MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2019
An Introduction
From: Rida Akram
BASICS
PowerPoint Presentation
Effective power point Presentation
Power point Layout (The Ribbon)
The File Tab
Creating a new Presentation
The Home tab
Inserting Elements
Slide Design
Transition & Animations
Slideshow
Review & View
Design Tips
PRESENTATION
A Presentation is a collection of data and
information that is to be delivered to a specific
audience. (means of communication which can be
adapted to various speaking situation, such as
talking to a group, addressing a meeting or briefing
a team.
A Power point presentation is collection of
electronic slides that can have text, picture,
graphics, tables, sound and video. This collection
can run automatically
CONT..
Power point refers to Microsoft Power point, a
program that allows users to design a
presentation that consist of multiple slides.
EFFECTIVE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION
Factors for effective Power point presentation
Big (Text)
Consistent
Simple
Clear
MAKE IT BIG (TEXT)
Titles-size 44
Subtitles-size 32
Text size-28
KEEP IT SIMPLE (TEXT)
Don’t have to many fonts, colors and styles.
Follow the 6x7 rule
No more than 6 lines per slide
No more than 7 words per line
MAKE IT CLEAR
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE DIFFICULT TO
READ.
Upper and lower case letters are easier.
ITALICS are difficult to read on screen.
Normal or BOLD fonts are clearer.
Underline may signify hyperlinks.
Use contrasting colors.
Light on dark verses dark on light.
Use complementary colors
BE CONSISTENT
Differences draw attention
Differences may imply importance
POWER POINT LAYOUT THE RIBBON
The ribbon is the panel at the top portion of the
document. It has 9 tabs. File, Home, Insert,
Design, Transitions,, Animations, Slide show,
Review and View.
Each tab is divided into groups. The groups are
logically collections of features designed to
perform function that you will utilize in
developing or editing your power point slides.
Commonly utilized features are displayed on the
ribbon. To view additional features within each
group, click the arrow at the bottom right corner
of each group.
FILE TAB
The file tab allows you to open a saved
presentation, start a new one, save as, print,
share, export, close, close, account &
options.
Use a file tab to do all of your housekeeping
work.
Always save presentation frequently.
CREATE A NEW SLIDE
Use the file tab to create a new presentation.
When power point starts up, a blank
presentation will be shown.
You can use this blank presentation or access
other options under the file tab.
Create a new presentation.
Use a template
HOME TAB
Home tab is main screen
Allows you to
Add new slides
Change slide layouts
Change fonts, font colors, add bold/underlined/italics.
Insert bullets.
INSERT TAB
Insert tab is used to insert different features such
as
Pictures/clip art, shapes.
Tables and charts.
Video and audio clips.
Smart Art/Word art
Links, header & footer, symbol
Insert elements add to a presentation and keep
your slides from being dull.
DESIGN TAB
Design tab gives you plenty of options to give
your presentation a theme.
Themes gives presentation color and styling.
Themes also preset each slides design and layout
along with font options and colors.
This tab also lets you adjust margins ad slide
orientation.
TRANSITIONS AND ANIMATIONS TAB
Transitions: How slides appear on screen.
Effects that are in place when you switch from
one slide to another.
Animations: Predefine special effects that use
for, How text, graphics, etc. appear.
Transitions and animations can give your
presentation a polished look, but they can also be
a distraction
SLIDE SHOW TAB
This tab provides option for presenting the slide
show to the audience. Narration for the show can
be recorded. Decisions can be made as to where
the start the presentation. I n addition, custom
show can be created.
REVIEW AND VIEW
Review: This tab is used to check the spelling in
the presentation, to add comments to different
slides within the presentation, and to protect the
presentation so that others cannot make
revisions, include other different groups/buttons.
View: This tab is used to view the presentation
in different formats. It is also used to view more
than one power point window at a time, or to
decide whether to display the ruler within the
window.
