TOPIC 5: PRESENTATION PACKAGE
A presentation package is an application software used to create and display information in form
of a slide show.
Examples of presentation packages
· CustomShow
· Kingsoft presentation
· Corel presentations
· Audience
· LibreOffice Impress
· SlideRocket
· SlideSlider
· Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerPoint is an application program that helps you create and transform your ideas into
professional, convincing presentations.
PowerPoint presentations consists of one or more slides. Each slide (a building block of a
presentation) can contain text, images, tables, illustrations, symbols and media (Video or audio).
A presentation is to PowerPoint what a document is to MS Word or a worksheet is to MS Excel.
In other word, a presentation is a file that you create with PowerPoint. Versions of PowerPoint
before 2007 saved presentation with the extension .ppt and 2007 above with .pptx
Uses of powerpoint
. Guided presentation
. As a photo slide show
. Prepare animations
. Make tutorials
. Presentations as a digital portfolio
. Recorded video (save presentation as MPEG-4 video or WMV)
Features of PowerPoint
A. FILE tab (located on the Title bar): contains basic file management commands – such as
New, Open, Save, and Close.
B. Quick Access Toolbar: Contains common commands such as Save and Undo. You can add
more commands as well.
C. Title bar: Displays the name of the presentation you are working on and the name of the
program entirely.
D. Close button: Click the close button in the Title bar to close the presentation or to exit the
PowerPoint program entirely.
E. Ribbon: The tabs and groups on the Ribbon replace the menus and toolbars found in previous
versions of PowerPoint.
F. Slide pane: Displays the slide you are currently working on.
G. Notes pane: Types any notes you want to use during the presentation here.
H. Zoom slider: Click and drag the slider to zoom in and out of a window. You can also use the
+ and – buttons.
I: View buttons: Use these buttons to quickly switch between Normal, Slide Sorter, Reading and
Slide Show views.
J: Status bar: Displays messages and feedbacks on the current state of PowerPoint. Right-click
the status bar to configure.
K. Outline pane: Focuses on the content of your presentation rather than its appearance.
Creating a new presentation
· If it’s a new blank presentation, click ―Blank presentation‖ and then click the
―Create‖ button. A new presentation is displayed with default name
―presentation1‖ and with a default “Title slide ―.
Opening or retrieving a slide
· Click on FILE tab and select Open. An Open dialog box appears, locate the
presentation file, then click Open.
Closing a presentation
· Click the FILE tab and select Close
· Press Ctrl + W
Exiting PowerPoint
· Click on FILE tab and select Exit
· Click the red-labeled X-shaped button (Close button) on the Title bar
· Press Alt + F4
Adding a new slide
· On the Home tab, click the New Slide button in the Slides group
· Press Ctrl+M.
· Right-click in the Slides or Outline tab on the left and then choose New Slide.
Deleting a slide
· In the outline pane, select the slide you want to delete
· Press Delete key
Or
· In the Outline pane, Right-click the slide you want to delete and select Delete
slide
Slide layout
Working with Slide objects
Objects are items — such as text, pictures, and charts — that give meaning and content to
otherwise formless and empty slides.
Every slide has a slide layout that consists of one or more placeholders. A placeholder is simply
an area on a slide that’s reserved for text, clip art, a graph, or some other type of object. For
example, a slide that uses the Title layout has two placeholders for text objects: one for the title
and the other for the subtitle.
Duplicating an object
· Select the object and Press Ctrl + D
Transition
· A transition effect is an animation that occurs when PowerPoint advances from
one slide to the next during slide show.
Animation
An Animation effect is a preset visual effect that can be applied to the text or objects on a slide.
Slide show (presentation)
PowerPoint is really designed to create slides that are presented directly on a screen rather than
printed out. The screen can be either your computer’s own monitor, a projector, or an external
monitor such as a giant-screen Plasma or LCD display.
Starting a slide show
· Click the Slide Show button located (along with the other View buttons) in the
lower-right corner of the screen.
· You can also start a slide show by opening the Slide Show tab on the Ribbon and
clicking either From Beginning or From Current Slide, depending on how you
want to start the show