Power Point Layout (Key point)

WHAT IS POWER POINT: Power point is a graphic package that is used for the presentation of programs, to organize and present information very well and professionally for seminar, lectures and meetings. It can also be used for presentation like Firm show, advertisement etc.

HOW TO OPEN MS-POWER POINT:

Click on the start button and select all programs, click on Microsoft office from the box that will appear and select ms-power point. Or right click on the desktop icon containing ms-power point on the desktop and select open.

POWER POINT SCREEN: the power point screen is not different from that of the ms-words though there are features that are changed to fit the functions and purpose of power point. Below contains the layout of power point screen and their basic tool and functions.

SLIDE: the slide is a unit of power point presentation window. The slide serves as the page while the presentation window displays its contents.

HOW TO INSERT MORE SLIDE: normally if you open power point, is only one slide you will see. So is left to you to insert more slide if needed:

To insert more slides into your presentation, use any of the following processes:

1.      Click on New slide from the quick access tool bar in the home tab

2.      Right click on the ready made slide and select New slide

3.      Or press control plus M (ctrl +M) in  your keyboard

APPLYING CUSTOMIZED ANIMATION:  

you can add a dramatic element to your slide show by adding special effect to your slide, one by one or together. These effects enable your text or objects appear or display in a dramatic way during slide show: follow the following procedure:

1.      Click on Animation and select custom animation

2.      A box will appear at the task pane, then click on add effect

3.      Select any kind of effect from the following

Entrance: this is the effect your text or object will display when it is entering the screen during slide show.

Emphasis: the effect your text or object will display when it already on the screen. i.e when it will stay for at least 10 seconds for people to see and read the contents of your presentation.

Exit: this is the effect it will take when it is about leaving the screen

Motion path: this has to do with the moving of your text or object (should it come from the right or the left hand side of the screen.

HOW TO REMOVE AN EFFECT: this is when you don’t want your text or object to display any effect; you can decide to remove the already given effect. Do this to remove your effect:

-          Select (object) or highlight (text) the things you want to remove effect from then from the task pane where your selected add effect, click on remove.

HOW TO VIEW YOUR SLIDE FULL SCREEN

Click on view tab and select slide show or press F5 on your keyboard.

PAGE SETUP: page setup help you put your page on portrait or landscape, and even set the size of your presentation window.

Click on design tab and select page setup, make your settings from the box that will appear and click ok.

SLIDE DESIGN you can give design to your slide, some designs are automatic while some can be customized. To give design to your slide take this procedure:

-          Click on design tab and select any form of design of your choice from the list of designs displayed in the quick access tool bar

-          Or from that design tab you click on colors and select any kind of color you want.

SLIDE SHOW SETTINGS: there are few that needs to be set so as to have an attractive presentation: the settings in slide shoe include the following: speed, sound, on mouse click and automatic after (time).

These above mentioned settings will be achieved by clicking on animation, then from the right hand side of the quick access tool bar lye’s the settings:

HOW TO DESIGN A COMPLEMENTARY CARD

1.      Draw rectangle on your page, (no size is specified)

2.      Select/Click on the inserted rectangle,

3.      Click on format

4.      Immediately, a measurement box will appear on the display bar, at the right hand side of display bar,

5.      Take your ruler, measure the width and height of the card (sample)

6.      Input the width and height into the measurement box on the display bar

7.      And press enter. After the above procedures, you can continue with the input of colors and text.

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