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Click "Start," "Programs," "Microsoft Powerpoint"
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Click "Blank Presentation" and then "OK"
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Click "OK"
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this lets you choose how your slides will
look
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your first slide should always be a title
slide
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Click and type your text
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Remember the 6
cardinal rules
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Adjust the text size and font just as you
would in Word
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Adjust the font color by clicking "Format,"
"Font"
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Add a new slide by clicking "Insert," "New
Slide," or the new slide icon
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Select the slide layout depending on what
you need
To adjust the slide color and design
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"Format," "Apply Design"
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Choose a presentation design, click "apply"
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This will change all slides in your presentation
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"Format," "Background"
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Click on the little triangle under the picture
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Other colors: will apply a solid color background
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Fill effects: you can make funky backgrounds
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This can either affect 1 slide or all of them
To reorder slides
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Switch to the "slide sorter" view
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Click and hold down on the slide you want
to move
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Drag it to the place you want it
To insert a picture
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"Insert," "Picture"
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Clip Art: you can pick a picture that's stored
in the clip art gallery
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From File: you can put any other file format
picture (such as from the internet)
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To run the presentation, click on the "Slide
Show" button, and click on the mouse to advance slides
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