30 Facts

1. PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package.

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(Microsoft PowerPoint) and the name of the presentation you are working on.

The title bar appears at the top of all Windows programs.

The Title Bar displays the name of the program you are currently using

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commands. Commands such as saving, opening, and printing are included.

The Standard Toolbar contains icons for some of the most commonly used

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saves time in creating your presentations.

Placeholders contain formatting characteristics for items to be added which

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change how your presentation is displayed on the screen.

View buttons allow you to quickly switch between PowerPoint views, which

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the Design Template in use, and contains buttons for easy access menu

commands.

The Status Bar, displays information about the number of slides in the show,

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presentation. You can use the Slides tab to navigate by clicking on the slide

you want to view. You can also drag a thumbnail to move a slide to a new

position in your presentation.

8. The

PowerPoint. Clicking a menu name displays a list of commands-for example,

clicking the Format menu name would display different formatting

commands.

Menu Bar displays a list of menus that you use to give commands to

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formatting commands, such as making text bold or italic.

The Formatting Toolbar contains buttons for the most commonly used

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are printed or displayed in a presentation.

The Slide Pane displays the slides one at a time, as they will appear when they

PowerPoint. You can easily hide the task pane if you want to have more room

to view a document: Simply click the close button in the upper-right corner of

the task pane.

12. Click in the title placeholder to make it active. Type the words

Technology

your choice.

13. Click in the placeholder for the bulleted list. Type in the following 4 areas:

“Communications; Production; Bio-Related; Energy, Power, &

Transportation.”

the Font, size and color to your choice. Set a line style and/or fill of your

choice.

14. Insert another new slide. This time choose Bulleted List as the style. Type

the words

box. In the list box, type the items that are listed below. Edit the Font, size

and color of the text and the fill and line styles of the placeholders to suite

your taste.

15.PowerPoint displays the picture on the slide with eight sizing handles

surrounding it and a green rotating handle. A picture is selected when you

see the handles. To select a picture that does not have handles displayed,

click it.

16.You can change the size of a selected picture on a slide using the sizing handles as

well as rotate it’s original position with the green rotating handle.

17.Now that you’ve got clip art down, let’s look at AutoShapes. Select your

third slide. You will now use the AutoShape and text box tools to create a

diagram on this slide.

18.Click on the AutoShapes button from the drawing toolbar and select the

“Rounded Rectangle” from the list of Basic Shapes.

19.Draw a rounded rectangle on your slide near the top center. Use the image

below as a reference for positioning your shape.

20.Once you have drawn one of the rectangles, you can copy and paste it to

help complete the diagram. To copy the rectangle, right click on it and

select copy from the pop-up menu. To paste it, right click on the white part

of the slide and select Paste.

21.Next, select the “striped right arrow” from the solid arrows selection in the

AutoShapes list.

22.Draw in one of the arrows as shown below and use the same copy/paste

method to position the second one.

23. The next step in creating this diagram is to insert two bent arrows. To do

this, select the “bent arrow” from the solid arrows selection in the

AutoShapes list.

24. Now, you’ll need to use the green rotating handle to position the arrows to

complete the diagram. Turn both arrows clockwise.

25.The final step for this slide is to add text to each box. The easiest way to do

this is to use text boxes. Select the text box icon from the drawing toolbar.

26. Type the word

the text appears in the center of the rounded rectangle. You move the text

box by left clicking and dragging form the outside edges of the box.

27.Copy and past that text box into each of the rounded rectangles in the

diagram and change the word Process in each one.
28.You’ll notice the Task Pane changes to show different Design Templates.“Beam” design. As soon as you click that design, all of your

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slides will be converted to match it.
29.Since the template has some pre-formatted text and graphic settings, your

objects, graphics, and placeholders may need to be resized and moved to fit

correctly on this template. Go through each slide and check to see if any

modifications need to be made.
30. You should now save your work.“Process” in that text box and position the text box so that“How Technology Education Will Help My Future” in the titlePress enter after each - a new bulleted item appears. Set“Areas of. Set the Font, size, and color. Set a line style and/or fill of11.The Task Pane lists commands that are relevant to whatever you’re doing inThe Slide Sorter Pane displays thumbnail representations of each slide in a