POWERPOINT 2003: JUST THE STEPS
INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS BOOK 1 WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK 1 HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED 2 GET READY TO 2 PART I: CREATING A PRESENTATION 3 CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH POWERPOINT 5 START POWERPOINT USING THE START MENU 6 START POWERPOINT USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 6 OPEN A SAVED PRESENTATION 7 CLOSE A PRESENTATION 7 CREATE A BLANK PRESENTATION 8 CREATE A PRESENTATION BASED ON A TEMPLATE 9 CREATE A PRESENTATION USING THE AUTOCONTENT WIZARD 10 CHANGE THE OPENING DEFAULT VIEW 12 CHANGE SAVE OPTIONS 12 SAVE A PRESENTATION 13 EXIT POWERPOINT 13 CHAPTER 2: CUSTOMIZING THE POWERPOINT INTERFACE 15 CUSTOMIZE POWERPOINT TOOLS 16 SHOW FULL MENUS 16 ADD A COMMAND TO A TOOLBAR 17 REMOVE A COMMAND FROM A TOOLBAR 17 DOCK A TOOLBAR 18 GET HELP IN POWERPOINT 19 SEARCH A HELP TOPIC 20 USE THE RESEARCH PANE 20 CHAPTER 3: BUILDING YOUR PRESENTATION AND ADDING CONTENT 21 CREATE AN OUTLINE 22 IMPORT A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT 23 SEND A PRESENTATION FROM POWERPOINT TO WORD 24 CHANGE A SLIDE MASTER TO A TITLE MASTER 25 APPLY A SLIDE TEMPLATE 26 INSERT A NEW SLIDE 26 INSERT A SLIDE FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION 27 DISPLAY MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS 28 COPY A SLIDE FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION 28 PASTE A SLIDE FROM THE CLIPBOARD 29 CREATE A DEFAULT SLIDE DESIGN 30 EDIT A SLIDE COLOR SCHEME 30 CHANGE SELECTED SLIDES’ COLOR SCHEMES 31 SHOW LARGE DESIGN PREVIEWS 31 CHAPTER 4: BASIC EDITING TECHNIQUES 33 EDIT TEXT ON A SLIDE 34 MOVE TEXT ON A SLIDE 34 MOVE TEXT ON A MASTER SLIDE 35 RESIZE TEXT BOXES 35 FORMAT TEXT ATTRIBUTES 36 ADJUST LINE AND PARAGRAPH SPACING 37 SET INDENTS AND TABS 38 ADD A NEW TEXT PLACEHOLDER 39 ROTATE TEXT 39 VIEW A SLIDE SHOW 40 ORGANIZE SLIDES IN THE SLIDE SORTER 41 DELETE A SLIDE 41 COPY AND PASTE BETWEEN SLIDES 42 CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED EDITING AND FORMATTING 43 ADD HEADERS AND FOOTERS 44 AUTOFORMAT TEXT 46 USE AUTOCORRECT 47 SPELL CHECK SLIDES 48 FIND AND REPLACE WORDS 49 COPY TEXT FORMATTING USING FORMAT PAINTER 50 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH MASTERS 51 CREATE A TITLE MASTER 52 CREATE A SLIDE MASTER 54 CREATE MULTIPLE SLIDE MASTERS 55 CREATE A NOTES MASTER 56 CREATE A HANDOUT MASTER 57 PART II: ADDING VISUAL INTEREST TO SLIDES 59 CHAPTER 7: ADDING LINES AND SHAPES 61 USE THE DRAWING TOOLBAR 62 DRAW AND FORMAT AN AUTOSHAPE 64 USE WORDART TO JAZZ UP TEXT 65 DRAW AND GROUP LINES 66 CHANGE A LINE STYLE 66 ADD ARROWHEADS TO LINES 67 CREATE BLOCK ARROWS 67 DRAW A CURVED LINE 68 MOVE LINES AND SHAPES 69 ROTATE LINES AND SHAPES 69 STACK LINES AND SHAPES 70 CHAPTER 8: USING COLOR, TEXTURE, AND PATTERN 73 APPLY A COLOR SCHEME 74 APPLY A COLOR SCHEME TO SELECTED SLIDES 74 APPLY A COLOR SCHEME TO NOTES PAGES 75 APPLY A COLOR SCHEME TO HANDOUTS 75 EDIT A COLOR SCHEME 76 USE THE COLOR SCHEME FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION 77 CHANGE THE SLIDE BACKGROUND COLOR 77 CHANGE THE SLIDE BACKGROUND TO A GRADIENT 78 CHANGE THE SLIDE BACKGROUND TO A TEXTURE 79 CHANGE THE SLIDE BACKGROUND TO A PATTERN 80 CHANGE THE SLIDE BACKGROUND TO AN IMAGE 81 CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF NOTES 82 CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF HANDOUTS 82 ADD, CHANGE, OR DELETE A FILL 83 CHANGE THE COLOR OF TEXT 84 CHANGE THE COLOR OR FILL OF TEXT IN WORDART 85 CHAPTER 9: WORKING WITH PICTURES 87 INSERT A PICTURE FROM CLIP ART 88 INSERT A PICTURE FROM A FILE 89 INSERT A PICTURE FROM A SCANNER OR CAMERA 90 ADD A CLIP TO THE CLIP ORGANIZER 91 INSERT PICTURES TO CREATE A PHOTO ALBUM 92 RECOLOR CLIP ART 94 RESIZE A PICTURE MANUALLY 95 RESIZE A PICTURE PRECISELY 95 CROP A PICTURE 96 FLIP OR ROTATE A PICTURE 96 ALIGN AND DISTRIBUTE PICTURES 97 GROUP PICTURES 97 ADJUST PICTURE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST 98 ADJUST PICTURE COLOR 98 ADD TRANSPARENCY TO A PICTURE 99 COMPRESS A PICTURE TO REDUCE FILE SIZE 99 ADD SHADOWS 100 CHAPTER 10: CREATING TABLES AND GRAPHS 101 INSERT A TABLE FROM SCRATCH 102 INSERT A TABLE FROM A LAYOUT 102 INSERT A TABLE BY DRAWING 103 INSERT A TABLE FROM MICROSOFT WORD 104 ENTER TABLE TEXT 105 FORMAT TABLE TEXT 105 ADD AND MODIFY TABLE COLUMNS AND ROWS 106 MODIFY TABLE BORDERS 108 SHADE THE TABLE, CELLS, COLUMNS, OR ROWS 109 APPLY FILL EFFECTS TO A TABLE 109 INSERT PICTURES INTO A TABLE 110 ENTER FORMULAS WITH MICROSOFT EQUATION 30 111 CREATE A GRAPH FROM SCRATCH 112 IMPORT AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET OR GRAPH 112 ENTER DATA INTO THE DATASHEET 113 SELECT A GRAPH TYPE 113 FORMAT A GRAPH’S TEXT 114 FORMAT A GRAPH’S TITLE AND LEGEND 115 FORMAT A GRAPH’S PLOT AREA 115 FORMAT A GRAPH’S GRID LINES 116 MODIFY A GRAPH’S COLORS 116 ADD LABELS TO A GRAPH 117 MODIFY A GRAPH’S AXES 117 CHAPTER11: CREATING ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS 119 CREATE A DEFAULT ORGANIZATION CHART 120 MODIFY AN ORGANIZATION CHART STYLE 121 MODIFY AN ORGANIZATION CHART LAYOUT 121 MODIFY ORGANIZATION CHART ELEMENTS 122 IMPORT AN ORGANIZATION CHART FROM WORD OR EXCEL 123 CREATE A DIAGRAM 124 CONVERT A DIAGRAM TYPE 125 MODIFY A DIAGRAM STYLE 126 MODIFY A DIAGRAM SIZE 127 MODIFY DIAGRAM ELEMENTS 128 CREATE A FLOWCHART 129 MODIFY A FLOWCHART 130 PART III: ADDING A DASH OF PIZZAZZ WITH MULTIMEDIA 131 CHAPTER 12: INTEGRATING SOUND AND MOVIES 133 INSERT SOUND FROM A FILE 134 INSERT SOUND FROM THE CLIP ORGANIZER 135 INSERT SOUND FROM A CD 136 RECORD A COMMENT 137 RECORD A NARRATION 138 INSERT AN ANIMATED GIF FROM A FILE 140 INSERT A MOVIE FROM A FILE 140 INSERT AN ANIMATED GIF OR MOVIE FROM THE CLIP ORGANIZER 141 RESIZE A MOVIE 142 EDIT MOVIE AND SOUND OPTIONS 143 CHAPTER 13: INCORPORATING HYPERLINKS AND TRANSITIONS 145 CREATE A HYPERLINK IN A PRESENTATION 146 INSERT A HYPERLINK TO A FILE OR WEB SITE 147 INSERT A HYPERLINK TO A NEW FILE 148 INSERT A HYPERLINK TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS 149 INSERT A HYPERLINK TO ANOTHER PRESENTATION 150 CHANGE THE COLOR OF HYPERLINKED TEXT 151 SHOW HIGHLIGHTS OR PLAY SOUNDS ON HYPERLINKS 152 INSERT AN ACTION BUTTON 153 ADD A TRANSITION TO ALL SLIDES 154 ADD A DIFFERENT TRANSITION TO EACH SLIDE 155 CHAPTER 14: INCORPORATING ANIMATION 157 APPLY ANIMATION SCHEMES 158 CREATE A MOTION PATH FOR ANIMATIONS 159 APPLY A CUSTOM ANIMATION TO TEXT OR OBJECTS 160 APPLY ANIMATION TO BULLETS 162 APPLY ADDITIONAL EFFECTS TO ANIMATED BULLETS 163 APPLY ADDITIONAL EFFECTS TO ANIMATED TEXT OR OBJECTS 164 PART IV: PRESENTING EFFECTIVELY 167 CHAPTER 15: PREPARING THE PRESENTATION 169 SET UP YOUR SHOW 170 SET TIMINGS FOR SLIDES MANUALLY 171 SET TIMINGS FOR SLIDES WHILE REHEARSING 171 ESTABLISH PRINT OPTIONS 172 PRINT SLIDES 174 PRINT AUDIENCE HANDOUTS 174 PRINT SPEAKER NOTES 175 PRINT AN OUTLINE 176 SEND HANDOUTS, NOTES, OR AN OUTLINE TO MICROSOFT WORD 177 CREATE A BACKUP BY PACKAGING FOR CD 178 OPTIMIZE SLIDE SHOW PERFORMANCE 180 CHAPTER 16: SHARING YOUR PRESENTATION 181 CREATE A CUSTOM SHOW 182 PREPARE A SELF-DIRECTED SHOW 183 USE A LAPTOP AND PROJECTOR TO RUN YOUR SHOW 184 USE TWO MONITORS TO RUN A PRESENTATION 184 SET PERMISSIONS 185 USE POWERPOINT VIEWER 186 SEND A PRESENTATION AS AN E-MAIL ATTACHMENT 186 SEND A PRESENTATION FOR REVIEW 187 REVIEW A PRESENTATION 188 COMBINE REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS WITH THE ORIGINAL 189 TRANSFER A PRESENTATION TO AN FTP SITE 190 CONVERT A PRESENTATION TO PDF 191 CREATE A SELF-RUNNING PRESENTATION FOR A BOOTH OR KIOSK 191 HOLD AN ONLINE MEETING 192 DELIVER A PRESENTATION ON THE WEB 193 PUBLISH A PHOTO ALBUM ON THE WEB 194 INDEX 195 W ELCOME TO MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2003 THIS INDUSTRY-LEADING PROGRAM HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF TOOLS AND COMMANDS TO SATISFY ALL YOUR PRESEN- TATION NEEDS WHETHER YOU WANT TO PRESENT IMPORTANT MATERIAL TO YOUR COLLEAGUES OR CLIENTS OR JUST SHOW OFF YOUR LATEST TRAVEL PHOTOS, MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2003 JUST THE STEPS FOR DUMMIES HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU ABOUT THIS BOOK THIS BOOK CUTS ALL THE FLUFF OUT OF A COMPUTER BOOK AND TAKES YOU RIGHT TO STEPS TO PRODUCE AN EFFECT, TASK, OR JOB THE BOOK IS NOT LINEAR HOWEVER, IN SOME CASES, YOU MIGHT NEED TO MOVE AROUND A LITTLE TO UNDERSTAND ONE CON- CEPT BEFORE MOVING TO ANOTHER EACH SERIES OF STEPS IS DEFINED WITH HEADINGS TO SIMPLIFY YOUR TASK OF SEARCHING FOR A SPECIFIC ITEM AND FINDING SIMILAR TASKS RELATED TO A PARTICULAR CONCEPT BE CERTAIN TO LOOK BACK AT THE TABLE OF CONTENTS WHEN YOU AREN’T CERTAIN WHERE TO FIND ONE TASK OR ANOTHER WHENEVER YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITH THIS BOOK, TRY TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO FOLLOW THIS METHOD: 1 PICK THE TASK GLANCE OVER THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO FIND A CATEGORY YOU WANT TO EXPLORE — SOMETHING LIKE WORKING WITH PICTURES, WHICH WE COVER IN CHAPTER 9 2 FIND IT FAST THIS IS EASY BECAUSE THE CHAPTERS ARE DESIGNED WITH COVERAGE OF SIMILAR ITEMS WITHIN EACH CHAPTER LOOK OVER THE SUBHEADINGS LISTED IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO FIND A SPECIFIC TASK WITHIN A GIVEN CHAPTER 3 GET IT DONE MIMIC EACH STEP AND LOOK AT THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURES TO HELP YOU THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND A GIVEN TASK WHY YOU NEED THIS BOOK MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2003 IS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT MANY PEOPLE NEED AND USE, BUT THEY OFTEN KNOW JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING YOU HAVEN’T USED BEFORE, LIKE HYPERLINKS OR SOUND? MOST PROGRAMS TODAY DON’T COME WITH WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS BOOK ?WE USE THE ?SYMBOL FOR MENU COMMANDS THIS TELLS YOU TO FOLLOW THE PATH TO SELECT A MENU COMMAND SOMETHING LIKE “CHOOSE FORMAT?BACKGROUND” IS OUR WAY OF SAYING “CHOOSE BACKGROUND FROM THE FORMAT MENU” WHEN YOU SELECT THIS PARTICULAR MENU COM- MAND, THE BACKGROUND DIALOG BOX OPENS ?WEB SITE ADDRESSES APPEAR IN A MONOSPACE FONT TO MAKE THEM EASY TO IDENTIFY — FOR EXAMPLE — WWWDUMMIESCOM TYPE THE URL IN YOUR WEB BROWSER’S LOCATION BAR EXACTLY AS YOU SEE THE MONOSPACE TYPE ?TO HELP CLARIFY STEPS, SOME FIGURES CONTAIN A CIRCLE OR CALLOUT SYMBOL LOOK CAREFULLY AT EACH FIGURE TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE TEXT LOOK FOR THIS ICON TO FIND TIPS, NOTES, AND SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST THROUGHOUT THE TEXT ? INTRODUCTION ANYMORE YOU’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO SEARCH THROUGH SKIMPY ONLINE HELP FILES OR, WORSE, WADE THROUGH LOTS OF TEDIOUS NARRATIVE TEXT IN A GIGANTIC REFERENCE MANUAL TO FIND THE HELP YOU NEED THIS BOOK ELIMINATES BACKGROUND DESCRIPTIONS AND DETAILED EXPLANATIONS AND TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO A SERIES OF STEPS TO PRO- DUCE PRECISELY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT IT SIMPLE, FAST, AND DIRECT, THEN THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR PARTS THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS INTRODUCE EACH ONE PART I: CREATING A PRESENTATION IF YOU ARE FAIRLY NEW TO POWERPOINT, THE CHAPTERS IN THIS PART GET YOU UP AND RUNNING FIRST, YOU FIND OUT HOW TO CREATE A PRESENTATION AFTER YOUR PRESENTATION IS STARTED, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO ADD CONTENT FROM SCRATCH, FROM WORD, AND FROM EXIST- ING PRESENTATIONS YOU THEN FIND THE NECESSARY STEPS ON HOW TO EDIT AND FORMAT YOUR CONTENT TO GET JUST THE LOOK YOU WANT WE FINISH THIS PART BY GIVING YOU INFORMATION ON WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS TYPES OF MASTERS IN POWERPOINT PART II: ADDING VISUAL INTEREST TO SLIDES AFTER YOU HAVE A BASIC PRESENTATION, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD ELE- MENTS TO INCREASE VISUAL INTEREST THESE COMPREHENSIVE CHAPTERS SHOW YOU HOW TO DO JUST THAT YOU FIND OUT HOW TO ADD AND EDIT SIMPLE GRAPHICS LIKE SHAPES, LINES, AND ARROWS YOU THEN FIND STEPS ON HOW TO ADD SHADOWS AND 3-D EFFECTS TO THOSE SHAPES AND ALSO TO TEXT IF THAT ISN’T ENOUGH, YOU DISCOVER HOW TO JAZZ UP YOUR TEXT BY USING THE WORDART FEATURE WE ALSO GIVE YOU ALL THE STEPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ON HOW TO APPLY COLOR, TEXTURE, AND PATTERN TO YOUR SLIDE ELEMENTS PICTURES SCORE BIG WITH ADDED VISUAL PUNCH WE SHOW YOU HOW TO BRING IN BOTH CLIP ART AND PHOTOS TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS FINALLY, WE ROUND OUT THIS PART BY GIVING YOU ALL YOU NEED TO CREATE AND FULLY EDIT TABLES, GRAPHS, ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, AND DIAGRAMS PART III: ADDING A DASH OF PIZZAZZ WITH MULTIMEDIA IF TEXT, SHAPES, AND PICTURES AREN’T ENOUGH FOR YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO EXPLORE USING SOUND, MOVIES, AND ANIMATION IN YOUR PRESENTATIONS IT ISN’T NEARLY AS COMPLICATED AS YOU MIGHT THINK WE GIVE YOU THE STEPS TO INSERT SOUND AND MOVIE FILES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES YOU ALSO FIND OUT HOW TO USE HYPERLINKS TO JUMP TO OTHER SLIDES AND PRESENTATIONS OR TO A WEB SITE TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION FLOW SMOOTHLY, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO IMPLEMENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN YOUR SLIDES AND LASTLY, TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION REALLY COME ALIVE, YOU FIND STEPS ON ANIMATING SLIDES, OBJECTS, AND TEXT PART IV: PRESENTING EFFECTIVELY WHEN YOUR PRESENTATION IS READY, WE SHOW YOU HOW TO PRE- PARE AND SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD YOU FIND IMPORTANT INFOR- MATION ON SETTING UP YOUR SHOW OPTIONS FOR OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE WE GIVE YOU THE STEPS ON PRINTING YOUR SLIDES, HANDOUTS, AND NOTES FOR YOUR AUDIENCE YOU FIND OUT HOW TO PACKAGE YOUR PRESENTATION ON CD AND HOW TO HOLD AN ONLINE PRESENTATION MEETING FINALLY, YOU DISCOVER HOW TO GIVE A PRESENTATION LIVE, VIA A KIOSK, OR OVER THE WEB GET READY TO GLANCE OVER THE TABLE OF CONTENTS TO LOCATE THE TASK YOU WANT TO PERFORM IN MICROSOFT POWERPOINT YOU DON’T NEED TO GRASP ANY BACKGROUND INFORMATION; JUST JUMP INTO THE SERIES OF STEPS THAT DEFINES A SOLUTION FOR A PROJECT YOU WANT TO COMPLETE ? 2 PART I CREATING A PRESENTATION PASTE A SLIDE FROM THE CLIPBOARD CREATE A DEFAULT SLIDE DESIGN EDIT A SLIDE COLOR SCHEME CHANGE SELECTED SLIDES’ COLOR SCHEMES SHOW LARGE DESIGN PREVIEWS CHAPTER 4: BASIC EDITING TECHNIQUES 33 EDIT TEXT ON A SLIDE MOVE TEXT ON A SLIDE MOVE TEXT ON A MASTER SLIDE RESIZE TEXT BOXES FORMAT TEXT ATTRIBUTES ADJUST LINE AND PARAGRAPH SPACING SET INDENTS AND TABS ADD A NEW TEXT PLACEHOLDER ROTATE TEXT VIEW A SLIDE SHOW ORGANIZE SLIDES IN THE SLIDE SORTER DELETE A SLIDE COPY AND PASTE BETWEEN SLIDES CHAPTER 5: ADVANCED EDITING AND FORMATTING 43 ADD HEADERS AND FOOTERS AUTOFORMAT TEXT USE AUTOCORRECT SPELL CHECK SLIDES FIND AND REPLACE WORDS COPY TEXT FORMATTING USING FORMAT PAINTER CHAPTER 6: WORKING WITH MASTERS 51 CREATE A TITLE MASTER CREATE A SLIDE MASTER CREATE MULTIPLE SLIDE MASTERS CREATE A NOTES MASTER CREATE A HANDOUT MASTER CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED WITH POWERPOINT 5 START POWERPOINT USING THE START MENU START POWERPOINT USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS OPEN A SAVED PRESENTATION CLOSE A PRESENTATION CREATE A BLANK PRESENTATION CREATE A PRESENTATION BASED ON A TEMPLATE CREATE A PRESENTATION USING THE AUTOCONTENT WIZARD CHANGE THE OPENING DEFAULT VIEW CHANGE SAVE OPTIONS SAVE A PRESENTATION EXIT POWERPOINT CHAPTER 2: CUSTOMIZING THE POWERPOINT INTERFACE 15 CUSTOMIZE POWERPOINT TOOLS SHOW FULL MENUS ADD A COMMAND TO A TOOLBAR REMOVE A COMMAND FROM A TOOLBAR DOCK A TOOLBAR GET HELP IN POWERPOINT SEARCH A HELP TOPIC USE THE RESEARCH PANE CHAPTER 3: BUILDING YOUR PRESENTATION AND ADDING CONTENT 21 CREATE AN OUTLINE IMPORT A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT SEND A PRESENTATION FROM POWERPOINT TO WORD CHANGE A SLIDE MASTER TO A TITLE MASTER APPLY A SLIDE TEMPLATE INSERT A NEW SLIDE INSERT A SLIDE FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION DISPLAY MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS COPY A SLIDE FROM ANOTHER PRESENTATION GETTING STARTED WITH POWERPOINT T HE FIRST STEP OF ANY JOURNEY THROUGH MICROSOFT POWERPOINT IS TO START UP THE PROGRAM AND EITHER A) CREATE A NEW PRESENTATION OR B) OPEN AN EXIST- ING PRESENTATION OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN’T DO ANYTHING IN POWERPOINT UNTIL YOU LAUNCH THE PROGRAM IN THIS CHAPTER, WE TALK ABOUT SOME METHODS YOU CAN USE TO LAUNCH POWERPOINT AND HOW YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO CREATE A NEW PRESENTA- TION WE ALSO SHOW YOU HOW TO SAVE A PRESENTATION AFTER YOU’VE CREATED IT AND SAFELY EXIT THE PROGRAM NOTE THAT, AT THIS POINT, WE ASSUME YOU HAVE INSTALLED EITHER THE ENTIRE MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003 SUITE OR JUST MICROSOFT OFFICE POWERPOINT 2003 IF YOU NEED TO PERFORM AN INSTALLATION, REFER TO THE USER DOCUMENTATION ACCOMPA- NYING YOUR INSTALLER CD FOR INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1 GET READY TO ?START POWERPOINT USING THE START MENU ?START POWERPOINT USING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ?OPEN A SAVED PRESENTATION ?CLOSE A PRESENTATION ?CREATE A BLANK PRESENTATION ?CREATE A PRESENTATION BASED ON A TEMPLATE ?CREATE A PRESENTATION USING THE AUTOCONTENT WIZARD ?CHANGE THE OPENING DEFAULT VIEW ?CHANGE SAVE OPTIONS ?SAVE A PRESENTATION ?EXIT POWERPOINT