Microsoft Office Tutorials and References
In Depth Information
1.1 Create presentations
To create a blank presentation
➤
➜
Start PowerPoint. On the start screen, press
Esc
or click
Blank Presentation
.
➜
On the
New
page of the
Backstage
view, click
Blank Presentation
.
➜
From the program window, press
Ctrl+N
.
Tocreateapresentationbasedonatemplate
➤
➜
On the start screen or on the
New
page of the
Backstage
view, do one of the
following:
Click a featured template. If color options are shown in the preview window,
click the color scheme you want, and then click
Create
.
❍
Double-click a featured template to create a presentation with the default
color scheme.
❍
Enter a template type or subject in the
Search
box, and then press
Enter
or
click the
Search
button. Click a template thumbnail to preview its contents,
and then create a presentation by clicking
Create
in the preview window; or
double-click the template thumbnail to create a presentation without first
previewing it.
❍
Click the
Personal
heading, and then double-click a custom or downloaded
workbook template.
❍
To create a presentation based on a text file
➤
1.
Create a text file that contains the slide titles for the slides you want.
2.
Start PowerPoint. From the
Open
page of the
Backstage
view, browse to the folder
that contains the text file.
3.
In the
Open
dialog box, in the
File Type
list, click
All Files
or
All Outlines
.
4.
Double-click the text file to import it into PowerPoint, and then create blank slides
corresponding to the slide titles in the file.
To create a presentation based on a Word outline
➤
1.
Create a Word document that contains the slide titles and bulleted list content for
the slides you want.
2.
In the Word document, apply the Title or Heading1 style to text that equates to
new slide titles, the Heading2 style to text that equates to first-level bullet points
on the slide, and the Heading3 style to text that equates to second-level bullet
points. Then save the file.
