Etech September-13
Etech September-13
PowerPoint
What is Microsoft Powerpoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful
presentation software developed by
Microsoft. It is a standard component of
the company's Microsoft Office suite
software, and is bundled together with
Word, Excel and other Office productivity
tools.
What PowerPoint will not do
⚫ It will not replace having to think
⚫ It will not eliminate the need for planning and designing
with paper and pen
⚫ It will not make the students ‘smarter’
⚫ It will not take over from the teacher’s many roles
⚫ It is not indispensable
⚫ It will not make your world dissolve if you do not use it
Recent Files
⚫ Inserting a new Slide:
1 Select New Slide from the Insert Menu
2 Select the Bulleted List Slide Layout
Choose Your
Slide Type:
Bullet List
2 Columns
Of Lists
With or Without
Chart
With or Without
Picture or other Title Slide
variations Selected
What are Auto-layout slides?
⚫ PowerPoint provides users with a choice of some
commonly used slide formats
⚫ Each slide is made up of one or more frames or
boxes
⚫ There are text frames, pictures frames, chart
frames, etc.
⚫ These frames are pre-formatted to certain fonts,
sizes and alignments, but they can be changed to
suit the user
⚫ Each time a new slide is required, go to the Insert
menu and choose New slide
New print
Save
open Italics
Font Font size Bold Underline
Various Shapes line arrow rectangles oval text box text art clipart
Fill Color Font Color Change case Line Width Line Type Arrow Type Shadow 3-D
If forget what the icons are:
1. 6. 9. 13.
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7. 10.
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