Finals Flashcards
It is the strip of buttons across the top of the main window. Users can access anything the program has to offer through this
Ribbon
Create a new presentation
Select “File” then “New”
Shortcut: Hold the Control button, then press ‘N’ for “New”
Open an existing presentation
Select “File” then “Open”
Shortcut: Hold the Control button, then press ‘O’ for “Open”
A closed source commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft
PowerPoint
Saving a Presentation
Select “File” then “Save As”
Shortcut: Press f12 to Save the file with a new name
Add a slide
Go to the “Home” ribbon and select the “New Slide” button
Select the Slide Pane and press “Enter”
Insert pictures from files
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Picture”
Locate the image file from the folder to where it is saved.
Select “Insert” from the dialog box.
Insert a clipart
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Clip Art”
Enter search terms in Clip Art search pane on the right and select image.
To resize the image,
click on the picture to surround the image with a blue box.
Drag the corner dot away from the center to make it larger and toward the center to make it smaller.
Format a font
Go to the “Home” ribbon then make changes to the font size and style of the text.
This also allows you to change all aspects of the font size and style.
Home tab
Insert a Header and Footer
Go to “Insert” then “Header and Footer”
This dialog box allows you to add a date and time on the slide.
Insert a Hyperlink
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then hover over “Links” then select “Hyperlink”
Copy and Paste the Link from the website into the “Link” box.
Insert Tables
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select “Table”
Move the mouse over the table illustration to select the size of the table you would like to use.
Insert Chart
Go to the “Insert” ribbon then select the “Chart” button.
Option to choose from in Charts
Area, Bar, Line, Pie and several other Chart Options.
Add a slide theme from Gallery
Go to the “Design” ribbon
Select a design theme from the Theme toolbar.
Slide Transition
Go to the “Transitions” ribbon
Select desired Transition from toolbar
To move a slide,
click on the slide thumbnail in the left column
Drag and drop the slide at the desired location.
To move consecutive slides at one time,
click and hold the Shift key as you select the slides you want to move.
Drag and drop the slides at the desired location.
Preview a Presentation
Go to the “Slide Show” ribbon Select the point in the slide show that you would like to begin viewing. From beginning From current slide The shortcut key is F5
The default view
Slides
The second option is ___ to show the slide show as outline notes
Outline View
Print Handouts
Select “File” then select “Print”
A dialog box appears that allows you to change the printer and select the number of copies to be printed.
You can also select to print handouts of the slideshow.