 PowerPoint is a presentation graphics program that lets you create slide shows you can present by showing the slides on a computer or projection screen or by publishing the slides as interactive Web pages.

 A presentation can include handouts, outlines, and speaker notes as well as slides.  PowerPoint slides may contain text and various other types of content, such as clipart, pictures, movies, tables, or charts

 Normal View-Default view  Slide Sorter View – displays the entire presentation in large thumbnails  Slide Show View – Displays one slide at a time using the full monitor size

 Normal view allows you to work with slides in several ways: Use the Slide pane to insert and modify slide content. Use the Notes pane to add text for personal reference.

 The Slides tab in the Slides/Outline pane shows a small version of all slides in the presentation and can be used to quickly select slides or reorganize them  The Outline tab, behind the Slides tab in the Slides/Outline pane, lets you view all slide content in outline format

 Use a Blank presentation  Create slides from an outline  Create a presentation using PowerPoint templates  Based on an existing presentation

 When PowerPoint start, it displays a single blank slide you can use to start a new presentation  The blank slide does not include any graphic content such as a background

 Placeholders define the arrangement and location of text and other objects you can add to slides  To insert text in a placeholder, click inside the placeholder and begin typing

 Use the New Slide button on the Home tab to add a slide to a presentation  If the active slide uses a layout other than the Title Slide, PowerPoint inserts a new slide with the same layout as the one currently displayed.

 To specify a particular layout for a slide, click the down arrow on the New Slide button to display a gallery of slide layout choices  A slide layout arranges the standard objects of a presentation-titles, charts, text, clip art- on the slide to make it attractive

 You can find PowerPoint templates in the New Presentation dialog box.  Some templates provides a number of slides with sample text and graphic

 A theme provides a background, a color palette, a selection of fonts for titles and text, distinctive bullets, and a range of special effects that can be applied to shapes  Controls the slide layout of the placeholder

 Slide Sorter view is your best option for moving slides from one place in a presentation to another.  Rearrange slides in Slide Sorter view by simply dragging a slide to a new location.  You can also rearrange slides in Slides tab in Normal view

 Use a slide footer to identify a presentation’s topic, author, client, or other information  You can use the options on the Notes and Handouts tab to add a header in addition to date and time, slide number, and footer.

 By default, slides are displayed in landscape orientation and notes pages and handouts are displayed in portrait orientation  You can use the new Slide Orientation button on the Design tab to quickly switch from one orientation to another.

 Transitions are the visual effects used when one slide moves off of the screen and another moves onto the screen  The transition gallery offers almost 60 different transitions

 After you apply a transition, a star symbol appears below the slide in Slide Sorter and below the slide number in the Slides tab.  Can click the star to preview the transition effect.

 Apply movement to text or object  The Animation tab offers several options Select a sound effect or sound clip to accompany the transition Choose a speed for the transition: Slow, Medium, or Fast Choose have to advance slides: by clicking the mouse or automatically based on a specific time lapse Apply setting to all slides at the same time

 You can animate text on slides to add interest to your presentation or to emphasize special points  Two options for applying animation Simple, Preset animation Custom animation

 Use the Hyperlink button on the Insert tab to set up links from a slide to another, a custom show in the same presentation, a different presentation or document, or a Web site  Links are display in a different color with an underline. Links are active only in Slide Show view.

 You can print your entire presentation in color, grayscale or pure black and white  The default is to print each slide as a page however you can choose to print 2-9 miniature slides per slide  You can print slides, handouts, Notes pages or a presentation as an outline