions tab, move to the Transition to This Slide
group.
2. Slide the mouse over the transitions to preview them on the
slide, or click More
to preview all transitions.
3. Click to add the transition to the slide or click Apply To All for
consistency across all slides in the slide show.
1. From the Start menu, choose PowerPoint 2013 or click All
Programs, then click on PowerPoint 2013
2. PowerPoint will open in Normal View and a blank Title Slide is
displayed.
3. Normal View shows slide 1 in the Slide pane, a Notes pane
below and the Slides and Outline tabs to the left.
Adding Pictures
If the slide layout you have chosen does not include a picture object:
1. On the Insert tab, choose Pictures from the Images group.
2. Locate the picture by selecting drive and folder in the Insert
Picture dialogue box.
3. Select the picture file and click Insert.
Adding Notes
Use notes to enter your own speaker notes for each slide. These
notes will not be visible when running the on screen presentation,
but may be printed to be used as cue cards.
From the View tab, select Notes Page and the slide will display in
miniature. Click in the placeholder below the slide to type the notes.
Use the Zoom command, bottom right of the status bar to increase
the size of the notes pane if needed.
The Title Slide
1. When the blank Title Slide is displayed, 2 text placeholders are
provided on the slide.
2. Click in the Click to add title placeholder and type the title of the
presentation.
3. Click in the Click to add subtitle placeholder and type a subtitle
if required. For example, the name(s) of the presenter(s).
4. To format the text style, colour or size, use the Font group on
the Home tab.
Saving the Presentation
Adding a New Slide
1. From the File tab, select Save.
2. Select a drive and folder in the Save As dialogue box and Name
the file.
3. Click Save.
Develop the presentation by adding additional slides.
Design
Add a professional design theme to the presentation.
1. From the Design tab, move to the Themes group
1. On the Home tab, move to the Slides group,
click the arrow on the New Slide command.
2. Nine slide layouts will be displayed, eight
containing different sets of objects and one
blank.
3. The Title and Content layout is good for a second slide as it
provides a title and a bulleted list as well as other objects.
Use just the bulleted list to enter introductory text to the
presentation contents.
4. Continue adding slides to complete the presentation.
5. Slides are inserted after the slide currently in the slide pane.
Slide Objects – Move and Resize.
Slide the mouse across the themes to preview the design, click
More to see all the designs available. Click to apply a theme.
All slides in the presentation will follow the theme and new slides
added will automatically use the new theme.
Placeholders containing text can be repositioned on a slide by
clicking on the border of the placeholder with a 4 headed arrow
pointer and dragging to a new position.
Click an object and click on the resize handles (white circles and
squares on the border) and drag them out from the centre to
increase the size or in to the centre to decrease the size. Solid
objects are repositioned by clicking and dragging from the centre of
the object.
Sorting Your Slides
The order of the slides in a presentation may be rearranged if they
have not been ordered correctly. To do this:
1. From the View tab, choose Slide Sorter from the Presentation
Views group.
2. Click on the slide to be moved and drag it to its new position in
the sequence.