Datasheet

Create a Presentation

1. Open PowerPoint.

2. Click File to open the drop-down menu.

3. Click New to open the New Presentation Wizard (see

Figure 1-5).

Alternately, you can press Ctrl+N, and PowerPoint opens a blank

new slide. If you want to begin working on a new presentation, start

with the document that appears when you press Ctrl+N or double-

click the Blank Presentation icon.

4. In the New Presentation task pane (see Figure 1-5),

select one of the following options to create a

presentation:

• Installed Templates: Click Installed Templates to dis-

play all the templates installed with PowerPoint that

reside locally on your computer (see Figure 1-6).

• Microsoft Office Online: Click any one of the cate-

gories listed below Microsoft Office Online to display

templates that you can download from Microsoft.

For standard PowerPoint presentations, click the

Presentations link and click a subcategory in the

middle pane in the New Presentation Wizard.

5. To create a blank presentation, double-click the Blank

Presentation icon in the New Presentation Wizard.

Figure 1-5: Click File and click New to open the New Presentation task pane

Figure 1-6: Click Installed Templates to browse the templates installed with PowerPoint

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