Welcome on PowerPointMadeEasy
On this site you will find a tutorial and a learning guide to
PowerPoint 2010 and 2013. It is intended for beginners and more experienced of
you. It includes an introduction, explanation of all menus, functions available
and the tricks of the professionals. At the end you will be perfectly able to do
yourselves stunning presentations.
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Introduction
This part is for
people who do not know PowerPoint and would like to go step by step through each
menu and receive detailed explanations. PowerPoint is a component of the
Microsoft Office suite also understand that Word, the famous word processor,
Excel spreadsheet and Outlook mail system and agenda. It is used by millions of
people worldwide.
Powerpoint allows you to create high quality presentations that can be
printed, projected on the screen, or shared online.
A Beautiful
Example as foretaste. We will go through the basic steps to create a first
presentation. We will create a quick presentation in minutes. This will help you
feel better what can PowerPoint.
Style and Content (la forme et le fond) :
in a few words, very important tips that will
help you get started and make a quality presentation.
Tips and Tricks of the Professionals
are often very simple but allow you to save
time, to hook your audience and you avoid mistakes that can be embarrassing.
Tips and Tricks, FAQ
The Tips and Tricks Pages make you
discover some important concepts we pretend and especially that will simplify
life
How to mess a presentation
Simplify your life with shortcuts
A presentation in 5 minutes
Personnalize the Ribbon
The Prezi way in Powerpoint. Watch this interesting video.
The Rubans (formerly menus)
Ribbons or formerly menus are detailed one
after the other here under.
Home Ribbon: includes
all editing functions, formatting text, paragraphs, and slides.
Insert Ribbon: allows adding
objects in the presentation. Whether encrypted tables, video, etc. ..
Design Ribbon: makes it easy to
change the design and overall appearance of the presentation.
Transitions Ribbon: Change how the
slides are transitioning from one to the other.
Animations Ribbon: allows the animation
of all objects and shape and texts in the presentation.
Slide show Ribbon: allows you to manage
all points on the slideshow.
Review Ribbon: correction, revision and
comment on the presentation are manager here
View Ribbon: allows you to switch
between various display mode.
Format Ribbons: they appear only when
an object is selected and they are used to manage the various parameters of this
object. In the case of the example here, it is the Format Ribbon for a text
area. The Format Ribbon will be different if an image, drawing, text is
selected.
Create (english)
In this section you will learn how to add to your
presentation all the elements that go into making a great presentation.
Areas of text can
be inserted anywhere on your document. They can be combined
withwith images,
charts, etc ...
Simple Shapes can be inserted on any area of the
slide. You can add text, change the outline, the form of it.
Tables of numbers or other
data provide cohesion and clarity to your presentation. We'll talk in detail
tables and how they are useful to visually present information in a structured
way.
Graphs or charts: a picture is
worth 1000 words, a graph may be 500... How to insert a chart, which among all
available to choose,
All about images: how to insert,
edit, format, add their borders, truncate, enlarge and reduce ...
ClipArt (free images) are simple
images that are used to fill a presentation. They will be explained and also
where to find them.
SmartArt: SmartArt that are new
from Office 2010. Smart table and graph that will be explained in detail.
WordArt: WordArt or the secrets of
how to create text that impresses your audience will be revealed.
Animations: how to animate a
text, an image will be discussed in the entertainment section.
Transitions: th: the transition
between slides (slide in English) and are use. Animations and transitions to use
moderation and will be explained why.
Superb Backgrounds: master views
will be discussed in detail. They allow you to create your own look / design to
your presentation and above all to make your slides visually well done in their
design.
Basics
Be effective: a few basics are essential.
Navigation: how to move from one
slide to another can be done in multiple ways.
Selecting objects is something
easy at first sight but a few things let you avoid pulling your hair.
Selecting Text seems, as
for objects, easy but also here we will talk about ways to do optimally.
Correct your mistakes: it is very
important to correct your spelling errors as well as the grammatical errors.
Find Text: easily find a word, a
phrase that you wrote in your presentation but cannot remember where it was.
Replace texte: replace a word
with another word, a phrase by another phrase. This very easily.
Present, the stage is yours.
Lets the show begin: time to go before the
public has arrived. Are you prepared, have you thought of everything?
Accessories or gadgets: some
examples of tools that can facilitate your presentation.
Projector or screen: Powerpoint
allows you to tailor your presentation to the projection screen. Also explain
here how to make scrolling presentation.
Presentation Notes:
explains how to take notes to help you present and also how to display
during the presentation.
Presenting Well: some
tips to make good impression.
Printing your
presentation can be done in different ways. One sheet per slide or multiple
slides on one sheet. You can save the forest and save your wallet.
Links (english)
Links: Some very interesting links.