Chapter 1. Creating a Basic Presentation
Beginning a New Presentation
Choosing a Theme for Your Presentation
Adding Text
Adding More Slides
Moving Around Inside a Presentation
Adding Speaker Notes
Creating and Printing Handouts
Saving and Closing a Presentation
Running a Presentation
This chapter will familiarize you with powerpoint 2007 by walking you through the creation of a basic bullets-and-background slideshow presentation. You'll learn how to create a new slideshow, choose a look and feel, add text and slides, print speaker notes and handouts, and finally, how to unveil your masterpiece.
Beginning a New Presentation
You've got two basic choices when it comes to creating a new presentation:
You can start from scratch, using a blank canvas. If you're familiar with earlier incarnations of the PowerPoint program, or if you're interested in learning the ins and outs of PowerPoint quickly, then you'll probably want to choose this option. (As daunting as "from scratch" sounds, you don't have to do all the work yourself; Section 1.1.2.2 shows you how to apply a canned look and feel—or theme—to your new presentation.)
You can create a new presentation based on an existing template, theme, or presentation. A template is a generic presentation file designed for you to reuse. Complete with themes (see the box in Section 1.1.2.3), background images, and even generic content (such as page numbers and placeholder text), templates let you jump-start your presentation by giving you ...