This document provides an introduction to commonly used features in PowerPoint, including adding and formatting slides, inserting graphics, animating text, applying transitions, adding sound, using shapes, inserting videos and actions buttons. It aims to serve as both a user guide and practice for learning PowerPoint features as they are demonstrated in the slideshow. The slideshow will demonstrate how to add slides, maintain a uniform appearance, vary slide layouts and text formatting, insert images from clipart or files, animate text manually or with timing, apply transitions between slides, add sound from files or galleries, use auto shapes, insert videos and animations, and place action buttons for nonlinear navigation and links.
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1. How To Use PowerPoint
A Brief Introduction to Commonly Used Features
By Ryan McKenzie
2. Introduction
PowerPoint is a very commonly used,
fairly powerful presentation software from
Microsoft. In your academic career (undergrad,
graduate, or professional) there is a good
chance that you have been or will be exposed
to this tool. Furthermore, most of you will need
to use it. This slide show is intended not only to
be presented as a user guide to PowerPoint,
but to be distributed as a way to practice what
you learn as you learn it.
3. What Will be Demonstrated
? Adding ݺߣs to a Presentation
? Using a Uniform Appearance/Motif
? How to Vary ݺߣ Layout and Text (font, size, color)
? Using Graphics from ClipArt or a File
? Using Animated Text (Timed and Manual)
? Applying ݺߣ Transitions
? Adding Sound (From a File or the Gallery)
? Using AutoShapes
? Adding Videos and Animation
? Placing Action Buttons for Nonlinear ݺߣ Selection
? Linking to Web Content or Email Addresses
