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Starting PowerPoint

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Starting PowerPoint

This section describes how to start PowerPoint, and what you will see when you first view the program.

Step 1:
To start PowerPoint, go to the Start menu and select Programs ->Power Point.

Step 2:
PowerPoint opens in “Normal” view. In normal view you will see the following:

• A blank slide in the center of the window

• Off to the left, a “Slides” pane that will display a thumbnail sketch of all the slides in your presentation, in sequence

• Off to the right, a “New Presentation” pane that will display the following options for getting started:

i. “Open a presentation” to open an existing presentation

ii. “New” to start a new presentation

iii. “New from existing presentation” to start a new presentation based on a previous presentation

iv. “New from template” to start a new presentation based on a specific design template

Step 3:
To return to Normal view at any time, go to View ->Normal.

 

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