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7 Introduction to PowerPoint 2016

Pre-Processing
Pre-Processing
• Features of PowerPoint 2016 • Starting PowerPoint 2016
• Components of PowerPoint 2016 Window • PowerPoint Views

• Creating a New Presentation • Applying a Theme to the Presentation
• Working in a Presentation • Starting a Slide Show
• Saving a Presentation • Opening a Presentation
• Closing a Presentation • Exiting PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation software.
A Presentation is a systematic display of information
about a particular topic. It is made up of one or

more pages called Slides. Each slide can contain
data in the form of text, pictures, audio, or video. A
presentation or a slide show is used to communicate

ideas and opinions to an audience in schools, offices,
and many other places.

PowerPoint 2016 is one of the most popular presentation software.

FEATURES OF POWERPOINT 2016

PowerPoint 2016 lets you:
• create visually attractive presentations with text, pictures, and diagrams.

• edit contents of a slide easily.

• apply formatting to text in a slide.

• apply themes to enhance appearance of the presentation.
• add multimedia content, such as audio and video to slides.

• add a variety of graphics such, as charts, shapes, and tables to slides.

• apply animation and transition effects to a presentation.

Knowledge Discovery Subject Enrichment

Some presentation software, other than PowerPoint, are Libreoffice Impress, Prezi, and
KeyNote.

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