Using Templates

7. Click on the Finish button to complete the process of creating a presentation by using the Wizard
A presentation window as shown in Figure 1.8 is displayed.

Template is a file that contains formatting styles, text, pictures, etc. Presentations can be based no these templates, For example, a business presentation can be based on a business template. A presentation based on a template inherits  the properties of text, bullets, pictures, orientation, background, color scheme, etc from the template, The presentation can then be altered to suit the requirements of an individual. Thus, the template helps to accomplish the base work for creating a presentation.
The steps to create a presentation using the design template are:
1. Select the Design Template option  from the PowerPoint dialog box .
The New presentation dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 1.9

In the New Presentation dialog box, you can select one of the following tabs:
¾ General ___ offers the option of creating a blank presentation.
¾ Design Template __ contains professionally designed templates based on which you can frame a presentation. Etch presentation design includes a color scheme, graphic elements, background and a slide with complete text formatting.  
¾ presentations – contains many pre-defined templates designated by a type of presentation .These include color  schemes, font formatting and slide layouts with suggestions for slide layout .
2.Select a presentation template from the Design Templates tab
3.Click OK
The New Slide dialog box is displayed as shown in Figure 1.10
4.Select the type of slide that you want to insert from the Choose an Auto Layout section
5.Click ok  
The slide is inserted with the selected design template .

Entering and Editing text
The steps to open an existing presentation are:
1.      Select the open from the File menu Alternatively, you can also click on the Open button on the Standard toolbar. The Open dialog box is displayed.
2.      Select the name of the file and click on the Open button The presentation is opened.  The steps to insert bulleted text that is italicized in a slide are:
1.     Click on the slide title, which reads Click to and title (refer Figure 1.1)
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The text, Click to add title, disappears and is replaced by a cursor.
2.     Type a title
3.     position the mouse pointer inside the placeholder, which reads Click to add text and click on the mouse button. The bullet item text, Click to add text, disappears and is replaced by a cursor.
4.     Type the text at the bullet point, and press the Enter key . This adds a second bullet point, followed by a cursor.
5.     Type the text
6.     Repeat steps 4 and 5 until you have added all the points for the slide
7.     Click anywhere outside the text block to view how the text will look on the slide ( refer Figure 1.12)

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