Create presentations for use in education

Basic formatting

• The next steps

  To get started select the 'Start' key in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen. In the menu that pops up search for the 'PowerPoint' item and select it. The program will open.

  
  

  Now that PowerPoint is open on your computer, let's first understand the basic structure of the screen in front of you. Review the tutorial on 'Getting started with MS PowerPoint' below.

• GCF LearnFree. (nd). Getting started with PowerPoint URL

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  Creating a presentation

  Now that you have reviewed the PowerPoint overview, let's create your own presentation deck. Watch the videos below on:

  • How to create and open a presentation
  • How to save your presentation.
    
    

  Hopefully this step will sound familiar since the principles are the same as your previous study unit on word processors.

• GCF LearnFree. (nd). Creating and opening presentations URL

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• GCF LearnFree. (nd). Saving presentations URL

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  Text basics

  Once you have created your PowerPoint, you need to:

  • Understand the basics of working with slides
  • Learn how to cut, copy, paste and format text.

  
  Watch the videos below to start your next step!

• GCF LearnFree. (nd). Slide basics URL

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• GCF LearnFree. (nd). Text basics URL

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