Applied Productivity Tools using Slides
Let’s start!
Create a presentation
1. Open PowerPoint.
2. In the left pane, select New.
3. Select an option:
• To create a presentation from scratch,
select Blank Presentation.
• To use a prepared design, select
one of the templates.
• To see tips for using PowerPoint, select
Take a Tour, and then select Create, .
Add a slide
1. In the thumbnails on the left pane,
select the slide you want your new slide
to follow.
2. In the Home tab, in the Slides section,
select New Slide.
3. In the Slides section, select Layout, and then
select the layout you want from the menu.
Add and format text
1. Place the cursor inside a text box, and
then type something.
2. Select the text, and then select one or
more options from the Font section of
the Home tab, such as Font, Increase
Font Size, Decrease Font Size, Bold, Italic,
Underline, etc.
3. To create bulleted or numbered lists,
select the text, and then select Bullets or
Numbering.
Add a picture, shape, and more
1. Go to the Insert tab.
2. To add a picture:
• In the Images section, select Pictures.
• In the Insert Picture From menu, select the source you want.
• Browse for the picture you want, select it, and then select Insert.
3. To add illustrations:
• In the Illustrations section, select Shapes, Icons, 3D Models, SmartArt, or Chart.
• In the dialog box that opens when you click one of the illustration types, select the item you want and
follow the prompts to insert it.
Types of Image Files
1. JPEG (or JPG) - Joint Photographic Experts Group
There is no difference between the .jpg and .jpeg filename extensions. Regardless of how you name your file, it is still
the same format and will behave the same way.
The only reason that the two extensions exist for the same format is because .jpeg was shortened to .jpg to
accommodate the three-character limit in early versions of Windows. While there is no such requirement today, .jpg
remains the standard and default on many image software programs.
2. PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PNGs are amazing for interactive documents such as web pages but are not suitable for print. While PNGs are
"lossless," meaning you can edit them and not lose quality, they are still low resolution.
3. GIF - Graphics Interchange Format
GIFs are most common in their animated form, which are all the rage on Tumblr pages and in banner ads. It seems
like every day we see pop culture GIF references from Giphy in the comments of social media posts. In their more
basic form, GIFs are formed from up to 256 colors in the RGB colorspace. Due to the limited number of colors, the file
size is drastically reduced.
4. PDF - Portable Document Format
PDFs were invented by Adobe with the goal of capturing and reviewing rich information from any application, on any
computer, with anyone, anywhere. I'd say they've been pretty successful so far.
