Microsoft Power Point

Opening MS PowerPoint

1. Click on the start button
2. Choose "All Programs"
3. Select "MS Office"
4. Under MS Office, click on "MS PowerPoint"

A blank presentation is open on the screen. According to the requirement, a person can modify the template for a presentation and start using the program.

Features of MS PowerPoint

There are multiple features that are available in MS PowerPoint which can customize and optimize a presentation. The same have been discussed below.

1. Slide Layout

Understanding Slide Layouts with PowerPoint:

Microsoft PowerPoint provides a range of slide layouts to help you structure and organize your presentation content. Each layout serves a specific purpose and allows you to present information in a clear and visually appealing manner. Let's explore the key aspects of understanding slide layouts:

1. Choosing a Slide Layout: When you create a new slide, PowerPoint prompts you to choose a slide layout. To add content elements on the slide, such as title text, bullet points, images, and more. The layout you select should align with the type of content you want to present.
2. Title Slide Layout: The title slide layout is typically the first slide in a presentation. It includes spaces for the presentation title, subtitle.
3. Content Slide Layout: Content slides are the most common type of slides in a presentation. which can include bullet points, images, charts, and more.
4. Section Header Layout: Section headers are useful for dividing your presentation into distinct sections.
5. Title and Content Layout: This layout combines a title area with a content area. The title and content layout provide a balanced arrangement for presenting key points.
6. Comparison Layout: The comparison layout is designed for showcasing comparisons between two sets of data, ideas, or concepts.
7. Two Content Layout: As the name suggests, this layout allows you to include two content areas on a single slide.
8. Blank Layout: The blank layout provides a clean slate with no predefined placeholders.
9. Content with Caption Layout: This layout includes a content area along with a designated space for a caption or description.
10. Picture with Caption Layout: This layout includes a Picture area along with a designated space for a caption or description.

Understanding these slide layouts empowers you to create presentations that are well-organized, visually appealing, and effectively convey your message. Choose the layout that best suits your content and enhances the overall impact of your presentation.

2. Insert – Clipart, Video, Audio, etc.

Under the "Insert" category, multiple options are available where one can choose what feature they want to insert in their presentation. This may include images, audio, video, header, footer, symbols, shapes, etc.

3. Slide Design

MS PowerPoint has various themes using which background color and designs or textures can be added to a slide. This makes the presentation more colorful and attracts the attention of the people looking at it.

4. Animations

During the slide show, the slides appear on the screen one after the other. In case, one wants to add some animations to the way in which a slide presents itself, they can refer to the "Animations" category. The different animation styles available on PowerPoint are:

Elements that can be added to a PowerPoint slide:

• Clip Art
• Graphs
• Tables
• Photographs
• Charts
• Media Clips
• Videos

All these elements are mainly used to enhance presentation skills and make the slide more interactive.

Uses of PowerPoint Presentation

PowerPoint presentations are useful for both personal and professional usage. Given below are a few of the major fields where PPT is extremely useful:

• Education – PowerPoint presentations can help in making education more interactive and attract students towards the modified version of studying
• Marketing – In the field of marketing, PowerPoint presentations can be extremely important. Using graphs and charts, numbers can be shown more evidently and clearly which may be ignored by the viewer if being read
• Business – To invite investors or to show the increase or decrease in profits, MS PowerPoint can be used
• Creating Resumes – Digital resumes can be formed using MS PowerPoint. Different patterns, photograph, etc. can be added to the resume
• Depicting Growth – Since both graphics and text can be added in a presentation, depicting the growth of a company, business, student’s marks, etc. is easier using PPT.

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