Computer Applications for Managers

1. Computer Applications for Managers Microsoft PowerPoint, part 1

2. Introduction to PowerPoint • Individual pages are called slides • Ribbon at top of the window • Refer to Microsoft Word, part 1 for review

3. Editing a Presentation • Open from Start menu • Default view • Slide thumbnail view- smaller images of slides (1) • Active slide thumbnail- active slide highlighted orange (2) • Actives slide- main view of active slide (3) • Move between slides using slide thumbnail view

4. Organizing Slides • Add a slide (1) • Click between two existing slides • “New Slide” dropdown menu (various layouts) • Delete a slide • Click on slide • Use backspace or delete button • Move a slide • Drag slide to new position

5. Views- Normal and Outline • Normal = default • Outline - able to read text and view overall thumbnail • Delete and move slides • Directly edit text from thumbnail slides

6. Text Boxes • Select slide (1) • Click “insert” tab (2) • Select “text box” from menu in Text group (3) • Click on slide to place box (4) • Enter text

7. Headers and Footers • Dropdown menu of “Text” group • Choose option (footers used for title or author)

8. Themes • Click on “design” tab (1) • Select new theme from options (2) • Double click theme (3) • Color scheme also can be changed • “Variants” and “Customize” groups of Design tab

9. Transition Effects • Animation options once you open slide show • Transitions tab in ribbon • Hover mouse over options • Click “Effect Options” menu to control direction

10. Quick Review • Are you able to edit an existing presentation? • Can you add, delete, and move slides? • How do you insert text boxes? • Do you know how to add a header and footer to slides? • How do you change the theme on a presentation?