BC1Q FALL POWERPOINT NOTES 1

Microsoft PowerPoint is a program that is part of Microsoft Office.

This is the Microsoft Office icon.

This is the PowerPoint icon. Icons are pictures or graphics that represent something.

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program.

Presentation software, like PowerPoint, allows the visual organization and communication of concepts.

You can customize your presentations with color, pictures, sound, animation, charts, graphics, narration, and video.

In PowerPoint you create individual slides. When you put all the slides you create together you have a presentation.

You can change the slide layout or design. The layout or design is how things are arranged on the slide.

You can change the background color or style of the slide.

You can also change the font style, color and size. The font is the style of lettering or text.

You can insert text (letters or words) on your slides. Insert means to add or place.

You can insert pictures (clip art or photos) on your slides.

You can insert graphics (like charts or diagrams) on your slides.

You can add animations to your slides. Animations make the pictures or text on your slides move around.

You can add transitions to your slides. Transitions change the way each slide moves to the next slide during a presentation.

You can add sound to your slides. You do this by adding a sound (like a sound effect or music) to a transition or animation.

When you have all your slides and run your presentation it is called a slideshow.

When using PowerPoint You must always remember to properly save whatever you are working on before you leave class.