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Create a simple presentation

 

Level of difficulty: Basic

As an educator, you may like to make your lessons more exciting.  Using Microsoft PowerPoint, you can make visually exciting and colourful slide shows with text and pictures.    Presentations can be easily edited and enhanced for future needs.

 

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Create your own presentation - one which you will find useful. Alternatively, follow this example. To do so you would typically work through the following steps:

 
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Resources
1 Start Microsoft PowerPoint How to start Microsoft PowerPoint
2 Create a title slide: Type the title and subtitle of your presentation in the boxes. Click here to see presentation design tips
3 Save the slide show: Remember to save your presentation at regular intervals. How to save a presentation
4 Choose a slide design: You can use a slide design to create a uniform colour scheme for your show. How to choose a slide design
5 Insert text and pictures on your slides: Appropriate pictures can support your presentation. 

How to insert pictures

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6 Insert further slides: Information on the slides can be arranged in different ways.  How to insert new slides
7 Animate text and pictures: You can move text and pictures into the slide as you present each point. Be careful not to overdo this and preferably select one type of animation for the entire presentation. How to animate text
8 Move from one slide to another: You can use slide transitions to enhance your presentation. How to use slide transitions
9 Save the slide show How to save a slide show
10 Present the slide show to an audience How to present the slide show
 

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