This document provides instructions for creating a PowerPoint presentation including starting a new blank presentation, using themes, working with slide layouts, inserting and formatting clip art, cropping pictures, and citing sources. Key steps include clicking File then New to start a blank presentation, selecting a theme from the Design tab, choosing a layout from the Home tab, inserting clip art from the Insert tab, and selecting the crop tool to trim unwanted areas of an image.
1. How to create a
PowerPoint
presentation
created by Lisa Marshall
2. Start a Blank Presentation
• Click the File button.
• Choose New.
• Click the Create button in the bottom-right
corner of the dialog box to start a new blank
presentation.
• Click Home-Slides-New Slide on the ribbon.
4. Using themes in a presentation
PowerPoint’s built-in theme present
professional looking color schemes and
background graphics at the click of a mouse.
• Display the Design tab on the Ribbon.
• Notice the Themes group.
• Click on your choice of theme.
5. Working with Slide Layouts
The Layout gallery
offers a variety of
different ways to
organize your content
on the slide.
• Choose Home-
Slides-Layout from
the ribbon.
• Select the layout of
your choice.
6. How to use clip art in presentations
• Insert clip art by choosing Insert-Illustrations-
Clip Art.
• Sizing the clip art by dragging the sizing
handles.
• Rotate clip art by placing the mouse pointer
on the green rotate handle and dragging left
or right.
• Apply a style to clip art by selecting the
object, choosing Format, Picture Styles from
the ribbon, and click the desired style.
8. How to crop a picture
• Select the picture to be cropped.
• Click the crop button in the tools bar.
• Place the crop tool on the part of the picture
you want to crop and drag to the desired
position.
