The Basics, Part 1: Creating a Series of Slides
1. Start PowerPoint From the Start menu click on
> Programs
> Microsoft Office XP
> Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Note the New Presentation task pane on the right side of your screen. Under New click on Blank Presentation link.
3. The initial slide that displays in the center of the screen is a title slide. Click to add title area and type in PowerPoint XP Basics. In the Click to add subtitle area type your name, title and email address.
4. The Slide Layout pane is available on the right-side. Scroll through the pane noting the various options for slide layout.
• Content Layouts
• Text and Content Layouts
• Other Layouts
5. To add a new slide
a. Under Text Layouts, select the bulleted list layout. Click on the pull down list and select Insert New Slide.
b. Click in the Click to add title area at the top of the slide and type What is PowerPoint?
c. Click in the Click to add text area to create a bulleted list
• Presentation software that uses text (Press the Enter key)
• Graphics (Press the Enter key)
• Video (Press the Enter key)
• Sound
6. Add a new bulleted list slide.

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