First of all, I met PowerPoint for the first time.
* Installation
The installation of PowerPoint is very simple. You just need to follow the instructions of the installation wizard step by step. If you have already installed other components of MS for fice, just rerun setup.exe, then "Add New Component" and select PowerPoint.
When you run PowerPoint for the first time, a window as shown in figure 1 will appear, asking whether you want to create a new presentation based on the content prompt wizard or template or an empty presentation. Don't worry. By default, the New Presentation window will appear after OK. Select any template, and then click OK. At this point, you have actually created a presentation.
The main screen of PowerPoint is shown in Figure 2. It has nine drop-down menus, similar to Word. Of course, you can also use the left mouse button or Alt+ shortcut keys of English letters to operate.
* Toolbar
PowerPoint has nine built-in toolbars.
1. The public toolbar is displayed directly below the menu (all views), as shown in Figure 3.
2. Formatting toolbar: displayed under common toolbars (slide, outline, notes page view), as shown in Figure 4.
3. Basic drawing toolbar: displayed at the bottom of the application window (slides, notes page view), as shown in Figure 5.
4. Outline toolbar: vertically displayed on the left side of the application window (outline view), as shown in Figure 6.
5. Slide Browsing Toolbar: It is displayed under the general toolbar (Slide Browsing View), as shown in Figure 7.
There is a status bar on the left side of the PowerPoint window, showing what you are doing or what state you are in.
* View
PowerPoint has five view modes, which can be switched in the menu "View".
1. Slide View: You can handle a single slide.
2. Outline view: directly handle the title of the slide and the content of the text paragraph.
3. Slide Browse View: Reorganize the order of slides and select the playback effect.
4. Notes page view: reference information of the presenter can be established.
5. Slide show mode: show each slide in the form of full-screen electronic briefing.
* Create a new slide
You can click "New Slide" on the status bar with your mouse, or click the "New Slide" button on the standard toolbar, or choose "New Slide" on the Insert menu.
Second, organize ideas and words.
* Outline ideas.
The outline view of PowerPoint lists the title and paragraph of each slide in the presentation file one by one. The title text is displayed on the far left side of the window, which contains slide icons and numbers. The paragraphs of this article are indented layer by layer under the title text.
* Sample title
Use the buttons Promote (left arrow) and Demote (right arrow) on the Outline toolbar or the Format toolbar to mark the text out of the hierarchy. Click the "Move Up (Up Arrow)" and "Move Down (Down Arrow)" buttons on the outline toolbar to change the position of the text and make your thoughts more organized. Figure 8 shows an example of a profile.
* Rearrange in outline view.
1. Use the outline toolbar
Select the range to move, and use the "Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows" button on the outline toolbar just mentioned to adjust.
Use the mouse
Select the area to be moved and drag it with the mouse.
* Add text
If you want to create a text label (the text will not wrap automatically), click the mouse in the slide and start entering the text. If you want to create a text box (the text will wrap automatically), insert a text box (insert a | text box in the menu or insert a text box in the drawing toolbar) and enter text in it.
* Format the text.
First select the text, and then use the text formatting tool button in the formatting toolbar to format it.
To add text to a drawing object, please select the drawing object before entering the text. To align the text in an object, first select the object that contains the text, and then choose Menu Format | Text Alignment.
If you want to copy the format to simplify it, select the formatted text, and then click the Format Painter button on the standard toolbar. At this time, the mouse pointer will become a small brush, which will be used to select the text you want to format.
* Change the alignment of the text.
Select the text, and then select Format | Align or the Align Center, Align Left or Align Right button on the Format toolbar.
Third, convey personal creativity.
The objects of PowerPoint are graphics (automatic graphics or sketches), lines, words, pictures and so on. We can use it flexibly and give personalized briefings.
* draw objects
Select an automatic shape (ellipse, rectangle, etc.). ), and then drag it to the desired size. It can be resized, moved or copied at will.
* change the shape of the object
Select an object and use Change AutoShape in the Drawing menu of the Drawing toolbar.
* modify the properties of the object
Select a graphic, right-click and choose Format AutoShape. In the pop-up "AutoShape Format" window, you can change the line thickness, color, filling effect, background color, dark tone and so on. You can also use the corresponding buttons on the drawing toolbar.
* object rotation and flip.
Select an object and use the Rotate or Flip command on the Drawing menu in the Drawing toolbar or the Free Rotate button in the Drawing toolbar.
* Meet the master of slides.
The four views of PowerPoint have their own application experts. Slide view corresponds to slide master, outline view corresponds to title master, slide browse view corresponds to handout master, and note page view corresponds to note master. Changes in the title and text format in the master will affect all slides in the entire presentation file.
* view the master of PowerPoint
Choose View | Master, and then choose the master you want to use. You can also use shortcut keys such as shift+s.
Slide master: A layout area containing titles and text, which affects the format of the text in the slide. Fig. 9 is an example of it.
Title Master: A rectangular dashed box is displayed on the page, indicating the printing range when the outline is output.
Handout master: a layout area that displays 2, 3 or 6 slides on a page.
Notes Master: A layout area of this article with a reduced slide screen and a dedicated reference material.
* Add background items to the master.
Background items added in the home screen will be displayed in each slide. Menu View | Master, and then select the slide master. Use drag technology to determine the display area in the slide, add text, date, time or page number, or add pictures or chart objects. Click the "Close Master" button shown in the upper left corner of Figure 9 to return to the slide view.
* change the format of the master
To change the format of the main title, after switching to the slide master screen, select the layout area of the title, and change the alignment, size, font, text color, fill color and frame format of the title text.
To change the format of the main text content, switch to the slide master screen, select the layout area of the text content, change the alignment, size, font, color, fill color or outline format of the text, or change the symbol of the item number.
* Apply templates
Templates can be applied to any presentation file. Applying a template means copying all the masters into the presentation file. The master of the slide will be replaced by the master of the template file, and the master of the title, handout and notes will be changed to the same appearance.
To apply a template, click Apply Design Template in the status bar, and then select the template file you like.
* The application of color scheme
On the Format menu, there is the Slide Color Scheme command. Click it to open the window as shown in figure 10. It provides several color schemes. You can also change the colors of background, text and lines, shadows, title text, padding, accent text, accent text and hyperlinks, accent text and trailing hyperlinks. You can add your favorite color scheme as a standard color scheme. This is a very practical function, which helps to make beautiful and generous demonstrations quickly.
* Add a gradient background
In PowerPoint, it is easy to realize the visual effect of making the slide background have a color gradient from shallow to deep. It provides six different gradient background styles. From Menu Format | Background, select the fill effect from the drop-down box in the background window. Under the Transition tab, you can choose one color or two colors. There are six shadow styles, namely horizontal and vertical. PowerPoint also provides many marble textures and general pattern backgrounds, which you can view in the Textures and Patterns tabs.
* Insert graphics into the presentation.
PowerPoint accepts 14 picture file format and inserts pictures by using the menu "Insert | Picture" command. To resize the object according to the original scale, select the picture and drag it to the corner with the mouse. To crop a picture, just click it and a "Picture" toolbar will pop up. Use its Crop button to crop the picture. You can also use the "Recolor Picture" button to modify the color of the picture.
Fourth, lively.
To insert clip art into a slide, double-click the mouse in the clip art configuration area of the layout, or click the Insert Clip Art button on the Standard toolbar.
To insert objects such as voice, double-click the mouse or menu Insert | Object in the object configuration area, select the object type to be inserted, and generally check the "Show as icon" check box. Click the icon on the slide, and the corresponding recording or video program will appear. You can also directly use Insert | Movie or Sound to insert ready-made audio and video files.
You can also insert WordArt by clicking the Insert WordArt button in the Drawing toolbar.
If you want to share data with other applications, such as charts in Microsoft Excel, you can use Copy | Paste Special to do so. If you want to link a picture object, just "Insert | Picture | From File" and select the "Link File" checkbox.
Five, well done.
* Print the briefing.
First, change the format of the slide. Select Menu File | Page Setup. There are many sizes to choose from, as well as vertical and horizontal options.
Then make print settings. Select File | Print from the menu. After setting up the printer, you should select what you want to print (slides, notes, handouts and outlines), printing range (number of slides) and other special printing settings. PowerPoint has no "print preview" function, which is set by experience.
:: Production of electronic bulletins
This is the last and most crucial step. That's why we've been busy for a long time. You can check the order first in the slide show view. When everything is ready, you can enjoy the fruits of your labor by using slide show | Watch the show.
Select menu Slide Show | Set Show Mode, and set the show type, slide range and film changing mode. Each slider has two forward options, manual control or automatic control switching according to the set time. If you are not sure about the speech time and you are not allowed to switch slides, you can first choose Slide Show | Rehearsal Timing to get a suitable rehearsal time.
To set the switching mode of slides, that is, to control the switching effect of slides moving in or out of the screen, use Slide Show | Slide Switching. There are dozens of switching effects to choose from, and you can set the switching mode of multiple slides one by one (or at the same time).
* Set up progressive slides
This means that each item in the slide will enter the slide with different colors and visual effects. Slide Show | Preset Animation provides some commonly used animation effects. You can also define the startup mode, visual effect, color change after animation, sound and so on in Slide Show | Custom Animation.
* Hide slides
If some slides in a presentation don't need to be displayed in this presentation, but you don't want to delete them because they will be used in future presentations, an easy way is to select them in the slide sorter view and then execute the menu Slide Show | Hide Slides command. Doing it again will unhide it.
Have you learned? You should be able to make a beautiful presentation easily. As long as you practice more, you can become a master just around the corner.