Microsoft

PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 2

Learning Objectives

Create a new presentation from a theme

Create a new slide

Delete a slide

Enter text in the Outline tab

Edit text in Normal View

Enter Speaker notes in the Notes pane and Note

Page View

Show slides in Slide Show view

Rearrange slides in Slide Sorter view

Insert slides from other presentations

• On completion of this lesson, students will be able to do the following:

Presentation Themes

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 provides several standard,

prebuilt themes. Themes simplify the process of creating

professional designer looking presentations. Theme

colors, fonts and effects give your presentation a cohesive

look.

• Additional themes can be found at

http://office.microsoft.com

Selecting a Theme

• To access these themes

click on the Design Tab

on the Ribbon and select a

theme

Entering Text

• Notice the Placeholders (something used or included temporarily or

denotes or reserves a place for something to come later) guide the

user in entering data.

• By clicking on a text placeholder, it will change the placeholder to a

text object that can be used for text entry.

Creating a New Slide

• A new slide can be inserted anywhere in the slide

presentation.

Simply select the slide you wish to precede the new slide

then click new slide. A blank slide will be inserted after the

slide that was selected. You can then change the layout of

the slide if desired. PowerPoint has nine different slide

layouts by default.

Creating a New Slide

• To insert a new slide,

select the New Slide

button on the Home Tab

under the Slides group

• You may alter the

layout of any slide as

you see fit by selecting

the Layout button on

the Home Tab under the

Slides group.

Keyboard

Shortcut

CTRL + M

Inserting Slides from

other Presentations

• Using previously created slides when creating a new

presentation is a time-saving technique.

• Steps:

Click Home Tab

Click New Slide drop-down arrow, select Reuse Slide

Under the Insert Slide From option, select Browse, then Browse

File

Find the File in which you want to borrow the slide and select it

Scroll through the slides until you find the slide you wish to use.

Entering Text

• The outline tab displays the entire presentation in outline

format.

• The Outline Pane allows the user to concentrate on the

content of the slide rather than the design aspect of the

slide.

• Text can be edited in the Outline Tab or in the Slide

Pane by simply moving your cursor to the item you wish

to edit and typing your additions.

• To change slides in the Slide/Outline Pane, click on the

new slide/section you wish to move to.

The Window ***Normal View***

The filename appears in the Title Bar

Views

The different PowerPoint Views Include:

• Normal (Default View)

• Slide Sorter

• Notes Page

• Reading View

Views and Zoom In/Out

Speaker Notes

• Speaker notes are a special area in which the speaker can

make comments about the presentation. They are not

visible in the presentation and are viewed and printed

only by the speaker.

• Speaker notes can be created in the Notes Pane in

Normal View or in Notes Page View.

• Entering notes in the Notes Page View allows for one slide

to be visible at a time, and it allows for a much larger

visible area.

Notes Page View

Use the up/down arrow

or the page up/page

down keys on the

keyboard as well as the

scroll bar and scroll

wheel on the mouse to

navigate through slides.

Zoom in/out to

control the size

of the window

Slide Sorter View

View the

presentation in

slide sorter view to

easily rearrange

slides.

Simply click &

drag the slide to

it’s new desired

location.

Slide Show View

• Slide Show view is used to show a presentation in full

screen view from the first slide to the last slide in the

presentation in order by slide number.

• To view the slide show click on the Slide Show tab on the

Ribbon. This will allow you to view from the beginning

or from the current slide you are editing.

• You can also press F5 on your keyboard to run the slide

show.

• In Normal View you can also press the Slide Show icon

located at the bottom of the window.

Slide Show View

• To advance to the next slide during the slide show/return to a previous one, use the control buttons that the bottom on the lower left corner of the presentation window.

• You can also control the slides by using the Page Up & Page Down buttons and the arrows on your keyboard, or by clicking the left mouse button.

• To end the show, press the ESC button on

your keyboard.