Lesson 7: Slide Basics Show
/en/powerpoint2013/saving-and-sharing/content/ IntroductionPowerPoint presentations are made up of a series of slides. Slides contain the information you will present to your audience. This might include text, pictures, and charts. Before you start creating presentations, you'll need to know the basics of working with slides and slide layouts. Optional: Download our practice presentation. Understanding slides and slide layoutsWhen you insert a new slide, it will usually have placeholders. Placeholders can contain different types of content, including text and images. Some placeholders have placeholder text, which you can replace with your own text. Others have thumbnail icons that allow you to insert pictures, charts, and videos. A slide with empty placeholdersSlides have different layouts for placeholders, depending on the type of information you want to include. Whenever you create a new slide, you'll need to choose a slide layout that fits your content. Different slide layoutsTo insert a new slide:Whenever you start a new presentation, it will contain one slide with the Title Slide layout. You can insert as many slides as you need from a variety of layouts.
To change the layout of an existing slide, click the Layout command, then choose the desired layout. Applying a new layout to an existing slideTo quickly add a slide that uses the same layout as the selected slide, click the top half of the New Slide command. Inserting a new slide with the same layoutOrganizing slidesPowerPoint presentations can contain as many slides as you need. The Slide Navigation pane makes it easy to organize your slides. From there, you can duplicate, rearrange, and delete slides in your presentation. The Slide Navigation paneWorking with slides
To copy and paste slides:If you want to create several slides with the same layout, you may find it easier to copy and paste a slide you've already created instead of starting with an empty slide.
Customizing slidesTo change the slide size:By default, all slides in PowerPoint 2013 use a 16 by 9—or widescreen—aspect ratio. You might know that widescreen TVs also use the 16-by-9 aspect ratio. Widescreen slides will work best with widescreen monitors and projectors. However, if you need your presentation to fit a standard 4-by-3 screen, it's easy to change the slide size to fit.
To format the slide background:By default, all slides in your presentation use a white background. It's easy to change the background style for some or all of your slides. Backgrounds can have a solid, gradient, pattern, or picture fill.
To apply a theme:A theme is a predefined combination of colors, fonts, and effects that can quickly change the look and feel of your entire slide show. Different themes also use different slide layouts, which can change the arrangement of your existing placeholders. We'll talk more about themes later in our Applying Themes lesson.
Try applying a few different themes to your presentation. Some themes will work better than others, depending on your content. Customizing slide layoutsSometimes you may find that a slide layout doesn't exactly fit your needs. For example, a layout might have too many—or too few—placeholders. You might also want to change how the placeholders are arranged on the slide. Fortunately, PowerPoint makes it easy to adjust slide layouts as needed. Adjusting placeholders
To add a text box:Text can be inserted into both placeholders and text boxes. Inserting text boxes allows you to add to the slide layout. Unlike placeholders, text boxes always stay in the same place, even if you change the theme.
Using blank slidesIf you want even more control over your content, you may prefer to use a blank slide, which contains no placeholders. Blank slides can be customized by adding your own text boxes, pictures, charts, and more.
While blank slides offer more flexibility, keep in mind that you won't be able to take advantage of the predesigned layouts included in each theme. To play the presentation:Once you've arranged your slides, you may want to play your presentation. This is how you will present your slide show to an audience.
You can also press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to start a presentation. Challenge!
/en/powerpoint2013/text-basics/content/ Does each slide in a presentation have a layout that includes placeholders?Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and placeholder boxes for all of the content that appears on a slide.
When the title slide is the current slide What happens when you click the new slide button?Which of the following views would be the best one to use? Which of the following is text that describes the data illustrated in the chart? When the title slide is the current slide, what happens when you click the New Slide button? A new slide with the Title and Content layout is added after the title slide.
Which determines the speed at which data travels?The processor or CPU is one of the main components of a computer. The overall speed of a computer or “clock speed” of a computer is usually determined by how fast it processes data.
How is streaming of video or audio different from downloading it?What is the difference between streaming and downloading? Streaming is real-time, and it's more efficient than downloading media files. If a video file is downloaded, a copy of the entire file is saved onto a device's hard drive, and the video cannot play until the entire file finishes downloading.
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