This PowerPoint presentation introduces Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It discusses the key components of the PowerPoint interface including the ribbon, tabs, groups, contextual tabs, galleries, mini toolbar, status bar, themes, and navigation pane. The presentation covers how to create and design presentations using themes, variants, fonts and effects. It also explains how to work with slides, insert objects, apply animations and transitions, and view presentations in different modes.
This PowerPoint presentation introduces Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It discusses the key components of the PowerPoint interface including the ribbon, tabs, groups, contextual tabs, galleries, mini toolbar, status bar, themes, and navigation pane. The presentation covers how to create and design presentations using themes, variants, fonts and effects. It also explains how to work with slides, insert objects, apply animations and transitions, and view presentations in different modes.
This PowerPoint presentation introduces Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It discusses the key components of the PowerPoint interface including the ribbon, tabs, groups, contextual tabs, galleries, mini toolbar, status bar, themes, and navigation pane. The presentation covers how to create and design presentations using themes, variants, fonts and effects. It also explains how to work with slides, insert objects, apply animations and transitions, and view presentations in different modes.
This PowerPoint presentation introduces Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. It discusses the key components of the PowerPoint interface including the ribbon, tabs, groups, contextual tabs, galleries, mini toolbar, status bar, themes, and navigation pane. The presentation covers how to create and design presentations using themes, variants, fonts and effects. It also explains how to work with slides, insert objects, apply animations and transitions, and view presentations in different modes.
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POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION Karan Kumar Ram Sagar Ahmed Raza INTRO TO POWERPOINT Introduction
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013 is a presentation software
application that aids users in the creation of professional, high- impact, dynamic presentations. Slides are the building blocks of a PowerPoint presentation. By using slides, the focus is not only on the speaker, but on the visuals (slides) as well.
2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. CREATE A NEW PRESENTATION 4. WORK WITH THEMES AND BACKGROUND STYLES
2. APPLY A DESIGN THEME 5. INSERT GRAPHICS AND
OTHER OBJECTS
3. PLAY THE SLIDESHOW
3 THE MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2013 INTERFACE There are a number of prominent changes to the look and functionality of Microsoft PowerPoint. Let us have a look at its latest interface. THE RIBBON
The ribbon is made up of a set of tabs that pertain to the different functionalities of PowerPoint, such as designing slides, inserting media onto slides, or applying animations. Each tab is further divided into logical groups (of buttons), such as the Font group. There are also “contextual tabs” that appear, depending on what you are working on. For example, if you have inserted pictures, the Picture Tools tab appears whenever a picture is selected
4 VIEW TAB
STATUS BAR Shortcut Icon On Status View Icon On View Tab Bar Normal View Displays the outline pane, slide pane, and notes pane.
Slide Sorter View
Displays a small version of each slide and is useful for reorganizing your slides.
Notes Page Displays a miniature slide with space below to type notes for the presenter.
Reading View Makes the presentation easy to review.
Slide Show View
Runs the slide show beginning with the No button on tab current slide. 5 THE FILE TAB The File tab, shown above in Figure 15, provides a centralized location called the Microsoft Office Backstage view . The Backstage view is used for all tasks related to PowerPoint file management: opening, creating, closing, sharing, saving, printing, converting to PDF, emailing, and publishing. The Backstage view also allows for viewing document properties, setting permissions, and managing different versions of the same document.
6 THE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR The Quick Access Toolbar is a small toolbar at the top left of the application window that you can customize to contain the buttons for the functions that you use most often.
To customize the Quick Access Toolbar:
1. Click the drop-down arrow on the far right. 2. Click on any listed command to add it to the Quick Access Toolbar 3. Click More Commands… to choose from a comprehensive list of commands.
7 GALLERIES A Gallery is a collection of pre-defined formats which can be applied to various elements in Office applications, such as the Themes Gallery in PowerPoint . A Gallery most often appears as a result of clicking on an item on one of the Ribbon Tabs.
The selections in a Gallery incorporate a feature called Live
Preview. When the mouse cursor hovers over a selection in a Gallery, your document takes on the formatting attributes of that selection in order to give you a preview of how that selection will look when applied to your document. 8 MINI TOOLBAR The Mini Toolbar is a semi-transparent toolbar that appears when you select text. When the mouse cursor hovers over the Mini Toolbar, it becomes completely solid and can be used to format the selected text.
STATUS BAR The Status Bar can be customized to display specific information. Below, in Figure 8, is the default Status Bar for PowerPoint:
9 THEMES A Theme is a set of formatting options that is applied to an entire presentation. A Theme includes a set of colors, a set of fonts, and a set of effects. Using themes shortens formatting time and provides a unified, professional appearance.
Applying a Theme to a Presentation
1. On the Ribbon, select the Design tab. 2. In the Themes group, hover over a theme with your mouse to see a preview. a. Click the arrows to scroll to additional themes. 3. Select a theme by clicking on the thumbnail of your choice within the Themes group.
10 Applying a Theme Variant 1. On the Ribbon, select the Design tab. 2. In the Variants group, hover over a variant with your mouse to see a preview. a. Click the arrows to view any additional variants. 3. Select a variant by clicking the thumbnail of your choice within the Variants group.
2. Select colors from the menu.
Changing the Fonts of a Theme
In order to change the fonts of an applied theme: 1. From the Variants group, click the down arrow with the line above it, in the bottom right corner. 2. Select Fonts from the menu. 3. Select your desired font from the list that appears.
Changing the Effects of a Theme
In order to alter the visual effects of an applied theme: 4. From the Variants group, click the down arrow with the line above it, in the bottom right corner. 5. Select Effects from the menu . 6. Select your desired effect from the list that appears. 11 NAVIGATION PowerPoint opens in the Normal View showing the Slides tab on the left side of the window.
