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03                     INTRODUCTION TO POWERPOINT 2016












                         Your Aim


                         to learn about:
                             l  Starting PowerPoint 2016             l  Components of PowerPoint Window
                              l  Creating a New Presentation           l  Entering Data on the Slide
                                l  Using Built-in Templates              l  Slide Views
                                 l  Saving a Presentation                  l  Opening an Existing Presentation


                  Microsoft PowerPoint is a part of Microsoft Office package. It is a program that allows you to create
                  presentations. It is a powerful yet easy-to-use software program. A single page of a presentation is
                  called a slide. A presentation is a combination of slides.

                      STARTING POWERPOINT 2016
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                  To start PowerPoint, follow the given steps:
                  Step 1  Click in Search box and type PowerPoint 2016.
                  Step 2  Click on Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.

                       COMPONENTS OF POWERPOINT WINDOW

                  Various components of the PowerPoint window are:
                      Title Bar: It is located at the top of the PowerPoint window. It shows
                     the name of the current presentation
                      Ribbon:  It  contains  multiple tabs,  each  with  several  groups  of
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                     commands.
                                                                                                    Starting PowerPoint
                      Quick Access Toolbar: It appears in the top-left corner of the PowerPoint 2016 screen. It has
                     icons for features that are used frequently such as Save, Undo, Redo and Customize Quick
                     Access Toolbar icons.
                      File Tab: It displays a Backstage view. It has commands such as Print, Save, Open, etc.
                      Slide: It is a single page of a presentation.
                      Placeholder: It is a dotted box on a slide which may contain text, picture, video, etc.

                      Slides/Outline Pane: It is located on the left side of the window. The Slides pane shows
                     thumbnail of each of the slides in the presentation along with slide number. The Outline
                     pane shows a text outline of all the information on the slides. It gives an overview of your
                     presentation. It allows you to reorder the slides in the presentation.


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