Today we will deal with PowerPoint. How to use and why is it needed at all? We will consider a step-by-step plan for creating a high-quality presentation and answer many other questions.
To begin with, this software product allows us to create vivid presentations. We will review the 2007 version of PowerPoint. How to use this tool will understand both an elderly person and a schoolboy.
But you need to know that many even experienced users do not know all the capabilities of PowerPoint, our task is to familiarize you with the program from all its sides.
Acquaintance
The program for creating a computer presentation is called PowerPoint. How to use it and what opportunities does it store in itself? To begin with, all presentations are saved in files with the PPT extension. And the project itself is a set of ordered slides.
To create a high-quality presentation, it is not at all necessary to engage in slide design, since the program already provides a certain set of templates on many topics. What is a template? These are already designed slides where we need to add text, graphics, and possibly musical accompaniment. If you are satisfied with the template, but you prefer a different color, then this is not a problem, the color scheme can be changed to your liking.
What will make the presentation more attractive? High-quality images matched to the theme, music and animation effects. We have already said that the work is very easy and fun with the PowerPoint product. How to use it, anyone will understand. You just have to experiment a little.
Opportunities
We turn to the question of how to use Microsoft PowerPoint, or rather, determine the capabilities of the software product. Initially, it was a program that allowed you to view slides, the modern version can not only create slides in the classical sense, but also organize electronic presentations without losing multimedia capabilities.
The areas in which presentation is used are quite wide, the main thing to remember is thesis and clarity. She must meet these two qualities. What is this talking about? The presentation should not look like a solid text, outline the main thing and supplement your words with multimedia, then the interest in your presentation will not cool down.
What else is worth paying attention to is the design, so as not to make the presentation boring and monotonous. Attract attention with vibrant images, animations, and sound effects. One of the components of a quality presentation is graphs and tables. These components will help to place a large amount of information on one slide.
Many presentations have one drawback - it is static. Behind the scenes are many of the PowerPoint features. The presentation will attract attention if you add an animated slide transition, insert interesting videos, and so on. We suggest that you try to create a presentation together, using as many features of the program as possible.
Presentation Creation
So how to use PowerPoint? First you need to prepare the necessary material for the presentation. Please note that we leave more information for oral speech, do not try to fit everything on the slides.
We open the program and select the design we need from the ones in the collection, you can also create your own layouts, but this is a more time-consuming task. Set up color schemes, background and some other parameters. How to do it? Right-click on an empty slide and select the item we need in the context menu.
Now about the inserts. Text can be copied from Word or directly from online sources. Do not forget to format it, bring the entire text of the presentation to a single form. Pictures and videos can be inserted in the same way as text, or you can use the "Insert" menu item. Pay attention to the menu at the top of the screen, everything is very clear there. You can experiment with various transitions and effects of presentation objects.