Everything you need to give a smooth, professional presentation - from advancing the slides,
to using special presentation tools - starts with the PowerPoint slide show.
All you have to do is go to Slide Show…
From Beginning.
Or switch to Slide Show View at the bottom of your screen.
This is exactly what I'll be sharing with the audience at tonight's event.
To control my presentation, I like to use the arrow keys on my keyboard to advance the
slides… or reverse them.
You can also use the menu in the bottom left corner that appears only when you hover over
it.
This gives you easy access to navigation… and other tools that can help you during your
presentation.
For example, have you ever wanted to share something else with your audience while using
PowerPoint?
Maybe a website, or a file in another program?
You can access your task bar from this menu by going to Screen…
Switch Programs.
For me, this means we can share information from the school's website without having to
end the slide show or exit PowerPoint.
When you're ready, just close or minimize the program to go back.
The menu that allowed us to switch programs can also be accessed by right-clicking anywhere
on the screen.
Go to Slide is another presentation tool I use pretty frequently.
It lets you jump to any slide in your presentation - perfect for skipping ahead.
Now would a good time for me to practice using the pen and highlighter tools.
How do they work?
Just click to open the menu here, and you can change your mouse pointer to a Pen or
a Highlighter to draw attention to items on your slides.
For instance, during the 2010-2011 school year, gift wrapping was the most successful
fundraiser, earning nearly $2000.
See how it works?
Let's try the pen tool.
Here we can see that funds raised by the doughnut sale went down, to slightly less than $1500.
Use the same menu if you want to erase all the ink on your current slide, or switch back
to the mouse pointer.
I'm ready to wrap this up, so I'm just going to end the slide show by clicking End Show
on the presentation menu.
You can also press Esc on your keyboard.
Before we leave, PowerPoint is going to ask if we want to keep the ink markings we just
made.
I'm going to keep them for now - which means they stay on the slide, but can be deleted
any time.
There's one more thing I want to show you that might help you with your presentation.
If you go to Slide Show, then the Set Up Slide Show command, you can access settings that
control how your presentation is played.
For example, if you ever needed to set up a slide show that would run by itself on a
continuous loop - maybe at a kiosk or trade show booth - this is the place to do it.
Take some time to explore the rest of the Set Up options on your own, and don't be afraid
to experiment.
With a little practice - and with so many tools at your disposal - you'll be an expert
PowerPoint presenter in no time.