Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Lesson 7: Plan a Presentation

Navigating in Slide Show View Slide controls that appear at the lower left side during a slide show. Previewing the presentation in Slide Show view will allow the user to proof the presentation before using it. The page up and page down keys on the keyboard may be used to navigate through the presentation.

Setting Slide Transitions Slide transitions will hold the audience’s interest while the presentation is progressing from one slide to another. Transitions can be applied to one slide or multiple slides.

Animating Slides Animating objects on a slide can add interest to the objects and to the presentation as a whole. Animation can be applied to placeholders, images, tables, charts, and shapes in a presentation.

Insert sound clips Sound clips on a slide can add interest to the presentation. Sound clips may be inserted from a file, CD audio track, Microsoft Clip Organizer, or a sound may be recorded for the presentation. The sound clip will begin at the location in the presentation that it is inserted. You can automatically or manually play sounds clips in a presentation.

Hiding a Slide Hiding a slide will allow the presenter to show only specific slides during a presentation and eliminates the need to delete a slide.

Creating and Editing a Custom Show Creating a custom show can help the user show only selected slides for a specific audience. Creating a custom show will enable the user to give a unique name to the specific show and select specific slides to be used in the slide show.