Basic PowerPoint
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Inserting Slide Design
Inserting New Slide
Inserting Clip Art
Inserting Text Box
Inserting Transitions
Inserting Pictures from File
Saving PowerPoint

Inserting a Design Template for Your PowerPoint Background
When you begin using PowerPoint, you are able to choose the kind of background that you would like to use. You can choose plain colors, or choose to use a design template. PowerPoint has a lot of these that you can choose from.

Once you are in PowerPoint, go under your “format” menu and choose “slide design.”

Then, the computer will allow you to choose what kind of template you would like to use. When you find the one you want, click on the drop down menu and choose “apply to all slides.”

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Inserting a New Slide
Once you have started your first slide in your PowerPoint Presentation, it is time to add on, and insert a new slide. To do this, go under the “Insert” menu at the top and select “New Slide.”

From here you can choose what type of layout you would like to use and continue with your Presentation!

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Inserting Clip Art
After you already have a slide created in PowerPoint, you may choose to add some Clip Art to enhance your Presentation. To do this, go under the “insert” menu at the top of the screen, and choose “picture.” From here, if you would like to include of clip art, you may go over to “clip art.”

If you look to the side of the screen, will see a place where you can search for pictures and find the one that you would like to utilize.

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Inserting a Text Box
After you have chosen your slide layout, and have started your presentation, you may realize that you need some extra space for text. If the slide that you originally chose does not offer more room, you can insert your own text box.

To do this, go under the “insert” menu and choose “text box.” Once you choose this, you will notice that your cursor for your PowerPoint will change. Here you can hold your mouse down and drag a text box that is the size that you need it to be. After you have this text box, you can insert the necessary text inside.

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Inserting Transitions
After you already have some slides created in PowerPoint, you may choose to add some transitions to enhance your Presentation. To do this, go under the “slide show” menu at the top of the screen, and choose “slide transition.”

From here, if you would like to include transitions, you may choose the type of transition, speed, and sound of your transition.

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Inserting a Picture from an Outside Source
After you already have some slides created in PowerPoint, choose one slide that you would like to insert a picture. This picture may be found on-line, be from a digital camera, or scanned into the computer. All three options work the same way.

The first thing that you want to do is once you find a picture that you would like to use, save it to your computer in a place where you know where it is (desktop, my pictures folder, etc.) Once it is saved, you are ready to insert it.

Go into PowerPoint and move your mouse up to the “insert” menu and choose “picture,” and then “from file.”

From here, you need to locate where you saved your picture on your computer and then insert it.

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Saving Your PowerPoint to a Folder
After you have started creating your PowerPoint, and are ready to save it, it is important that you know where you are saving it. It is always good to create a folder that will store your PowerPoint Presentation and any videos, sounds, or pictures that you use within it.

To do this, when you are ready to save, go under the “file” menu and choose “save as.” The computer will ask you where you would like to save it. To save it in a folder on your desktop, make sure you are within the “desktop” when you create your folder. Create your folder, name it, and then store all of the components of the Presentation in it.

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