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Microsoft PowePoint XP Tutorial The Basics

1. Start in the Slides view. From the right task pane, click on the pull down menu and select Slide Design – Slide Templates 2. Scroll through the Apply a design template examples and select one that appeals to you. 3. To apply the design to you PowerPoint presentation just click on the sample design. The design template determines the background color, font sizes, styles and colors and any other creative elements. 4. If you decide that you don’t like that design template after all, just select another by clicking on it. 5. The design template can be altered using the Slide Master.

From the View menu select Master > Slide Master. 6. You can select font type, style, size and color; you can change the background color and fill effect; you can change bullets and sub-bullets. a. Format > Bullets and numbering b. Format > Background 3 Part 3: Refining Your Slides 1. a. b. c. d. e. f. Format text while in Slides Go to the slide titled “Text.” Practice changing the size, font, and color of the text. From the Format menu select Font and explore those features. Increase the font size by clicking on the Increase Font Size icon a few times. Change font color by clicking on the Font Color icon and choosing a new color. To change the line spacing for the bulleted points select Format > Line Spacing To change bullet style select Format > Bullets and Numbering > Customize 2. Add Clip Art to your slide while in Slides • From the Insert menu, select Picture, then Clip Ar OR you can use the Clip Art icon from the Draw Toolbar. • In the Search for: Search text: box type in the “art” you might want and click on the Search button. Explore the options. • Click on the clip art item you wish to add to your slide. • Practice moving and resizing the Clip Art. Click once on the item to select it, then drag the “handles” (boxes at corners and sides) to size the object. 4 3. a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. Add an external photograph or picture to your slide. Minimize PowerPoint. (Click on the little dash button in the upper right corner.) Open the Web browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). Surf the net to find a picture you like. (For example, find a Pathology slide at http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
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