Microsoft PowerPoint is a graphics presentation program. It is used for designing presentations quickly.
PowerPoint is most useful for creating formal presentations. PowerPoint can help you produce professional presentations that can be printed, viewed on a computer display or produced as a slide, together with printed notes for your audience to take away for reference.
On-screen Presentations.
You can create a slide for an electronic presentation that contains text, Charts, as well as pictures.
PowerPoint is most useful for creating formal presentations. PowerPoint can help you produce professional presentations that can be printed, viewed on a computer display or produced as a slide, together with printed notes for your audience to take away for reference.
On-screen Presentations.
You can create a slide for an electronic presentation that contains text, Charts, as well as pictures.
You can make changes to your presentation; use Slide transitions and Animation to control its pacing, and then run a stand-alone presentation on your computer screen or you can also run the presentation over a network on multiple computers.
You can design your presentation so that it looks great on the screen and print it out using a printer.
You can design a presentation specifically for the World Wide Web, and then save it in a Web compatible format, such as HTML.
Presentations can be used in certain situations to convey information more effectively.
Examples of such situations include;
1. Marketing or internal company presentations.
2. To deliver company results to a shareholder meeting.
3. To report sales figures.
4. To launch a new product into the market.
5. To introduce induct new employees into a company operations.
6. Advertising in the media, trade fairs or exhibitions.
Microsoft PowerPoint is useful as an aid to Desktop Publishing.
PowerPoint provides a basic outline to guide you on organising your content into a professional presentation.
Design Templates.
This option gives you a list of presentation designs; presentations and other templates that have predefined slide colors and text styles.
Blank Presentation
This option brings up the New Slide dialog box, which has blank slide layouts. The slides are pre-designed. After choosing a layout, the user fills in the rest of the content.
Creating a Blank Presentation
1. In the PowerPoint startup dialog box, select Blank Presentation, then click oK -or-
Select the File tab, click on the Blank Presentation icon, and then click oK.
2. From the New Slide dialog box that appears, select a slide layout from the ready-made slide layouts displayed.
3. Click oK
Depending on the layout chosen, a blank slide with text or object placeholders appears.
4. To add text to the slide, click on the text placeholder and type in your own text. Add a sub-title to the presentation, if necessary.
5. Apply any formatting that is appropriate for your needs.
Adding other Slides to a Presentation.
1. On the Insert menu, choose New Slide.
-or-
Click the New Slide button on the home tab.
The New Slide dialog box appears. Scroll to see more layouts
2. Choose the slide layout you would like to use for the next slide, then click on the oK button.
A new empty slide is added after the current slide on navigation pane. Add the content you want for each new slide.
From the Status bar, you can know the total number of slides there are in the presentation.
Using the Different PowerPoint Views.
The View buttons are usually located at the bottom left of the presentation window.
You can design your presentation so that it looks great on the screen and print it out using a printer.
You can design a presentation specifically for the World Wide Web, and then save it in a Web compatible format, such as HTML.
Presentations can be used in certain situations to convey information more effectively.
Examples of such situations include;
1. Marketing or internal company presentations.
2. To deliver company results to a shareholder meeting.
3. To report sales figures.
4. To launch a new product into the market.
5. To introduce induct new employees into a company operations.
6. Advertising in the media, trade fairs or exhibitions.
Microsoft PowerPoint is useful as an aid to Desktop Publishing.
PowerPoint provides a basic outline to guide you on organising your content into a professional presentation.
Design Templates.
This option gives you a list of presentation designs; presentations and other templates that have predefined slide colors and text styles.
Blank Presentation
This option brings up the New Slide dialog box, which has blank slide layouts. The slides are pre-designed. After choosing a layout, the user fills in the rest of the content.
Creating a Blank Presentation
1. In the PowerPoint startup dialog box, select Blank Presentation, then click oK -or-
Select the File tab, click on the Blank Presentation icon, and then click oK.
2. From the New Slide dialog box that appears, select a slide layout from the ready-made slide layouts displayed.
3. Click oK
Depending on the layout chosen, a blank slide with text or object placeholders appears.
4. To add text to the slide, click on the text placeholder and type in your own text. Add a sub-title to the presentation, if necessary.
5. Apply any formatting that is appropriate for your needs.
Adding other Slides to a Presentation.
1. On the Insert menu, choose New Slide.
-or-
Click the New Slide button on the home tab.
The New Slide dialog box appears. Scroll to see more layouts
2. Choose the slide layout you would like to use for the next slide, then click on the oK button.
A new empty slide is added after the current slide on navigation pane. Add the content you want for each new slide.
From the Status bar, you can know the total number of slides there are in the presentation.
Using the Different PowerPoint Views.
The View buttons are usually located at the bottom left of the presentation window.
The different views are:
1). Normal view.
2). Slide Sort view.
3). Reading view.
4). Slide show.
To switch between the different views, click on the View buttons at the bottom of the screen,
Characteristics of an Effective presentation.
Effective presentations have some common characteristics, which should improve communication between the speaker and the audience.
Simplicity.
Good presentations are simple and to the point. They are not long-winded and boring or complicated.
They are easy for the speaker to present and easy for the audience to understand.
A long-winded and complex presentation usually ends up confusing the audience contrary to expectations.
Visuals.
Good presentations make use of a lot of visuals, i.e., graphics, pictures, charts, and so on.
These generally serve the purpose of:
1). Attracting attention to the pertinent (important/relevant) points of a presentation.
2). Helping relieve stress and 'eye fatigue' from too much reading.
3). Making your presentation more interesting.
4). A visual can tell the audience much more about the subject matter than a slide full of text. In other words, "A picture says more than a thousand words".
Colour.
A good presentation usually has a lot of colour. Compared to a black and white presentation, a colour presentation attracts a lot of attention.
However, the use of colour must be judicious (sensible / well judged), otherwise, the presentation will end up being overly 'colourful' and too flashy.
1). Normal view.
2). Slide Sort view.
3). Reading view.
4). Slide show.
To switch between the different views, click on the View buttons at the bottom of the screen,
Characteristics of an Effective presentation.
Effective presentations have some common characteristics, which should improve communication between the speaker and the audience.
Simplicity.
Good presentations are simple and to the point. They are not long-winded and boring or complicated.
They are easy for the speaker to present and easy for the audience to understand.
A long-winded and complex presentation usually ends up confusing the audience contrary to expectations.
Visuals.
Good presentations make use of a lot of visuals, i.e., graphics, pictures, charts, and so on.
These generally serve the purpose of:
1). Attracting attention to the pertinent (important/relevant) points of a presentation.
2). Helping relieve stress and 'eye fatigue' from too much reading.
3). Making your presentation more interesting.
4). A visual can tell the audience much more about the subject matter than a slide full of text. In other words, "A picture says more than a thousand words".
Colour.
A good presentation usually has a lot of colour. Compared to a black and white presentation, a colour presentation attracts a lot of attention.
However, the use of colour must be judicious (sensible / well judged), otherwise, the presentation will end up being overly 'colourful' and too flashy.
