Office Power Point 2007 Basics 1. Double click on Power Point 2. Creating a Presentation: Choosing a slide layout: Click on the Layout Button on the tool bar: Now select the one that you would like to use. Creating a new slide: Click the New Slide option on the tool bar: If you click where it says new slide, then you can choose your layout. If you click on the square above New Slide, then it will just add a new slide. Follow these instructions to add each slide to the presentation. Note: When entering information on the slide, click on the place card in which the information will be entered. 3. Formatting slides using a design template: Click on Design on the tool bar: Click on the arrow going down to get more designs. Choose a design. You can also click on colors, fonts and effects to change the appearance of the slide. 4. Formatting Text: Highlight the text to be formatted. Click on Home on the tool bar. Then choose your font, style, size, color and justification. 5. Inserting Pictures: Click on Insert on the toolbar: Then click on Clip Art.Type in the category of clip art you want to choose from. Click on the picture you would like to insert. You may resize the picture by using the sizing handles surrounding the picture. The green circle allows you to rotate the picture by left clicking and dragging. Clicking on the picture allows you to format the picture using the Format tools. Note: To enter pictures taken from a digital camera, click Insert, Picture. Click the down arrow in the Look In box, then choose the directory of the location of your picture (A:, Z:, etc.), Click on the picture you wish to insert then click Insert. 7. Entering Graphs, tables, etc.: Click on Insert on the tool bar, then click on Chart: Select what kind of chart you would like to insert. Then click OK. A chart and a spreadsheet will appear. Data may be entered into the datasheet by by clicking in each cell and typing in the data. Sizing HandlesThe data will change on the chart as you type in your data. To change the appearance of your chart click on Design on the tool bar. This will allow you to make changes to the appearance of the chart. 8. Rearranging the order of the slides: Click on View, then click on Slide Sorter: Click on the slide you wish to move, hold the left mouse button down and drag the slide to the desired location. Note: You may also rearrange the slides from the slide tab found at the left side of the screen by clicking and dragging the slides to the desired location. 9. Adding Slide Transitions: You can format the way in which each slide transitions to the next by clicking on the Animations option on the Menu bar. Choose a transition from the middle of the tool bar. You can find more if you click on the arrow going down. From this menu, you can pick the speed and sound of the transition. You may also choose to have the slide transition automatically or on a mouse click. 10. Adding Custom Animation to slides: Click on Custom Animation on the Design tool bar: Now click on the text or picture you wish to animate. Click the Add Effect button:Choose when you want the animation to take place by choosing one of these options: Choose an option from the menu available for the animation you choose. Now you can select speed, etc… The animation will automatically preview the animations. 11. Linking files To link a webpage to your presentation, click Insert, then click on Hyperlink. Type in the web address in the address box. Click OK. Note: The hyperlink will activate in SLIDE SHOW view. To link a document to your presentation, open the program containing the file you wish to attach. Select the information to link, then click Edit then Copy. In PowerPoint, click where you want the link to be located then click on Home, then Paste, then Paste Special:Click the Paste Link button, click OK. Note: This will allow you to double click on the link and update information in the linked file. 12. Viewing the slide show: You may choose the Slide Show option on the menu bar, or click on the Slide Show view at the bottom left corner of the screen. To end the show before it is over, right click then choose End Show. 13. Printing: The presentation may be printed as slides or handouts by completing the print dialog