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CREATING A NEW PRESENTATION 1
A presentation is made up of a series of slides. A single page of
the presentation is called a slide. A slide can have text, animation,
videos, sound effects and voice over. When many slides are run
together one after the other, it is called a slideshow. When you
start PowerPoint, the program automatically starts a new
presentation for you and names it 'Presentation1'.
To create a new presentation, follow these steps: 2
Step 1: Click on File tab.
Step 2: Click on Blank Presentation in the Backstage
view.
A new presentation opens with a blank slide.
Creating the Title Slide
Whenever you start your presentation, the first slide which opens up is a Title slide by default.
A title slide displays the text placeholder, where the text is to be typed.
Entering Text in the Title Text Placeholder
To enter the text in a title text placeholder,
follow these steps: Title Text
Step 1: Click on the title text placeholder Placeholder
box.
Step 2: Type your text in the title text
placeholder box. For example,
in the image the text entered is
GREEN CITY CLEAN CITY.
The title text is displayed in the title text placeholder and in the Slides pane.
Entering Text in Subtitle Text Placeholder
Entering text in the subtitle text placeholder is
the next step in creating a title slide. To enter
the text in a subtitle text placeholder, follow
these steps: Subtitle Text
Placeholder
Step 1: Click on the subtitle text placeholder
box.
Step 2: Type your text in the subtitle text
placeholder box.
The subtitle text is displayed in the subtitle placeholder and in the Slides tab.
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