INTRODUCTION TO
POWERPOINT
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software which was developed by
Microsoft. Ms PowerPoint is the component of Microsoft Office suite software, and
comes together with Ms Word, Ms Excel and other Office productivity tools in the single
package. It uses slides to deliver information by combining multimedia components and
is effective to create business presentations, educational outlines and much more. There
are many versions of MS PowerPoint such as Ms-PowerPoint 2000, 2007, 2010, 2013,
2016, 2019, etc.
How to open MS PowerPoint?
Click on Start button and choose Search.
Type “PowerPoint “in the search field.
PowerPoint will open, prompting you to select a theme.
Click on the Blank Presentation.
The following PowerPoint window will appear in the screen.
Features of MS PowerPoint
There are multiple features that are available in MS PowerPoint which can customize and
optimize a presentation. The same have been discussed below.
Slide Layout
Multiple options and layouts are available based on which a presentation can be created.
This option is available under the “Home” section and one can select from the multiple
layout options provided. The image below shows the different slide layout options which
are available for use:
Insert – Clipart, Video, Audio, etc.
Under the “Insert” category, multiple options are available where one can choose what
feature they want to insert in their presentation. This may include images, audio, video,
header, footer, symbols, shapes, etc.
The image below shows the features which can be inserted:
Slide Design
MS PowerPoint has various themes using which background color and designs or textures
can be added to a slide. This makes the presentation more colorful and attracts the
attention of the people looking at it.
This feature can be added using the “Design” category mentioned on the homepage of MS
PowerPoint. Although there are existing design templates available, in case someone
wants to add some new texture or color, the option to customize the design is also
available. Apart from this, slide designs can also be downloaded online.
Animations
During the slide show, the slides appear on the screen one after the other. In case, one
wants to add some animations to the way in which a slide presents itself, they can refer to
the “Animations” category.
The different animation styles available on PowerPoint are:
Design and Formatting Presentation
Click on the Design tab.
Locate the Themes group and move the mouse over the different images which will
show what design would look like on the slides.
Click on the design image to apply it.
Click the mouse drop-down arrow to see all available themes.
Click on Format Background to change the background color of the design.
Click on the more button in the Variant group to change Colors, Font, Effects, and
Background Styles in the slides.
Formatting and Styles to Text
Changing Font Style Attributes, Font Type face and Font Size
Select the text that is to be formatted.
Click on the Home tab.
Locate the font group and Click B, I, U button to make the text bold, italic and
underline.
Locate the font group select a font in the Font list and size from the font size.
Changing Alignment of Text
Select the text to change the alignment of the text.
Click on the Home tab.
Locate the Paragraph group select the Align Left or Center or Align Right or Justify
according to the requirement.
Changing Bullets and Numbering
Select the text that is to be formatted.
Click on the Home tab.
Locate the Paragraph group select appropriate bullets and numbering in the list.
Animation
Select the text or object to be animate.
Click on the Animation tab.
Locate the advanced animation group and Click Animation.
Select an animation effect from the list.
Click on Slide Show to view the animation.
