Ø Ribbon È Groups È Buttons + Dialog Launcher

PowerPoint 2010 Part I

Introduction and GUI Presentation software Ribbon  Groups  Buttons + Dialog launcher Three panes Left pane: 1. Outline tab: displays the slides of the presentation in the form of outlines 2. slides tab: displays the slides of the presentation Slide pane: display the current slide Notes pane Others Quick Access Toolbar View short cuts: switch between views Status bar Zoom slider View slides in grayscale View tab  Color/Grayscale group  Grayscale (or black and white) button Working with slides A presentation contains a title slide + other slides Slide layout: Contains text and content placeholder PPT provides nine standard slide layout The layout can be modified to meet needs Title slide: Title text placeholder and subtitle text placeholder Content placeholder can hold text, Table, chart, graphic, picture, clip art, video clip  objects Create a new slide: Home tab  Slides group  New Slide button Design theme A theme includes Theme colors: 12 colors Theme fonts: a set of fonts for titles and text Theme effect: affects lines and fills Usually a theme applies to the entire presentation Several themes can be applied to a document Design tab  Themes group  Choose a theme

Views Five views: Normal view: primary editing view Slide sorter: primarily used to sort slides Slide show: actually presentation; ESC  normal view Reading view: review slides Notes page: enter or view notes Use view buttons on the status bar to switch views Printing Slides File tab  Print button Set the print layout Entering text in the outline tab Enter, Tab, and Shift+tab Enter: same level Tab: down one level Shift+tab: up one level Formatting Text Similar to Word 2010 Converting text to smartart Select a slide Click anywhere in the text object Home tab  Paragraph group  Convert to SmartArt Graphic button Choose the layout in the gallery SmartArt Tools: Design tab and Format tab Inserting and Modifying Shapes Shift + click to select the text object Insert tab  Illstration group  Shapes button  … Drawing tools (Format tab) appears Format and resize your shape Rotate handle (rotate shapes) Duplicating shapes Align and distribute shapes: Select shapes by drag-and-drop or control+click Drawing tools  Format tab  Align button