Exploring Microsoft

PowerPoint 2003
Chapter 1: Introduction to
PowerPoint
BCIS 1405 Session # 11

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Objectives (1 of 2)

Start PowerPoint; edit and view a presentation

Describe the different PowerPoint features in
each view
Use the outline to create and edit the text of a
presentation
Insert a new slide into a presentation; change
the layout of an existing slide
Use the Clip Organizer to add or change clip
art on a slide

Objectives (2 of 2)

Apply a design template to a new

presentation
Add animation and transition effects to a
presentation
Insert comments into a presentation
Insert WordArt into a presentation
Insert a Word table and an Excel chart into a
presentation

Introduction to PowerPoint

Common User Interface

Series of slides that
include:
Clip art
Photographs
WordArt
Bulleted items
Sound
And more

PowerPoint Delivery
Show on computer
Distribute on disk
Overhead
transparencies
Prepare speaker notes
Print Handouts

Title Slide Example

Bullet Slide Example

Another Bullet Slide Example

Photographs Example

Animation Example

WordArt Example

PowerPoint 2003 Screen

Formatting
Toolbar

Title bar

Menu bar

Minimize
Restore
Close
Buttons

Standard
Toolbar

Slide
Ruler
Drawing
toolbar

Status
bar

PowerPoint View: Normal: Outline

Outline

Slide
Speaker
Notes

PowerPoint View: Normal: Slides

Thumbnail
Images

Speaker
Notes

Slide

PowerPoint View: Slide

Slide

PowerPoint View: Notes Pages

Notes

PowerPoint View: Slide Sorter

Mini Slides

PowerPoint View: Slide Show

View
Presentation

Controls

The File Menu

New
Open
Save
Save As
Page Setup
Print
Send To
Most Recent File
Exit

Save As Dialog Box

Details
view

Folder
Where
Stored

File
Name
File
Type

Open Dialog Box

Folder
Where
Stored
Preview
view

File to be
opened

File
Type to
Display

Working Quickly: Outline

Selectthen-do

Extended
Outline

Collapsed Outline

DoubleClick to
Expand

Collapsed
Outline

Slide Layouts

Placeholders

Predefined
slide layouts

Template
Predefined
color scheme

Predefined
fonts
Predefined
design
Predefined
placement of
objects

One More Template Example

Transition Effects
Transition
effects
Select speed

Select sound
Slide show
button
Play button

Animation Effects
Add effect
First animated
object

Second
animated object

Lists of
animated
objects
Icons represent
selected
animation

Enhancing a Presentation

Embedded object
Linked object
Sound

WAV file
MIDI file

WordArt
Comments

The Microsoft Clip Organizer

Insert Picture
command

Search for clip

art

Clip art
selections
found

Drawing Toolbar

Action Buttons
WordArt
Lines & Arrows

Drawing Toolbar (continued)

Drawing Shapes
Text Box
With Shading, 3D
Effects, Fill Color,
ClipArt & Callout

Good
Stuff!

Ungroup an Object
Grouped Object

Ungrouped Object

Copy, Flip, and Change

Colors

Hands-on Exercise 4
(Pages 745-755)

Title of Exercise: Enhancing a Presentation

Objective: to include a Word table and an
Excel chart in a presentation
Input file: My First Presentation
Output file: My First Presentation

Chapter 1 Summary

A Presentation is a series of slides

PowerPoint Window has a common user interface

There are many different views

New Slide/Slide Layout contains placeholders for
objects
There are many different design templates
Transition & animation effects can be added
There are many ways to enhance a Presentation

Hands-on Exercise 1
Pages 713-720

Title of Exercise: Introduction to PowerPoint

Objective: to start PowerPoint, open an
existing presentation, and modify the text on
an existing slide; to show an existing
presentation and print handouts of its slides

Input file: Introduction to PowerPoint

Output file: Introduction to PowerPoint Solution

Hands-on Exercise 2
(Pages 725-732)

Title of Exercise: Creating a Presentation

Objective: to create a new presentation; to
apply a design template to a presentation

Input file: Blank Presentation

Output file: My First Presentation

Hands-on Exercise 3
(Pages 735-740)

Title of Exercise: Animating a Presentation

Objective: to change the layout of an existing
slide; to establish transition and animation
effects
Input file: My First Presentation
Output file: My First Presentation

Questions?