1. PowerPoint is a Microsoft program used to create presentations by many people. These presentations can be about ANYTHING. Businesses uses them for training purposes and also during meetings to show changes in company growth and fluctuation.

2. Inserting clipart, videos, word art, tables and charts Headers and footers Themes you can add to your presentation The different transitions from slide to slide and how to adjust the timing of the transitions Animating the things you include in your slides 3. When youre ready to insert something onto your slide you must navigate to the Insert tab. To Insert a table click the table icon and select how many rows and columns you would like to addTo add a chart you also go to the insert tab. You must then look for the chart button and press it. You should pick whatever chart style you intend to use, select it and it will open up Microsoft Excel and you can insert your data figures and then you can place your chart where you would like it on your slide. Sales 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4. WordArt is decorative text you can add to your slides. To access WordArt you go to the insert tab and find the WordArt button under the section titled text. You can then select the style of word art youd like to include and click it. If you would like to change the color you can do that on the format tab under WordArt Styles. All thats left to do is to place the WordArt where youd like it and later add some Animations to it.To add Clip Art you click on the Insert tab and look for the Clip Art Button in the images section. You click that and then a box will appear and you can search with a key word, example- Cow. You can also get audio clips here. When you find the picture or audio you like you simply click on it and it will appear on your slide. All thats left to do is place it where you want it.Clip ArtWordArt 5. To place a footer on a slide you will go to the Insert tab and click headers and footers in the text section. It will open a box and give you the option to add footers to every slide, all slides except the title or just the one slide if you hit apply and not apply to all. You may also include the date and time. Headers can only be added to print outs or note sheets.1/12/2014Headers and footers! 6. Themes The theme of a slide is the background or the way the slide looks. To chose a theme you find the Design tab and scroll through the themes until you find the one you like or the one that best suits the presentation you are giving. You can apply a theme to one slide or all slides by right clicking on them. You can change the fonts colors and effects of the slide by clicking the icons to the right of the themes. 7. Transitions are an effect moving us from one slide to the next. To add a transition to your slide you go to the tab titled Transitions. You can click on each transition until you find the one you like and then you can apply it to your slide. You can change the directions of the transitions by selecting Effect options to the right of the transition box. To advance to the next slide you can either click your mouse or after rehearsing your presentation and timing it you can set up the timer in the section labled timing and you may also change how long the transition lasts by changing the numbers in the duration area. 8. To Animate something you first select the object or text box you would like to animate and then click on the animation tab. You can select the animation you like by clicking it and then clicking preview off to the left. You may also add multiple animations for Appearing, Emphasis and exit by clicking the Add Animation in the advances animation section. You can change the duration of the animation by using the timing section in the top far right. 9. To add a video to your presentation you will need to make or find the video you wish to include. Once you have you need to go to the Insert tab and look to the far right and click the video icon located in the media section. You then click where the video is located, find and upload it. 10. If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask. Thank you for watching and have a great day. I hope you learned something or at least were mildly entertained.