Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful graphics program used to create professional quality presentations for a variety of settings.
To start PowerPoint, click Start <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/158296/start.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, and then select Microsoft PowerPoint from the submenu.
When you perform certain tasks, a task pane with related commands appears automatically. Display other task panes by clicking the arrow next to the Other Task Panes button <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/169680/TaskPanesbutton.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a>. Hide a task pane by clicking its Close button <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/169680/close.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a>.
Identify buttons on the PowerPoint window by pointing to them and waiting for their ScreenTips to appear.
Menus and toolbars do not always show all the available commands. To see more menu options, point to the menu and wait for it to expand. To see more toolbar buttons, click the Toolbar Options button <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/169680/Options.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a>.
Toolbars can be docked or floating. To float a docked toolbar, drag its move handle <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/169680/MoveHandle.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a>. To dock a floating toolbar, double-click its title bar. View, Toolbars, Customize, Options tab, Show Standard and Formatting toolbar on two rows.
Key and edit text on a slide in the same way as you would in a word processing program.
Promoting and demoting text on a slide is similar to working with an outline in a word processing program. When you demote text, you increase its indent. When you promote text, you decrease its indent.
Use the Slide Show button <a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif::::/sites/dl/free/0072254440/169680/SlideShow.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a> to run a slide show. A slide show always starts with the slide that is currently selected.
Choose one of the options in the Print what box in the Print dialog box or in the Print Preview window to print handouts that contain more than one slide per page.
Printing options provide a variety of ways to print your presentation: as slides, handouts, notes pages, and other page formats. Printing options are available in the Print dialog box and in the Print Preview window.
