Microsoft Powerpoint Tutorial (Part 1):
Getting Started, Entering Information, Saving the Presentation

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To Load the Program from Program Manager

  • Double click on the PowerPoint icon using the left button of the mouse 
  • The "Tip of the Day" may be shown, select OK 
  • Select a Blank presentation, select OK 
  • Select a Bulleted List (second layout) for your new slide, select OK 
  • You will see: 
  • Click on any one of the MENU items. You should see a window showing what you can do under that menu. Click anywhere back on your document to close this window 
  • Place the pointer on one of the toolbar icons and wait for a few seconds. The icon's function will be revealed. A fuller description of the icon's function can be seen on the status bar at the bottom of the screen 

To Enter Text

To enter the heading for your slide:
  • Click anywhere in the box labelled "Click to add title" 
  • Type in the heading 'Business Communication'

  • You do not need to press Enter. If you do you will get an additional blank line in your heading 
To enter the text body for your slide:
  • Click anywhere in the box labelled "Click to add text" 
  • Type in your main points, as shown below. Press Enter after each point.

  • You do not need to press Enter after entering your last point

PowerPoint will automatically justify all your entries

Now create 2 more slides, as follows:

  • From the bottom of the screen, click on "new slide". 
  • Choose the same layout as before 
  • Enter the points for your second screen 
  • Repeat this operation so that you have 3 screens in all 

To Save Your Work to a Floppy Disk 

  • From the Standard Toolbar select the SAVE icon  
  • In the filename box: Type A and a colon in front of your filename, 
    then press Enter,  e.g.
    A:buscom1 


(Filenames should be 8 characters or less with no spaces)

To Save the File to Your Area on the Network 

  • Repeat the above but omit the A:,  e.g. type buscom1 
POWERPOINT will automatically label your file as a PowerPoint file by adding the suffix .PPT to your filename
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