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    Introduction To PowerPoint 2016

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    This document provides an overview of key features in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, including how to view and navigate presentations, create new presentations, add and format text and slides, apply transitions between slides, and print presentations or individual slides. The main views for presentations are Normal, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show views. Text and visual content can be added and formatted on slides using various tools and themes. New slides can be added in different layouts, along with tables, charts, graphics, pictures, and videos. Transitions control how slides appear or disappear on screen. Printing options include printing full presentations, slide ranges, notes, or handouts with multiple slides per page.

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    Introduction To PowerPoint 2016

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    This document provides an overview of key features in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, including how to view and navigate presentations, create new presentations, add and format text and slides, apply transitions between slides, and print presentations or individual slides. The main views for presentations are Normal, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show views. Text and visual content can be added and formatted on slides using various tools and themes. New slides can be added in different layouts, along with tables, charts, graphics, pictures, and videos. Transitions control how slides appear or disappear on screen. Printing options include printing full presentations, slide ranges, notes, or handouts with multiple slides per page.

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    This document provides an overview of key features in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, including how to view and navigate presentations, create new presentations, add and format text and slides, apply transitions between slides, and print presentations or individual slides. The main views for presentations are Normal, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show views. Text and visual content can be added and formatted on slides using various tools and themes. New slides can be added in different layouts, along with tables, charts, graphics, pictures, and videos. Transitions control how slides appear or disappear on screen. Printing options include printing full presentations, slide ranges, notes, or handouts with multiple slides per page.

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    Introduction To PowerPoint 2016

    Uploaded by

    Vanathi Priyadharshini
    This document provides an overview of key features in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, including how to view and navigate presentations, create new presentations, add and format text and slides, apply transitions between slides, and print presentations or individual slides. The main views for presentations are Normal, Slide Sorter, and Slide Show views. Text and visual content can be added and formatted on slides using various tools and themes. New slides can be added in different layouts, along with tables, charts, graphics, pictures, and videos. Transitions control how slides appear or disappear on screen. Printing options include printing full presentations, slide ranges, notes, or handouts with multiple slides per page.

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    The document discusses how to create and format presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint including adding slides, applying transitions, and printing options.

    The document mentions that PowerPoint has Normal view which shows the slide, thumbnails, and notes pane as well as Slide Sorter view and Slide Show view.

    The document states that to format text in PowerPoint you click within the placeholder, select the text, go to the Home tab, and use the formatting buttons in the Font or Paragraph groups or the mini toolbar.

    Introduction to

    Microsoft PowerPoint 2016

    Viewing a Presentation
    When you create a Blank Presentation in PowerPoint, the workspace opens in Normal view.
    Normal view is divided into three areas:

    1) Slide Pane - shows the full layout of a slide


    2) Thumbnails – shows slide thumbnails
    3) Notes Pane – used to input text relevant to a specific slide

    Other views include Slide Sorter view which shows thumbnails of the entire presentation and
    Slide Show view where you preview your presentation as your audience will see it.

    Slide Pane

    Thumbnails

    Notes Pane

    Normal Slide Slide


    View Sorter Show
    View View

    3 -17 1
    Creating a New Presentation
    To Create a New Presentation:
    1) Click on the File tab
    2) Click on New
    3) Select either a Blank Presentation, a featured theme or search for online templates and
    themes
    4) Double-click Blank Presentation to create a new presentation

    Entering Text on a Slide


    When you create a new presentation, the first slide to appear is a Title slide. It contains two
    placeholders: a title placeholder and a subtitle placeholder. To add text, click within the
    placeholder and type.

    Placeholders

    2
    Formatting
    PowerPoint provides a wide variety of themes that apply a distinctive look to the text, bullets,
    background colors, and graphics in a presentation. Using a theme is a big time-saver and
    immediately adds a professional touch to your presentation. You can apply a theme when you
    create a new presentation and you can change the theme as many times as you want.

    To Apply a Theme:
    1) Click on the Design tab
    2) Select one of the themes in the Themes group

    To see more themes, click on the dialog box launcher.

    To Format Text:
    1) Click within the placeholder
    2) Select the text to format

    3) Click on the Home tab


    4) Click on the formatting buttons in either the Font or Paragraph groups
    5) You can also use the Mini Tool Bar that appears when the text is selected

    3
    Adding New Slides
    Each slide in PowerPoint has a slide layout. Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and
    placeholders for all of the content that appears on a slide.

    PowerPoint includes nine built-in slide layouts:

    To Add New Slides:


    1) Click on the Home tab
    2) Click on New Slide in the Slides group
    3) Choose a slide layout

    Content Slides:
    If you choose a slide with content, you will have six types of content to choose from.

    Tables Charts Smart Art Pictures Online Video


    Graphics Pictures

    Click on the type of content you want to create and PowerPoint will provide the tools needed to
    create it.

    4
    Applying Slide Transitions
    A transition is a special effect that determines how a slide appears as it enters or leaves the
    screen.
    To Apply Transitions:
    1) Click on the Transitions tab
    2) Click on the drop down arrow in the Transition to This Slide group to see a listing of all
    available transitions
    3) Click on the transition you want to apply
    4) Click on Apply to All to apply the transition effect to the entire presentation

    Printing
    To Print:
    1) Click on the File tab
    2) Click on Print

    Under Settings click on Print All Slides and select one of the options to print:
     Print All Slides – print entire presentation
     Print Selection – only print the selected slides
     Print Current Slide – only print the current slide
     Custom Range – enter specific slides to print

    5
    Printing Handouts, Notes and Outline
    Click on Full Page Slides and choose from the following:
     Print Layout
    o Full Page Slides
    o Notes Pages
    o Outline
     Handouts
    o Choose between 1 – 9 slides per page (horizontal or vertical)

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