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PowerPoint 2016

Quick Start Tutorials

PowerPoint 2016Quick Start Tutorials
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What is PowerPoint?

With PowerPoint on your PC, Mac, or mobile device:


  • Create presentations from scratch or a template.

  • Add text, images, art, and videos.

  • Select a professional design with PowerPoint Designer.

  • Add transitions, animations, and motion.

  • Save to OneDrive, to get to your presentations from your computer, tablet, or phone.

  • Share and work with others, wherever they are.

Click Here for a Quick Introduction Video
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Create a Presentation

  1. Open PowerPoint.

  2. Select an option:

  3. Select Blank Presentation to create a presentation from scratch.
  4. Select one of the templates.
  5. Select Take a Tour, and then select Create, to see tips for using PowerPoint.
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Add a Slide

  1. Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.

  2. Select Home > New Slide.

  3. Select Layout and the you type want from the drop-down.

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Add and Format Text

  1. Place the cursor where you want, and type.

  2. Select the text, and then select an option on the Home tab: Font, Font size, Bold, Italic, Underline, ...

  3. To create bulleted or numbered lists, select the text, and then select Bullets or Numbering.

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Add a Picture, Shape, or Chart

Select Insert.

To add a picture:

  • Select Picture.

  • Browse for the picture you want and select Insert.

To add a shape, art, or chart:

  • Select Shapes, Icons, SmartArt, or Chart.

  • Select the one you want.

Save in PowerPoint Save in PowerPoint

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Save Your Presentation to OneDrive

  1. Select File > Save As.

  2. Select OneDrive.

    Save personal files to OneDrive - Personal, and work files to your company OneDrive. You can also save to another location, like your device.

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Rename a Presentation

  1. Select the file name on the title bar.

  2. In the menu that appears you can rename the file, select a new location to move it to, or see the version history for the file.

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Offline

When you're online, AutoSave is always on and saves your changes as you work. If at any time you lose your Internet connection or turn it off, any pending changes will sync as soon as you’re back online.

Design in PowerPoint Design in PowerPoint

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Themes and PowerPoint Designer

Themes
  1. Select the Design tab.

  2. Select one of the Themes.

  3. Select one of the Variants.



PowerPoint Designer

  1. Insert one or more pictures, a list of items, or a list of dates.

  2. The Designer panel will open. Select the design you want.

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Transitions

To add a special effect, to transition from one slide to another:


  1. Select the slide you want to add a transition to.

  2. On the Transitions tab, select the effect you want.

  3. Select Effect Options to change how the transition happens: From Right, From Left, ...

    To undo a transition, select None.

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Animations

To animate text or objects on a slide:


  1. Select the text or object you want to animate.

  2. On the Animations tab, select Add Animation, and select the animation you want from the drop-down.

    To animate one line of text at a time, select one line of text, select an animation, select the next line of text, select an animation, ...

  3. For Start, select When Clicked, With Previous, or After Previous.

Collaborate in PowerPoint Collaborate in PowerPoint

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Share Your Presentation

  1. Select Share on the ribbon.

  2. Enter the names or email addresses of the people you want to share with. Or select the drop-down to change permissions. Allow editing is checked by default. To change permission to view only, uncheck this box and select Apply.

  3. Include a message if you'd like and select Send.

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Comments in Presentations

  1. Select Review > New Comment. Or select New if the Comments pane is open.

  2. In the Comments pane, type your message in the box and press Enter.

  3. Select Reply and type your response.

  4. Select the Next or Back buttons to go between comments and slides.

  5. Select the X in the upper corner of the comment.

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Chat While Editing

  1. If there's another person editing your file, select their image or initials in the upper right corner to open a chat window.

  2. Type some text and press Enter.



Note: Your conversations won't be saved when you close a file.

Give a Presentation in PowerPoint Give a Presentation in PowerPoint

Start a presentation

  • On the Slide Show tab select From Beginning. Now, if you are working with PowerPoint on a single monitor and you want to display Presenter view, in Slide Show view, on the control bar at the bottom left select the three dots, and then Show Presenter View.

  • To move to the previous or next slide, select Previous or Next.

  • To view all the slides in your presentation, select See all slides.


Notes

During your presentation, the speaker notes are visible on your monitor, but aren't visible to the audience.

  • The Notes pane is a box that appears below each slide. Tap it to add notes.

  • If you don’t see the Notes pane or it is completely minimized, click Notes on the task bar across the bottom of the PowerPoint window


Subtitles

You can choose which language the caption/subtitle text should be shown to your audience. This feature requires Windows 10 and an up-to-date version of PowerPoint.


  1. Select Slide Show > Subtitle Settings.

  2. Set your Spoken Language.

  3. Select Subtitle Language to see which languages PowerPoint can display on-screen as captions or subtitles, and select the one you want.

  4. In the Subtitle Settings menu, set the desired position of the captions or subtitles.

  5. More appearance settings are available by selecting Subtitle Settings > More Settings (Windows).

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Slides & Layouts Video Tutorials & Links

  1. What is a slide master?
  2. Add, rearrange, duplicate, and delete slides in PowerPoint
  3. Apply or change a slide layout
  4. Add color and design to your slides with themes
  5. Apply a template to a new presentation
  6. Get design ideas for slides
  7. Customize a slide master
  8. Change the page orientation in PowerPoint between landscape and portrait
  9. Organize your PowerPoint slides into sections
  10. Add a DRAFT watermark to the background of slides
  11. Create, merge, and group objects on a slide
  12. Guides for arranging things on a slide in PowerPoint
  13. Change the order in which stacked objects, placeholders, or shapes appear on a slide
  14. Rotate or flip an object
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Text & Tables Video Tutorials & Links

  1. Insert WordArt
  2. Add a hyperlink to a slide
  3. Create a PowerPoint presentation from an outline
  4. Check spelling in your presentation
  5. Create and format a table
  6. Insert a linked Excel chart in PowerPoint
  7. Add slide numbers, page numbers, or the date and time
  8. Set text direction and position in a shape or text box
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Pictures & Graphics Video Tutorials & Links

  1. Insert a picture in PowerPoint
  2. Apply an artistic effect to a picture
  3. Add SmartArt to a slide
  4. Put a background picture on your slides
  5. Add a background picture (or watermark) to slides
  6. Use charts and graphs in your presentation
  7. Insert icons in Microsoft Office
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Present Slide Shows Video Tutorials & Links

  1. Start the presentation & see your notes in Presenter View
  2. Add speaker notes to your slides
  3. Rehearse and time the delivery of a presentation
  4. Record a slide show with narration and slide timings
  5. Print your PowerPoint slides, handouts, or notes
  6. Create a self-running presentation
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Animation, Video & Audio Video Tutorials & Links

  1. Add, change, or remove transitions between slides
  2. Animate text or objects
  3. Use the Morph transition in PowerPoint
  4. Insert or link to a video on YouTube
  5. Add or delete audio in your PowerPoint presentation
  6. Record your screen in PowerPoint
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Share & Co-Author Video Tutorials & Links

Add, change, hide, or delete comments in a presentation

Share your PowerPoint presentation with others

Save a presentation as a video

Inspect a presentation

Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files

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Technology Inventory Specialist / Administrative Technology Trainer

Vanessa Y. Arredondo

Email: vanessa.arredondo@gccisd.net
Location: 5950 North Main Street, Baytown, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 707-3338

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