Powerpoint Web App
This article is intended to
illustrate basics of the Powerpoint Online Application as part of Office 365.
PowerPoint presentations work like
slide shows. To convey a message or a story, you break it down into slides.
Think of each slide as a blank canvas for the pictures, words, and shapes that
help you build your story.
Choose a theme
When you open PowerPoint, you’ll
see some built-in themes and templates. A theme is a slide design that contains
matching colors, fonts, and special effects like shadows, reflections, and
more.
1.
On the File tab of the Ribbon, select New, and then choose a
theme.
PowerPoint shows
you a preview of the theme, with four color variations to choose from on the
right side.
2.
Click Create, or pick a color variation and then click Create.
Insert a new slide
· On the Home tab, click the bottom half of New Slide, and pick a
slide layout.
Save your presentation
1.
On the File tab, choose Save.
2.
Pick or browse to a folder.
3.
In the File name box, type a name for your presentation, and then
choose Save.
Note: If you frequently save files
to a certain folder, you can ‘pin’ the path so that it is always available (as
shown below).
Tip: Save your work as you go.
Press Ctrl+S often.
Add text
Select a text placeholder, and
begin typing.
Format your text
1.
Select the text.
2.
Under Drawing Tools, choose Format.
3.
Do one of the following:
a.
To change the color of your text, choose Text Fill, and then
choose a color.
b.
To change the outline color of your text, choose Text Outline, and
then choose a color.
c.
To apply a shadow, reflection, glow, bevel, 3-D rotation, a
transform, choose Text Effects, and then choose the effect you want.
Add pictures
On the Insert tab, do one of the
following:
· To insert a picture that is saved on your local drive or an
internal server, choose Pictures, browse for the picture, and then choose
Insert.
· To insert a picture from the web, choose Online Pictures, and use
the search box to find a picture.
Choose a picture,
and then click Insert.
Add speaker notes
Slides are best when you don’t cram
in too much information. You can put helpful facts and notes in the speaker
notes, and refer to them as you present.
1.
To open the notes pane, at the bottom of the window, click Notes 
.
2.
Click inside the Notes pane below the slide, and begin typing your
notes.
Give your presentation
On the Slide Show tab, do one of
the following:
· To start the presentation at the first slide, in the Start Slide
Show group, click From Beginning.
· If you’re not at the first slide and want to start from where you
are, click From Current Slide.
· If you need to present to people who are not where you are, click
Present Online to set up a presentation on the web.
o
§ Click File > Share > Present Online.
§ Select the Enable remote viewers to download the presentation
check box.
§ Click Present Online.
§ To send your meeting invitation to attendees, choose one of the
following:
· Copy Link – and paste it somewhere others can access it
· Send in email
Important: You
won’t be able to email your presentation directly from PowerPoint on a Windows
RT PC. Instead you can open an email program, create your email, and attach the
presentation to it.
§ When you are ready to start your presentation, click Start
Presentation.
§ To end your online presentation, press Esc to get out of Slide
Show View, and then on the Present Online tab, click End Online Presentation.
§ To confirm that you want to end the presentation, click End Online
Presentation.
