Lecture 3 – MS PowerPoint
In this Lecture we’ll understand how to get started with PowerPoint.
AS we’ve already discussed in our previous lessons (MS Word, Excel) how to open the application, we can follow the same process to open this application as well. Let’s learn it again.
- Go to “Start” button and go to the Searchbar.
- Type MS PowerPoint.
- As you can see what you’ve typed has appear on the screen, click on it.
4. This page will appear on your screen. Click on the Blank presentation or others as per your requirement.
5. Now you’re ready to use the slides to create your presentation.
Before we move onto the next lesson, talking about the slides, presentations and so on, lets understand the function of various commands you can access from the different menu.
Home : Clipboard functions, manipulating slides, fonts, paragraph settings, drawing objects and editing functions
Insert : Insert tables, pictures, images, shapes, charts, special texts, multimedia and symbols
Design : Slide setup, slide orientation, presentation themes and background
Transitions : Commands related to slide transitions
Animations : Commands related to animation within the individual slides
Slideshow : Commands related to slideshow set up and previews
Review : Proofing content, language selection, comments and comparing presentations
View : Commands related to presentation views, Master slides, color settings and window arrangements
Lets move onto the next lesson to know more.