It is similar to Open Office Impress, Google Slide, Canva. A file created in MS Power Point has an extension .pptx.
The components of Power Point Application Window-
Title Bar- Displays the name of the application and the file currently in use.
The Ribbon- Displays the functions and tools available to work with your presentation.
Quick Access Toolbar- Enables you to customize the toolbar to contain the commands that you use most frequently.
File tab (Backstage View)- Provides access to basic commands such as New, Open, Save, Print and Share and helps to customize the application.
Slide- The area which will be displayed as full screen when viewed in Slide Show mode. In other words we can say that Slides are the pages of a presentation.
Presentation- A file created in MS Power Point is called Presentation. It is a collection of slides.
Status Bar- Provides information relating to features such as slide number, spell check and shortcuts to Notes, Comments, different views and zoom functions.
Placeholder- Displayed as dotted lines which allows you to identify where you can add text, and insert elements such as images or tables.
Slides Pane: - It contains the thumbnail pictures of all slides.
Task Pane: - It contains the features which are used to format a slide like layout, design and effects.
Workspace: - It is the blank area where we design our slides.
Guidelines to make an effective presentation: -
- Keep it simple.
- Minimize facts and figures in slides
- Use proper colors and effects.
- Edit ruthlessly(Imagine as a listener)
- Don't Parrot Power point Presentation.
- Make eye contact with audience.
- Make a powerful first impression
Design Template: - Design Templates are predefined files to set the layout, background and color schemes of a presentation.
Different View of a Slide: -
There are following views are available in MS Power Point.
Normal View: - It is the main view for creating and editing a slide.
Outline View: - This view shows the text content of all slides in a presentation.
Slide Sorter View: - It displays a miniature version of all slides in a presentation. We can change the order of slides, copy or deletes slides.
Notes Page View: - In this view we can add notes to a slide. These notes are not visible when the presentation is shown.
Reading View: - It helps to play your slide show in the power point windows to see animations and transitions without switching to a full screen slide show.
Slide Show view: - This view displays all the slides on full screen with effects.
Slide Master: - Slide master contains the default setting for the format of each slide in a presentation. Any change made on slide master affects all slides in a presentation.
Click on View Tab ----> Slide Master.
By - Vaibhav Chaudhary