30 Facts on Power Points

• PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package.
• It gives you everything you need to produce a professional-looking presentation using text handling,
• outlining, drawing, graphing, clip art, and etc.
• It also offers rich speaker support and aids to help you create truly effective presentations.
• PowerPoint makes you, the presenter, an independent producer of your own high-quality presentations.
• The blank presentation option allows you to build your own unique presentation from blank slides that contain default formats and layouts.
• The Title Bar displays the name of the program you are currently using
  (Microsoft PowerPoint) and the name of the presentation you are working on.
  The title bar appears at the top of all Windows programs.
• The Standard Toolbar contains icons for some of the most commonly used
  commands. Commands such as saving, opening, and printing are included.
• Placeholders contain formatting characteristics for items to be added which
  saves time in creating your presentations.
• View buttons allow you to quickly switch between PowerPoint views, which
  change how your presentation is displayed on the screen.
• The Status Bar, displays information about the number of slides in the show,
  the Design Template in use, and contains buttons for easy access menu
  commands.
• The Slide Sorter Pane displays thumbnail representations of each slide in a
  presentation. You can use the Slides tab to navigate by clicking on the slide
  you want to view. You can also drag a thumbnail to move a slide to a new
  position in your presentation.
• The Menu Bar displays a list of menus that you use to give commands to
  PowerPoint. Clicking a menu name displays a list of commands-for example,
  clicking the Format menu name would display different formatting
  commands.
• The Formatting Toolbar contains buttons for the most commonly used
  formatting commands, such as making text bold or italic.
• The Slide Pane displays the slides one at a time, as they will appear when they
  are printed or displayed in a presentation.
• The Task Pane lists commands that are relevant to whatever you’re doing in
  PowerPoint. You can easily hide the task pane if you want to have more room
  to view a document: Simply click the close button in the upper-right corner of
  the task pane.
• The heart of your work in PowerPoint involves creating presentations.
• To create presentations, you write and design slides.
• Slides contains a set of 27 different Auto Layout formats that arrange various types of objects on
  slides.
• Objects include such things as titles,charts, graphics, or bulleted lists that you might
  want to place on a slide.
• The Title Slide is the default setting for the first slide in every
  presentation.
• PowerPoint displays the picture on the slide with eight sizing handles
  surrounding it and a green rotating handle.
• A picture is selected when you see the handles.
• To copy the rectangle, right click on it and select copy from the pop-up menu.
• To paste it, right click on the white part of the slide and select Paste.
• You should use the same colors and fonts throughout.
• You should Select graphic images in the same style.
• You should remember, consistency doesn’t have to mean boring.
• You should use your slides as support for your presentation.
• You should not read word for word from the slides.
• You should keep your audience involved and interested.