A presentation is something like a film, a demonstration of what the narrator is talking about. There you can add not only text and photographs, but also diagrams, graphs, charts, videos and music.
Such mini-films are used to accompany lectures, reports, and visual presentation of a product or service.
You can make a presentation on your computer yourself. To do this you will need PowerPoint. It is included in the package Microsoft Office, along with Word and Excel.
Create presentations in PowerPoint
Go to Start - All Programs - Microsoft Office and select Microsoft Office PowerPoint from the list.
A program will open that looks very similar to Word. But its sheets are slightly smaller in size and are called slides. This is where all the information will be posted.
To add a slide, click on the “Create Slide” button at the top (the “Home” tab).
The left side of the program shows all the added slides to make it easier to switch between them. To remove the excess, you need to right-click on it and select “Delete slide”.
To change the arrangement of elements, click on the “Layout” button at the top and select the appropriate option from the list.
You should save the presentation in the same way as in Word program- through “File” (round button in the left corner) - “Save as...”.
You can learn more about saving from this lesson.
Registration
Initially, slides are added in the classic view - white, How regular sheets. But this view can be changed. For this purpose, the program has a special “Design” tab.
The most important part is Themes. It's already ready-made options registration
By default, the selected theme is applied to all slides at once. But you can assign it only to some. To do this, select the slides you want (on the left side while holding down the Ctrl key), then click right mouse button by topic and select “Apply to selected slides.”
And you can adjust the assigned design using the “Colors”, “Fonts”, “Background Styles” buttons.
Slides are filled with information in the same way as in Microsoft Word.
Text . To print text, you need to click where you want it to be (for example, in the “Slide Title” part). The stick that symbolizes the cursor will begin to blink. We just type the text on the keyboard.
You can increase or decrease letters through this field:
And the font, that is, the type of letters, can be changed here:
This can be done both before printing and with ready-made text. You just need to select it first.
To do this, click on the left mouse button at the end of the text and, without releasing it, drag it to the beginning. As soon as it is painted in a different color (and, therefore, stands out), the mouse button must be released.
Photo . Click on the "Insert" tab at the top of the program. To add images, use the “Picture” and “Clip” (Picture) buttons.
The "Picture" button is used to add a photo from your computer. To do this, you need to select a photo through a special window.
Or you can simply copy a photo from your computer and paste it into a slide.
“Clip” are pictures that are built into the program itself. You can select any of them through the search form on the right side.
More modern versions of PowerPoint also have a Snapshot button. Through it, you can take a photo of the screen and insert this photo directly into the slide.
But you can do it too in the usual way, using a screenshot.
Table . Click on the "Insert" tab at the top of the program. To create a table, use the “Table” button in the left corner.
Choose required quantity cells and left-click to save the result.
To fill out the table, click on the desired cell and type the text. At the top, through the “Designer” tab (Working with tables), you can change its design.
Graphs, diagrams. To create them, we also use the “Insert” tab - through the “Diagram” button.
After selection suitable option Another program (Excel) will open with the data. It is through them that you need to edit the added diagram.
Video and sound. The corresponding buttons are also located in the “Insert” tab. “Sound” adds musical accompaniment to the slide, and “Film” (Video) adds a video.
Other. Also, the “Insert” tab allows you to add to slides geometric shapes, mathematical formulas, effective text (WordArt) and much more.
Demonstration
To demonstrate, go to Slide Show. By clicking on the "From Beginning" button, the presentation will start from the first slide. And by clicking on “From the current slide” - from the one that is currently open on the screen.
When you show your presentation, each slide will be expanded to fill the entire screen. By default, switching between them occurs manually - with the mouse or the arrow buttons on the keyboard.
To exit demo mode, press the Esc key on your keyboard (top left).
If you want the slides to switch automatically rather than manually, click on the “Time Settings” button.
After such settings, as a rule, the slides will be displayed slightly differently, which is not always convenient. To return to the previous view, simply double-click with the left mouse button on any slide.
Animation. When demonstrated, the slides go one after another without any effects - they simply change. But you can set up various beautiful transitions between them. This is done using the “Animation” tab (“Transitions” in versions 2010-2016).
Here you can select the appropriate transition. By default, it is applied to the slide that is currently open. But you can apply it to all slides at once by clicking on the “Apply to all” button.
You can also make such transitions not only between slides, but also between elements. For example, a slide has a title, text and a photo. You can make the title appear first, then the text appears smoothly, and after it a photo.
In PowerPoint 2007, there is a special section “Animation” and “Animation Settings” in the tab for this purpose.
In more modern versions of the program (2010-2016), a separate “Animation” tab was created to configure such transitions.
Before you can apply an effect to any element, you must first select it.
For some, the question of which program to use to make a presentation is not relevant: they have already chosen the software and are successfully working on creating their products. However, it is known that most users choose one program or another simply out of habit. They say it's just more convenient for them.
We won't object. But since you, dear reader, have come to this page, it means that you are interested in the question posed in the title. As part of this post, I would like to do a little research on which program is more convenient to use depending on the purpose of creating a presentation.
Deciding on the purpose of the presentation
At this stage, we need to answer the question for ourselves: why do I even need a presentation? What do I want to achieve with it? In this regard, there are several categories of goals for creating a presentation:
- Slideshow of photographs. These kinds of products are created with the purpose of informing the audience, maybe for storage family history. Slide shows are sometimes used to present a report of an enterprise. Usually accompanied by music or voice-over text. (see Option 3).
- Presentation of the project (business presentation). In this case, the presentation is intended to reflect the professionalism of the author, to maximize the benefits of the presented project, to be rigorous and informative.
- Protection of educational or scientific research. Externally it looks like a business presentation. There may be differences in script and content.
- Video presentation. An analogue of a slide show, but it uses not only photographs, but also other types of multimedia: text, audio, video. One of the varieties of video presentations is hand-drawn presentations.
- Slide diagrams to accompany the teacher's or instructor's explanation. The purpose here is illustrative. In this case, the slide should be understood as an additional didactic material that allows you to use visual perception in the process of studying the material. Such a slide may sometimes contain not only useful information, but also something that especially attracts attention, so that the listener and viewer will more clearly perceive what is being explained to him and remember it better.
- Interactive presentations for organizing testing or training testing of students' knowledge.
Choosing a presentation technology
Depending on the purpose of creating a presentation, you need to choose a technology. What kind of presentation will it be?
- Easily change slides at the click of a mouse or press a keyboard button. Well suited for educational, business presentations. This view is also convenient to use to create a video presentation based on a regular one.
- Automatic slide changer. Used for slide shows. In this case, human participation is not required. Only spectators are needed.
- Presence or absence of sound. For educational presentations and business presentations, sound is not needed. It will only distract and introduce an element of entertainment, which is unacceptable for serious meetings.
- Interactive presentation. The most difficult technology in terms of creation. It is not always needed. This method is used to create educational programs or programs for use on an interactive whiteboard, when it is more convenient to use the screen to move between slides.
Now we decide which program to make the presentation in
There are several programs that can successfully create presentations. Each of them has its advantages, but also its disadvantages. Now we will not consider online methods for creating presentations, but will examine only two competing PowerPoint programs - the Microsoft Office suite application and Impress, which is part of Open Office or Libre Office.
In a nutshell. Microsoft Office paid product, and Libre Office are distributed free of charge. Impress, part of the Open Office, has the ability to import presentations into pdf format, but PowerPoint did not have this option until version 2013. Finally, plug-ins from utility programs, such as those designed to capture video of a computer screen, are integrated into PowerPoint and not integrated into Impress.
Although none of the advantages listed here, in our opinion, are fundamental. You can convert files to pdf using third-party programs, including online. You can shoot video from the screen on which the Impress presentation is shown in normal mode, as for any other program. But, in the course of using a specific program, a person gets used to having certain tools in certain place, so I have no desire to switch to other software.
Hand-drawn presentations can be created in the VideoScribe program, which is only available for a fee and has a seven-day trial period.
Scheme for creating a quality presentation
After we have decided which program to make the presentation in, formulated the purpose of the presentation, we write a script. Yes, yes, just like for a regular movie. In the script, it is important to note what will be on the slide, how it will be placed, and what sound will be used. If you decide to create a video presentation, you will also need to decide on the timing of the slide presentation.
Once the script has been created, we begin to implement it in the selected program. This is the most labor-intensive process. It is important to select high-quality images and succinctly compose text messages on the slide. It is also worth paying attention to keeping the presentation style consistent across all slides.
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If you need to make a presentation, be sure to read this article and find out how to make a presentation on a computer and in what program. Presentations are very popular now; they can clearly emphasize the essence of the report, show graphs and development trends. If you make a good presentation, the information will be absorbed much better than just listening. The presentation can also be made as a congratulation on a birthday, wedding or other event. Presentations are shown at meetings, seminars, lessons, and meetings. Yes, there are many places where this may be needed. Anyway, let's get down to specific information.
What program should I use to make a presentation on a computer?
Most often, a presentation is made on a computer using the PowerPoint program. This program is included in the Microsoft Office software package. So if you have Word installed, then you definitely have PowerPoint. This program can be found through Start in the list of programs. Or you don’t have to look for it and make it much easier. Just right-click on an empty space on your desktop. In the drop-down window, select Create and then Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation.
Windows after right-clicking on the desktop Create your presentation in PowerPoint
Open the resulting document. The presentation will consist of slides. To create your first slide, go to the tab Insert and press Create slide(these buttons are located in the upper left corner of the screen).
Tip: don’t put a lot of photos and text on one slide at once. This way the information will not be fully conveyed to the listener. It's better to insert one or two photos and briefly caption them. You must provide the rest of the information orally. Do not forget that a presentation is a visual demonstration of your material, and not a replacement for it.
Fill out all slides with important information
Before you start creating a presentation, you need to think carefully about its content. The presentation must be meaningful, it must contain the main points of the report, and contain visual pictures or graphs. First write your speech on a piece of paper, and then highlight the main points.
Let's figure out how to insert various elements into a presentation.
Go to the tab Insert. There you will immediately see that you can insert a table, pictures, a screenshot of the screen (where it says Snapshot), figures, diagrams.
Clicking on each element will open a window with a list of possible actions. In fact, everything is very simple and intuitive. The table is inserted in the same way as in Word. Click on Table, select the number of columns and rows. Fill out the table. You can choose any color for the table, you can also choose different effects for cells and line thickness.
Inserting a picture is also not difficult. Click on Drawings and choose on your computer which image to insert. You can also insert a photo from the Internet by clicking on Images from the Internet. A search window will open where you will need to enter the name of the picture you are looking for.
On the button Figures you will find many different shapes. If there is a need to make a list in frames, build a diagram and create other similar elements, use the button SmartArt. As you can see in the screenshot below, SmartArt has large selection ways to organize information and convey it to the listener.
To insert a chart, click Chart. A window will open where you will need to select the type of chart (bar, pie, histogram, scatter, etc.).
By clicking on Ok, a window from Excel will open, where you will need to enter the necessary numbers into the table so that the program can correctly build a chart or graph.
There are also buttons in the Insert tab Video And Sound. By clicking on them, you can insert video or music from your computer or the Internet onto the slide, and you can also record sound into the microphone.
All inserted elements into the presentation can be moved around the slide, adjusted in size, changed color and made other settings.
Customize the appearance of your presentation
By default, all presentation sheets are white. If necessary, you can give them some color and choose a design. To do this, go to the tab Design. A list of page design options will open. To see all templates, click on the lower triangle next to the last option.
Having selected a template, you can further adjust the color, change the font, and add effects. There will be options next to the design options color design. By clicking on the similar lower triangle, open the window that is highlighted in the blue rectangle in the screenshot. Here you can already play with color, apply effects, change the background style.
Next, as you can see in the screenshot, there is a button Background format. Here you can choose whether the background will be one solid color, you can make a gradient, a pattern, or choose any background pattern. To set an image as the background, check the box. Pattern or texture. Next, select the desired file on your computer or on the Internet.
In addition, in the Background Format you can select various artistic effects, work on the brightness, contrast, saturation of the background image and much more.
Advice: The design in the presentation can be made unique and original. Just don’t get too carried away with various special effects so as not to distract attention from the essence of the issue.
Important!!! The background design is done for each slide separately. If you want the entire presentation to have this background image and other effects, select all the slides (they are in the column on the left side of the screen). To select all slides, click on the first one, and then holding Shift, click the last one. Or, holding Ctrl, click the required slides.
After you are completely satisfied with the design and layout of your slides, you need to choose what kind of transition will be between them. To do this, go to the tab Transitions. There will be a lot various options, try how each of them will look on your presentation and choose the one you need. You can even make a presentation without a transition. In this case, the slide will replace the slide immediately, without effects.
Another way to diversify your presentation design is through animation. But it is worth remembering that such design is not acceptable for serious reports.
To apply additional effects to text, photos or graphics, go to the tab Animation. Click on the element you want and choose how it will appear on the slide or how it will “go away” when the slide changes. You can also adjust the order and timing of elements appearing. With the help of animation, you can turn your presentation into almost a show.
All you have to do is save the finished presentation by clicking on the button with the image of a floppy disk in the upper left corner. If you need to save the presentation in a different format, go to File—Save as. Select the folder where to save the presentation, then select the desired format in the file type. For example, a presentation can be saved as a video.
Video tutorial on how to make a presentation in PowerPoint
Quite often during a speech or report, presentation new program or product, there is a need to visualize some information in front of the public. Most popular program For this purpose, Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is an environment for creating presentations with various effects. Now almost no event, such as a seminar, conference, or thesis defense, is complete without graphic support created in Power Point. The development of technology has made it possible to reproduce presentations not only on a computer or TV screen, but also on interactive whiteboards and using projectors.
Power Point Review
Making a presentation on your computer is not the only feature of Microsoft Power Point. With this program it is possible:
- impress the audience with an informative presentation;
- create graphic support for the target flow of people;
- scale slides, increasing or decreasing the desired areas;
- quickly switch slides, both automatically and manually;
- create unique graphic support for the report;
- use both your own themes and designs developed by the program manufacturer;
- quickly and easily create desired charts, graphs, etc.;
- add various visual and sound effects.
Video: business presentation
Presentation Components
The presentation consists of slides, the number of which is practically unlimited. They are sequentially collected into one file with the extension “.ppt”, which opens on any computer where Microsoft Power Point is installed.
Slides can be shown from electronic media or printed on paper.
You can place everything you need for a demonstration on the slides:
- text information;
- photographs, pictures, drawings, etc.;
- tables, graphs, diagrams;
- videos, films, clips;
- audio files;
- other graphic objects.
Power Point slides can be customized and modified:
- size;
- marking (location of objects on it);
- template (design and design);
- visual and sound transition effects.
The initial editor window in the program looks like this:
The Menu bar contains all important commands program, and the main and frequently used options are displayed on the toolbar. This panel can be edited by adding or removing certain elements. By clicking on the “Create Slide” button, an empty template will appear on the screen, on which you will have to work.
The left panel displays all the slides that make up the presentation. They can be in the form of miniature copies of themselves, or they can be displayed in structured text, displaying headings or content of the slide. You can also move and rearrange the slides in this panel. The task pane (located on the right) will display actions that you can use while creating your impression. At the bottom of the screen there is a Notes area where you can enter all the comments on the slide being created, which are visible only while working on the presentation.
All areas on the work screen can be enlarged or reduced by placing the cursor on their end line.
How to make your presentation step by step
There are several ways to create a presentation for an interactive whiteboard:
- develop a completely new presentation;
- from a standard or previously made template;
- from a ready-made file;
- from auto content wizard.
If we take a closer look, in the new demo you need to do all the markup, design styles, fonts, etc. yourself. Remaking a finished presentation will not ultimately produce a unique product. Selecting a template is similar to the previous method and allows you to use ready-made graphic and design developments from the creators of the program. If you use the Auto Content wizard, the program will ask you questions and, based on the answers, create the desired presentation template.
Start of creation
To start creating a slide show, you need to open the desired program.
This can be done via:
- Start;
- Programs;
- Microsoft Office;
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.
Will appear in the open program working window, in which you must select one of the previously listed methods for creating a slide show.
Video: Power Point 2007 Presentation
We make according to the template
You can create a beautiful presentation using a large number of Power Point templates. They include ready-made slides in terms of design, where you need to enter data. The design of the templates takes into account:
- Background color;
- Slide color schemes;
- Fonts, etc.
You can create a slide show from a template through the menu:
- File;
- Create;
- Create a presentation;
- Templates.
Select the desired template and click “Create”. The slide of the selected style will appear in the work area and can be edited.
Loading slides
To create a new slide, click on the corresponding button on the toolbar. You can also do this by right-clicking on the slide thumbnail in the window on the left and selecting the same command.
In the presentation outline area, you can copy or delete slides by selecting them and pressing the appropriate keyboard buttons. Or through the menu that opens with the right mouse button when you click on the slide.
Slides can also be swapped:
You can change the layout of the finished slide through:
- Home;
- Layout.
Text is entered in special fields on the slide. When marking a slide, space for text is already allocated automatically, but you can also add it to other places through the “Insert-Title” control panel item. Enter text in the field that appears.
The size of the input field will expand as you add text. You can finish typing by clicking on any free area of the slide.
You can insert a drawing or your own picture using the command:
- Insert;
- Drawing.
Or by clicking on the picture in the slide layout itself:
In the window that opens, select the desired file location and the image itself, and then click the “Insert” button. If you select “Clip”, you will be asked to find an image among the standard pictures of the program.
Any field on a slide can be moved and its size changed.
To do this you should:
- Click once on the desired object:
- then move the cursor over its boundaries - the change option will be available.
It is possible to add sound, video, tables, graphs, charts and autoshapes to a slide. Their buttons are available in the slide work area and in the Insert menu. There are quite a few options for each object, and the accessible design of Microsoft Power Point makes it possible to quickly understand them.
New design
You can change the site design through the menu:
- Design;
- Topics.
It has subsections:
- Colors;
- Fonts;
- Effects.
You can apply the selected theme to the entire show or to an individual slide. Color scheme within a specific topic may also change. To do this, click the corresponding column in the design area. Select the outline and right-click on it, applying it either to the entire presentation or to a selected slide: You can make your own image or fill as the background:
- Design;
- Background styles;
- Background format.
In this window you can select the fill type:
- Solid;
- Gradient (smooth transition from one color to another);
- Pattern or texture.
Text formatting – important stage in creating a slide show. A lot depends on the readability of the test.
To edit you should:
- select the desired piece of text;
- then use the tools on the main taskbar.
By default, each new line in the text is treated as a bulleted list. This is changed via the toolbar. Power Point also contains buttons for setting special effects, text direction, changing line spacing, etc. When selected in the slide work area graphic image, the “Working with Pictures” tab will appear on the toolbar.
There you can change:
- Brightness;
- Contrast;
- Display style;
- Color;
- Size.
Video: Presentation in 10 minutes
Animation
It is advisable to give beautiful visualization to slides filled with information. This is done using Animation Effects in the Slide Design task pane. From a large list of effects, you can choose any one for each object on the slide. Then during the demonstration they will appear beautifully on the screen. One effect applies to one slide, but you can click the Apply to All Slides button and it will appear on all slides in the presentation.
Adding transitions
Transition is used when changing from one site to another. The new slide can appear immediately or gradually. Fade in makes the presentation more beautiful and interesting.
To set up a transition, you need to select the slide and go to:
- Animation;
- Next, you should select the transition effect you like, the sound for it and the speed of the process. An automatic transition can also be configured (then its time is set) and by mouse click. The transition can be made for each slide separately, or it can be configured for the entire presentation at once.
Completion
At the end of your presentation, you should adjust the settings for the slide show itself to avoid unpleasant moments during the presentation. This is done in the “Slide show” - “Demonstration settings” item:
All basic display parameters are set here:
- Slide management;
- Changing slides;
- Slide numbers.
Also in the “Slide Show” menu you can hide slides that are temporarily not needed for display, but which cannot be deleted.
View finished work you can by clicking on the “From the Beginning” button:
- Save as...;
- Select a save location;
- Write the title of the work;
- Save.
Microsoft Power Point– accessible and simple program to create presentations on your computer. A variety of visual effects and design themes will allow you to quickly create an original and unique presentation for your public speech or school assignment.
Instructions for creating presentations
More and more aspects of our lives are interactive. Gradually, from pure “entertainment”, the Internet and the computer are becoming a way to do business or make a living. For example, for successful performance Today it is no longer enough to simply present information. At a minimum, a visual image is required, and it is better if it has video and audio accompaniment. How to present the required information, describe the essence of the proposals, insert the required diagrams and documents? Using presentations, which consist of a sequence of slides that illustrate and explain information. To date, a fairly comfortable software, which allows you to make not only slides or static pictures, but also insert video materials of various formats. Some of them are simple and accessible, some will take time to master. In any case, you first need to decide in what format you want to create a presentation, then choose a program and master it.
Brief overview of programs for creating presentations
For those who have Microsoft Office, it makes sense to pay attention to Microsoft Power Point. This fairly convenient program with a familiar, understandable design allows you to create slides various types, edit and insert video files (we’ll look at how to work with it below).
Kingsoft Presentation was created by analogy with it. It has both paid and free version. Her main drawback– lack of a Russified version. If you know at least a little English, this is not a problem: the design is very similar to Microsoft programs and is easy to understand by analogy. If you don’t know English, but have experience creating presentations, then it won’t be difficult to figure it out without the language; in addition, there are online translators, so the essence of the option can always be understood. As for the capabilities, it is clear that the paid version has wider functionality, but the free version also has a sufficient arsenal of tools: you can insert both sound and video, and easily add diagrams and graphics.
Another program is Corel Show. This is just part of the Corel office suite. It is distributed for a fee, but its cost is very reasonable. It will be easy to work with: the design is very reminiscent of Microsoft office programs. Same liner strip and quick access panel. Among the features is the ability to synchronize information with Dropbox file storage (very convenient if you use this service). Another feature of this program is that some functions appear in the tab or toolbar only if there is an opportunity to use them. Although this principle of organizing the process is not new, but, firstly, it allows you not to clutter up the management, and secondly, the operations that are currently possible are clearly visible.
There are more a whole series programs for creating presentations on a computer, but OpenOffice.org Impres and LibreOffice Impress are worth special mention. The programs are completely free and do not have wide functionality, but they are quite suitable for creating good presentations.
Where to start
Which presentation software? best question personal preferences and preferences, but you probably still need to start with Microsoft Power Point. Most PCs have their office suite installed, which means this program is also available. Well, after all, Microsoft’s developments are more polished and developed, they have a familiar control panel and are quite easy to learn. I have Office 2010 installed, so I’ll tell you how to work with the program of this version. Its other versions (2007 and 2003) have some differences, but it will not be difficult to figure it out.
How to create a presentation on your computer using Microsoft Power Point
Let's start with where to look for this program. If you have Microsoft Office installed, everything is simple. In the lower left corner of the screen there is a “start” button, click it, and in the list that opens, select the line “all programs”. In the new list we find the line “Microsoft Office”. After its activation, a list of office programs appears, including Microsoft Power Point. When you launch it, the start window opens.
Getting Started: Creating a Presentation
All actions in this program are simple and obvious. To create a new presentation, in the window that opens, select “File” in the upper left corner, then click on the “Create” sub-item in the column that appears on the right. To create a presentation, double-click on the “New Presentation” icon.
Create a new presentation
Creating slides
In the window that opens you will see standard form slide. There may be several such forms. By clicking on the “Create Slide” icon in the upper left corner, you will find a schematic representation of them. Choose the format that suits you best and click. The slide appears expanded. It is already available for editing. Fill out the fields, insert the necessary text explanations, pictures, diagrams or video files. This is very easy to do: in the center there is a schematic representation of all six possible inserts:
- table;
- diagram;
- SmartArt graphic;
- drawing from file;
- picture-illustration;
- multimedia clip.
If the schematic image doesn't tell you anything, hover your cursor and you can read what kind of objects are inserted through this icon. Select the desired item, follow the simple steps that the program prompts, and the slide is ready.
Everything is so simple and obvious that it won’t be difficult to figure out what, why, and why to do it. For example, you need to upload an illustration saved on your computer. Select the icon called “Insert picture from file” (bottom left), click, the insert picture window opens, in which you select the desired image, “click” on it, and the picture is already copied to the slide. This takes a few seconds. It's really very simple.
It's just as easy to insert tables and charts. Filling out a table is no different from working in Worde: you also set the number of rows and columns, and filling and editing content is the same. Simply enter the required information.
With diagrams everything is more interesting, but not at all more complicated. By selecting the “Add Chart” icon, you will see a chart on the slide. At the same time, a window with a Microsoft Excel table opens on the right, which contains the data displayed in this diagram. In Excel you can change all data: both numeric and alphabetic. All changes are immediately displayed on the diagram, so the results of the work are very obvious. After experimenting a little, you can easily figure out what's what.
By the way, each new slide created is displayed on the left side of the screen, and you can return to any of them at any time and start editing.
Changing the design
The slide background and font type can be changed. To do this, select the “Design” tab on the top panel. The available styles appear in the window that opens. Simply by hovering your cursor over the design you like, you can see how your slides look in this design. They don’t all have to be designed the same way (although this has a certain meaning: too colorful design confuses and distracts attention). In order to assign a certain type and background to a slide, select it in the left part of the window, then move the cursor over the design option that seems most suitable to you, right-click to bring up a menu where you select the “apply to selected slides” item. Everything, the background and design of the selected slide have changed. In the same tab you change colors, fonts, effects, background styles (all icons are located in the upper right corner of the screen). Everything is familiar and understandable to someone who has worked at least a little in one of the Microsoft office programs.
Animation Features
Animation is a very interesting feature that allows you to use different visual effects. You can use the most different options, which will help draw attention to a particular place on the slide, image or inscription. To do this, go to the “Animation” tab, select the slide with which you will work (for clarity, take a picture or drawing for the first time), select the “animation area” tab on the panel, and then select the part of the slide that will be subject to the effect (the first Just try it with a photo or picture - it’s more clear). In the now active panel (various stars are shown, under which the names of special effects are written), select the item you like. Then in the left bottom corner you set how many seconds it will last, click on the slide element to which the effect will be applied and observe the result.
Transitions between slides
For a more spectacular slide change, you can use special effects. In the main tab, select the “Transitions” item, in the panel that opens, select the required type of transition (you can try what it looks like), set the “Effects Options”, the presence and type of sound, how the slide will change - upon click or after a certain period of time (set using “checkmarks” or changing numbers in the corresponding box). In order to apply the selected special effect to all slides, click on the corresponding icon. And let's see how it will look.
These are just the basics of how to make a presentation on a computer. There are enough possibilities in each of the options. Each time you create a new presentation, you will open up new possibilities. But, as always, moderation is important in everything. Don't overdo it with colors and special effects. Slides should explain and illustrate the speech, and not distract attention from it.
