Power point 2007 and Basic Power point Terminology

Powerpoint is a presentation program by Microsoft.It is a part of the Microsoft office 2007 suite and runs on Microsoft Windows.Powerpoint is used by business people, educators, students and trainers.

  Powerpoint presentation consists of a number of individual pages or "slides".Slides may contain text , graphics , tables , movies , etcThe presentation can be printed , displayed on a computer , can be projected using a video projector. Powerpoint can add animation to your texts , graphics , tables , movies and other objects through Custom Animations. You can also add transition between your slides.

*  The program can help you to create the following types of presentatios.

*  Black & White transparencies for the overhead projector.

*  Colour transparencies for the overhead projector.

*  mm slides for the slide projector.

*  Video slide show on the computer screen or network.

*  A self-running slide show at a trade show kiosk.

BASIC POWER POINT TERMINOLOGY-

                    Before starting to work with Powerpoint  2007 , you need to know some of the basic terminology used in it.

1. Slide
      Slides are the individual pages of your presentation. Slides can be designed with different titles , graphics , text and much more

2.Presentation

      All the slides, from start to finish , that you show to your audience. Sometime presentations are also called "slide shows". Presentations are saved in presentation file. The extention of a PowerPoint presentation is .pptx

3.Notes

      printed pages that the speaker write and print so that you know what to say during a presentation. Only the speaker can see the notes.

4.Handouts

      Printed pages that you may give to the audience after a presentation. A handout shows the slides in the presentation.

STARTING POWERPOINT-

       To start Powerpoint 2007, click Start>All Programs>Microsoft Office>Microsoft Office Powerpoint 2007. When a first open a presentation, you will a normal view and your screen will appear as follows:

1.  Microsoft Office Button contains some commonly used commands.

2.  Title Bar contain the application name and the button to control the window.

3.  Quick Access Toolbar contains commonly used icons that give you quick access to Powerpoint 2007 features.

4.  Current Slide is the slide that you are working upon for the presentation.

5.  Ribbon contains icons that provide access to various Powerpoint 2007 commands related to the active tab.

6.  Slides/Outline Pane allows you toggle between a text outline view of the slide presentation and a thumbnail view.

7.  Status Bar displays the slide number and the total number of slides in the presentation. Also displays the theme used to create the presentation.

8.  Note Pane allows you to type notes for the active slides . A ny typed notes will appear when you print out Notes pages for your presentation.

9.  View Buttons click these buttons to easily switch between the three views - Normal , Slide Sorter and Slide Show.

SAVING A PRESENTATION-

             Click Microsoft Office Button>Save. If you are saving the presentation for the first time, the Save As dilog box appears on your screen. You can also press CTRL+S as the short cut key or click on the save button from the quick access Toolbar.

                  Select the appropriate location where you want to save the application.

                  Type the name of the presentation in Save as type : text box. The defult file name is the first line of the first slide.

                  Press the Save button in the dilog box to finish the process.