| How do I create
a new PowerPoint presentation? |
There are two ways to create a new presentation.
1.) Click File > New. Choose Blank
Presentation. This will bring up a new presentation that is completely
blank. You’ll create the content from scratch, without any help
from the application.
2.) Click File > New. Choose From
AutoContent Wizard. This will load the Presentation
Wizard, which will walk you through the process of designing a presentation
– including selecting a template and placing content.
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| How
do I open an existing PowerPoint presentation? |
Click File > Open. Change the “look
in” drop-down menu to match the location where you saved the presentation.
Select the presentation from the list, and then click Open.
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| How
do I save a PowerPoint presentation I have been working on? |
To save a PowerPoint presentation: |
- Click File
> Save As. This loads the Save As dialog.
- Change the “save
in” drop-down menu to match the location where you’d like
to save this presentation.
- Give the presentation
a name in the “file name” field, and then click on Save.
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| How
do I insert a text box into my PowerPoint presentation? |
- Click Insert
> Text Box.
- Next, left-click and hold
while dragging a box of the appropriate size on the slide. The text
box will appear when you release the left mouse button.
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| How
do I insert multimedia content (sounds, pictures, movies, etc.)? |
- Click Insert
> Picture and then choose the type of content you’d
like to insert.
- For pictures, click on
Picture, and then choose the type of picture you’d
like to insert. For other types of content, click on Movies
& Sounds, and then choose the type of movie or sound you’d
like to place.
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| Can
I open a PowerPoint presentation from a previous version of the software? |
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Yes. PowerPoint 2003 can open any file saved
in a previous version of PowerPoint, such as ’97, 2000, or XP.
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| How
do I view a presentation full-screen once I have finished it? |
- Click Slide Show
> View Show.
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| How
can I view my presentation on a computer that does not have PowerPoint installed
on it? |
You’ll need to “package” the presentation using the
PowerPoint “Package for CD” wizard. Click on File, Package
for CD. The Package for CD wizard will load and walk you through the process
of packaging the presentation. You’ll need a computer with a CD
burner and a blank CD-R or CD-RW disc to do this.
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| How
do I animate text in PowerPoint? |
To animate text in PowerPoint: |
Right-click on the desired piece of text and choose custom animation.
This will allow you to manipulate text in many different ways.
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| Where
should I save my PowerPoint presentations? |
The best place to save PowerPoint presentations, as well as files you
create in any other program, is your home directory (Windows users may
know this as their F: drive). This drive is backed up daily to prevent
data corruption or data loss.
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