Documents

Basics	Text	Graphics	Sound	Presentation Effects

Documents	Adding Text	Insert Pictures	Sound Effects	Transitions
Templates	Formatting Text	Recolor Clip Art	Importing Sound	Animated Bullets
Slides	Bullets	Clip Gallery	Recording Sound	Custom Animation
The Interface	Spell Checking	Shapes and Lines		Hyperlinks
Slide Master		Backgrounds		Slideshows
Print Layouts		Charts		Publish on the Web
Practice 1	Practice 2	Practice 3	Practice 4	Practice 5


		What is a PowerPoint document?		PowerPoint is a tool for creating computer-based slide shows. These can be used for presentations, demonstrations, or web-based slide shows. A PowerPoint document is the computer file which contains the slide show, including graphics, animations, and sound (if any), as well as speaker notes.
		How do I create a document?		To create a new PowerPoint presentation, follow these steps. 1) Launch the PowerPoint application. You can do this in one of several ways; here are some of the most common. - Choose PowerPoint from the Start menu:
				OR
				- Click on the PowerPoint icon on the task bar:
				OR
				- Double-click the shortcut on your desktop:
				Once PowerPoint has launched, you will see the New Presentation Menu is on the right of the screen and looks like this:

				2) Choose one of the four options, then click OK: AutoContent Wizard — Steps you through the creation of the initial document, making suggestions on content and graphic design. Design Template — Provides you with a skeleton presentation with no content. It lets you select a general design from a number of choices, and then you add the content. Blank Presentation — Opens a completely blank document, with no text or graphic design. Open a presentation — Opens an already existing presentation. (You can also simply double-click an existing presentation’s icon in order to launch PowerPoint and open the document in just one step, bypassing the above dialog box.) When creating a new presentation, you will usually want to choose the Design Template option.