Lakeside Technology Department
PowerPoint XP Basics
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To
Start a New Presentation:
• Launch
the PowerPoint application.
• A
blank slide appears.
• Under
the Format menu, select Slide Design or click on From Design
Template in the Task Pane window.
• Click
on one of the design templates.
• Under
File, select Save. Give your project and name and click Save.
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To
Apply a Template and Modify a Color Scheme:
• Under
Format, select Slide Design or click on the Design Template button  in
the Toolbar.
• Select
a template.
• Click
on the down arrow and select Apply to All Slides or Apply to
Selected Slides.
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• To
change the colors of a template, select Color Schemes.
• Select
one of the standard color schemes and click and hold on the
down arrow and select Apply to All Slides or Apply to Selected
Slides.
• Click
on Edit Color Schemes (bottom right) to change the color of
individual items.
• Pick
a Background Color or Text & Line Color to modify.
• Select
the new color.
• Click
on Apply.
• If
you like the new color scheme and want to use it in the future,
click on Add as Standard Scheme.
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To
Apply a Background:
• Under
Format, select Background.
• Click
and hold on the down arrow and select Fill Effects.
• Click
on Texture.
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• Selected
the desired Texture
• Click
OK.
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• Click
Preview.
• Click
Apply for this slide only or Apply to All.
• Close
the Background window
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To
Add Text and Modify Text Fields:
• If
the Layout has a text box, click in the box and type.
• If
the Layout does not have a text box, under the Insert menu select Text
box and click on the slide where you want the text to be. The text
box will be created as you type.
• To
alter the field's location, select the field by clicking on one of
the edges with the arrow tool. The selection boxes will appear. While
the selection boxes are showing, click and hold on the edge of the
field, and drag the field to a new location.
• To
alter the field's size, select the field by clicking on one of the
edges with the arrow tool. The selection boxes will appear. While the
selection boxes are showing, carefully grab one of the selection boxes
with the tip of the arrow and drag to resize.
• To
format the text of the entire field, select the field by clicking on
one of the edges with the arrow tool. The selection boxes will appear.
Under Format select Font or use the Text Tools to change the Font,
Size, Style, Alignment or Color.
• To
change a single word or section of text, drag over it with the browse
tool and then change the Font, Size, Style, Alignment or Color using
the Text Tools. A text field can have various fonts, styles and colors.
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To
Add Additional Slides:
• Under
Insert, select New Slide or use the New Slide button  on
your tool bar.
• The
New Slide Window appears. Select a text layout or content layout.
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To
Insert a Picture from Clip Art: • Under
Insert, drag down to Picture and over to from Clip Art.
• Type
a key word into the Search text box and click on Search
• Drag
the desired picture to the slide.
• Size
and position as desired.
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To
Insert a Picture from File:
• Under
Insert, drag down to Picture and over to from File.
• Locate
the image file and click on Insert.
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Use Custom Animation/Animate Bulleted List:
• Create
or select a slide with list of bulleted items.
• Highlight
text or image to be animated.
• Under
Slide Show, select Custom Animation.
• The
Custom Animation window appears.
• Click
on and hold on Add Effect.
• Click
on Entrance and select an effect.
• Click
on the down arrow next to text and select Effect Options.
Tip: If animating
a bullet list, be sure each line of text has the Mouse Click
icon. This is necessary to have each line of the
list appear separately.
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• Select
a sound if desired.
• Under
After Animation, select a dim color to customize the appearance
of previous lines of text if desired.
• Under
Animate Text, choose how text appears on the screen.
• Click
on the Timing tab.
• Click
on Start to set Mouse click or timings.
• Select
desired Delay and Speed on animation.
• Click
OK when done.
• Run
the slide to preview the Animation.
• To
animate other text or images, select desired text or image
and repeat steps 2 through 15.
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To
Apply Transitions:
• Under
Slide Show, select Slide Transition. The Slide Transition window
appears.
• Click
on an effect to preview
• Select
an Effect, a Speed, a Sound and an Advance mode.
• If
AutoPreview is checked, the slide shows all of the transition
elements. If AutoPreview is not checked, click on the Play
button to view the transitions.
• Click
OK to apply the effects to this slide or click on Apply to
All Slides.
• To
view this slide, click on the Slide Show button.
• To
view the entire show, from the Slide Show menu select View
Show.
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