Creating a PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (SLIDE-1)

Beginning the presentation

Slide 1

In PowerPoint 2007 a Slide Layout named Title Slide always appears first. PowerPoint “thinks” that you want to start your presentation with a title.  So, logically, the Title Slide appears in the main section of the screen.

After you understand PowerPoint a bit more, you can choose any of the layouts you desire. We’ll show you how to do this as we proceed through the tutorial.

You will notice, in the lower left corner of the screen, Slide 1 of 1 is indicated. 

You will also see that your screen looks like the image below.

 

Now we’ll have some fun and create a PowerPoint 2007 presentation on how to make a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. 

Place your cursor in the “Click to add title” box and Click the left mouse button.  Your text box, after you click, will look similar to the one below.

To insert the text in this formatted text box, we simply enter (type-in) the title: How to Make a Great PBJ – go ahead and type this text in the box.

Now, Click in the second box “Click to add sub-title” and type:

 

 A Gourmet Recipe (tap the Enter key)

From (tap the Enter key)

Your Name (type in your name like Janie Schwark or Greg Butler)

New Slide Button 

Now it’s time to create the next slide in your presentation.  To do this, we’ll need to find the New Slide button.

At the top left of the screen, in the Home Tab you will see a New Slide “button” which looks like the image on the right. 

When you move your cursor arrow over the button you will see a Microsoft Help Text box appear that says New Slide. 

  

Now this is a bit tricky…..   Look carefully at the lower right corner of the New Slide button and you will see a down arrow.

Click-on the down arrow to create your next slide.

If you accidentally click the button, and a new slide appears, don’t worry, we’ll show you how to change to the slide format you desire later in the tutorial. 

When you click the arrow an image similar to the one on the right will appear.   We’ll use the Title and Content slide for our second slide.  Click this choice.