Introduction & Opening | About the Slides, Opening Screen, Task Pane | Opening & Creating a Presentation
Saving/Create New Slide/Slide Design | Inserting Objects/Lists/WordArt | Edit Text/Images | Transitions & Animation
Set Up/View Presentation | Print Slides/Save to Web

Save Your Slide Show:
It's important to save your work frequently, so that you don't use your work. To save your presentation, go to the menu bar and select File >> Save As. When the window appears, find a location to save your presentation on your computer, and give it a file name in the text box.

To save your file periodically as you work on it, go to the menu bar and select File >> Save (or use the shortcut Ctrl+S).

Create Slide Content:

Entering text, images, and other elements into your presentation slides can be quite easy and fun. Editing pre-existing slides or creating ones from scratch is a simple process, and there are so many tools available to give each of your slides its own unique character. The following is a list of many ways you can create slide content.

If you have not done so already, either start a new presentation (if you do not know how to do so, please read the “Create a New Presentation” section) or open a pre-existing presentation.

Create a New Slide:

Whether you are using a pre-made design template or working from your own design, it is very easy to insert a new slide.

1) Use the “New Slide” button:

Look to the upper-right corner of the screen. You should see a small button called “New Slide.” Made sure you are in the place in your presentation where you want to insert your slide (to check, see what slide is selected in the “Slide” panel on the left side of your screen). Click the “New Slide” button to insert a slide under your current position in your presentation.

For example, if you only have one slide in your presentation, clicking this button will add the new slide AFTER the first one. If you have two slides in your presentation, but you want to add the new slide in between the two, select the first of the two slides, and click the “New Slide” button. The new slide will be inserted in between the two existing slides. This should give you an idea of how slides are inserted based on what current slide you have selected.

2) Right-click in the “Slide” panel

Make sure you can see the “Slide” panel on the left side of the screen. Simply right-click anywhere in this area, and select “New Slide” from the bottom of the menu. A new slide will be inserted.

3) Insert New Slide: Go to the file menu and select Insert >> New Slide. A new slide will be inserted after the slide you are currently working with (shortcut command: Ctrl+M).

Slide Design:

Once you have created a slide, you can begin creating a design for that slide. To view the Slide Design menu, click on the button in the upper right corner of the screen that says “Design”:

The “Slide Design” panel will now appear on the right side of the screen.

There are three sub-menus in the “Slide Design” panel: Design Templates (which we have already discussed), Color Schemes, and Animation schemes.

Color schemes are useful if you are not already using a pre-made Design Template. If you click on the “Color Schemes” text, you will see the Color Schemes menu:

From this point, you can apply pre-made color schemes to one, some, or all of your slides. Simply click on a color scheme, and you will see how it looks on the current slide appearing on your screen.

If you don’t like any of the available pre-made color schemes, click on the text at the bottom of the panel that says “Edit Color Schemes.” A new window will pop up that will allow you to make your own custom color scheme:

The other section of the “Slide Design” menu is the “Animation Schemes” menu. We will discuss this menu later on in our section about slide transitions and animations. Now, let’s learn how to insert objects and text into our newly designed slides.

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