Ball State University - PowerPoint 2007

Getting Started

	Create a Title Slide The title slide is typically the first slide in a presentation. You can use the blank presentation template to create a title slide.
	Selecting a Design Template PowerPoint comes with many design templates that you can choose from. Learn how to select one for use with your presentation.

Modifying a Presentation

	Insert a New Slide Enhance your presentation by adding a new slide.
	Deleting a Slide Learn several quick ways to delete a slide from your presentation.
	Copying Slides PowerPoint provides a way to copy a single slide or a group of slides to duplicate them in a presentation.
	View Slides in the Slide Sorter The Slide Sorter view provides you with a view of your slides in thumbnail form. This view makes it easy for you to sort and organize the sequence of your slides.
	Rearrange the Order of Slides There are a couple easy ways to rearrange the order that slides appear in a presentation.
	Download a Design Template Access a design template at Microsoft Office Online and then download it to use for your presentation.

Enhancing Slides

	Add Sound to a Presentation Learn how to add sound to a presentation. This TechClips shows how to add sound and explains the different options for adding sound to a slide.
	Add Music to a Presentation Add a music clip to your presentation. You can set it to play automatically or when you click the slide.
	Insert Hyperlink If you need to access a web page during your presentation, you can add a hyperlink to that page on a slide in the presentation.
	Apply WordArt to a Slide WordArt allows you to create text with special affects such as textures and patterns.
	Insert ClipArt onto a Slide Choose a clip art image from the PowerPoint ClipArt library and add it to a slide in your presentation.
	Rotate or Flip ClipArt After clipart is inserted onto a slide, you can flip it or rotate it to make it look the way you would like.
	Insert a Picture onto a Slide Customize your presentation by inserting a photograph onto a slide.
	Resize a Picture Modify the size of a photo that you have added to a presentation.
	Crop a Picture Sometimes you may only want to use a portion of a picture on a slide. Use the built-in cropping tool to delete the parts of the picture that you do not want to use.
	Add an Excel Chart to Your Presentation Enhance your presentation by using an Excel chart. Learn how to copy a chart into a slide from an existing spreadsheet. Also learn how to create the chart from within PowerPoint.
	Insert a Video into a Presentation A video clip or movie can be inserted into a presentation.

Switching Views

Slide View vs Outline View
Learn the difference between the Slide View and the Outline view and then learn how to switch between the views.

Finalize Your Presentation

	Adding Speaker Notes To help you give your presentation, you might consider adding speaker notes to the slides.
	Preview Your Presentation You can preview your presentation to see how it is going to look when played.

Printing in PowerPoint 2007

	Printing a Presentation Learn to print the slides of a PowerPoint presentation. You can print a single slide, a range of slides, or all slides. Also learn how to choose to print in black and white, color, or grayscale.
	Print an Outline of Your Presentation Outlines give an overview of your presentation without printing the entire presentation.