A quick way to create a presentation on a computer. In which program to make a presentation: software overview

Evgenia Dychko, Crello Marketing Manager, tells you what to do if you need to put together a cool presentation for investors, but there is almost no time for it (and the Internet too).

Let's imagine a situation: you have been assigned a personal meeting with top market players in another country. It's morning now, meeting in the afternoon, you're on your way. There won't be another chance like this. The stakes are high, the people are serious, the prospects are cosmic.

But you don’t have a slide presentation, and without it, you can’t talk about the product as you need. And still there is no access to working Keynote and PowerPoint. The internet keeps dropping out. On the plane, where you will spend two or three hours, it will not be at all.

It would be possible to put an end to the presentation, but not all is lost. Save simple web designers. Three minutes to panic, the other two hours to exhale and put together a decent presentation with the resources that we have.

Stock up on material. Download everything that can be used in a presentation to your laptop and phone - save links, photos, screenshots, numbers. Take all the old presentations.

Think of a concept. While still in the taxi, highlight the main idea and structure of the presentation. Make a text template on your phone.

Share with colleagues. When a more or less stable Internet appears, share a link to the concept and a draft presentation with the team - a fresh look and comments will not hurt.

If all this is there, you can start.

Here is a list of five basic online presentation services that personally help me a lot when they are on fire.

1. Google Slides

There are only three themes in the Google Slides Builder - Personal, Education, Business - with 20+ templates and different themes. If you don't like any of the templates, you can create a presentation from scratch. Slides has simple animations and the ability to add graphs, charts, and videos. The project can be downloaded in the main formats - .pdf, .ppt, .jpg and others - for free.

Screenshot from Your big idea presentation template page on Google Slides

Advantages: Google Slides is included in the cloud office suite, it is used by millions, there are no bugs. Here you can create and edit a presentation in full offline - when the Internet appears, the content is synchronized.

Minuses: global popularity (read: worn out) Slides. Templates and themes are boring, you can’t change the colors in them, you won’t be able to quickly be original on a clean slate either. If you want a custom presentation, this is not the place for you.

Important to remember: add a video for the presentation to Google Drive or in advance. Google Slides does not work with other services.

2. Zoho

Zoho Show is a presentation tool in the Zoho Office Suite that shares many similarities with Google Slides. At the initial level, it is also free, and this is usually enough.

There are about 20 templates, but you can change the color scheme. There are a lot of animations and opportunities to customize graphic elements. But even with some tweaks, Zoho's presentations are minimalist.

Screenshot from the Zoho Show page with a selection of templates

Advantages: In Zoho, you can search for pictures on Picasa and Flickr right from the interface. This will not help much if there is no Internet, but as soon as it appears, you can quickly close this task. You can also create presentations with wide and standard slides.

Minuses: the visual part of the template in Zoho Show needs to be significantly improved so that it doesn’t turn out too bland.

Important to remember: without the Internet, the functionality of the tool is sharply limited. For example, it's not possible to add a new slide offline, so make the presentation wireframe before the plane.

3. Emaze

Emaze makes dynamic presentations - slides beautifully replace each other, fragments jump and spin, the project breathes. There are few templates, only 12 for each area - business, art and education - but enough for basic tasks.

There is a lot of motion in Emaze, if not a lot. For each of the animated elements, you can change the type of movement. All work on adapting the template comes down to adding text and setting up graphics. Photos can be taken from your own, or Picasa.

You can edit the template and add new pages offline. The only thing is that when you try to save, it will constantly issue an alert that there is no connection.

Screenshot from the Emaze page with one of the templates

Advantages: Emaze turns graphic projects into microfilm, and presentations like these are never forgotten.

Minuses: Emaze allows you to create only three presentations for free, and even then they cannot be downloaded - you can only watch online. But even in this format, they look great. Subscription for $12.5/month - and you forget about these restrictions.

Important to remember: Emaze has so many animation options in slides that you can get carried away with embellishment and forget about the main thing.

4. Crello

Crello has a section with multi-page templates that can be used as presentations. Each such template has five pages, but pages can be duplicated.

Slides are configured in the same way as any other graphics in Crello - you can change backgrounds, frames, shapes, icons, stickers and labels.

There are many Cyrillic fonts in the service, but you can add your own from the brand book.

A slide from one of Crello's multi-page projects

Advantages: there are many designer multi-page templates with interesting architecture on the platform. The section is new, visual solutions are not boring. There are new designs coming out all the time, so there's always plenty to choose from. At any stage, the project can be uploaded to .jpg, .png or .pdf. Everything is free.

Minuses: projects in Crello can be edited without the Internet, but then only basic functions are available, mainly for working with text. There will be no access to shapes and photos.

Important to remember: in Crello, you can independently create a multi-page project - in fact, a presentation - from a template of any format: publications, business cards, posters, covers, and others. Just copy the picture on the edit page.

5.Swipe

In Swipe, slides are designed using markdown markup - it acts as a text editor. There are no presentation templates, only page templates, and they have color and font, no graphics.

To customize the appearance of the slide, you need to enter the shade code and font name. Pictures are linked. Videos, gifs, polls cannot be added to a page with text, but they can take a separate slide.

Screenshot from the Emaze page with page templates

Advantages: The main feature of Swipe is maximum simplicity, you can't think of anything more elementary. Here it is convenient to create concise slides with an emphasis on the essence.

Minuses: only five presentations are free, then you need to pay $20/month or $15/month if paid annually. Working without the Internet in Swipe will not work - to go to the next slide, you need to save the current one.

Important to remember: before going into Swipe, review everything you know about markdown. This will save time.

This instruction will help you structure the information and convey it to the audience.

What tools to use

Platforms: Windows, macOS, web, Android and iOS.
Price: free trial or subscription from 269 rubles per month.

The most popular presentation software has a fairly simple interface and is supported on different devices. Multiplatform is perhaps the main advantage of the program from Microsoft. As for the visual component, the templates do not always correspond to the trends in the field of design.

PowerPoint allows you to edit slide backgrounds and templates, use different fonts (many of them are in Russian), and insert multimedia.

• Platforms: web, chrome, android and ios.
• Price: is free.

The service is suitable if you need to quickly assemble a standard-looking presentation with a modern design, but without a big . Designs are divided into three groups: "Personal", "Education", "Business". In total, about 20 different templates are available - optimally, to choose the right one and not get stuck, sorting through the options. For those who prefer their own design, there is an option to create slides from scratch.

You can add charts, graphs and videos (Google Drive and YouTube only). It is convenient that you can edit the presentation both online and offline: when the Internet is connected, the content is automatically synchronized. The finished presentation can be downloaded in popular formats: PDF, PPT, JPG and others.

3. Canva

• Platforms: web, ios.
• Price: free or from $12.95 per month.

One of the most popular online presentation creation services offers a variety of slide templates. There are both free and paid ones (it is not clear why, because you can almost always pick up a free analogue). It is convenient that each of them is easy to customize, changing beyond recognition. You can customize everything: add or remove objects, choose colors, icons and fonts. You can change the size of slides in the paid version by subscription.

Canva supports Russian fonts, but there aren't many of them. The finished presentation can be downloaded in PDF, PNG or JPG.

• Platforms: web.
• Price: is free.

An analogue of Canva with an even friendlier interface and full support for Russian fonts.

There are many design multi-page templates available, each of which can be customized in its own way: change colors, add or remove elements, inscriptions, images. The gallery is constantly updated, so you can always find something new.

Images can be searched directly in Crello: there is a search for paid and free ones and the ability to upload your own.

By default, the service supports many Russian fonts. It is also possible to add your own. You just need to load it once, and the font will appear in the drop-down list.

5. Tilda

• Platforms: web.
• Price: free of charge or from 500 rubles per month.

Initially, the service is designed for quick and easy layout of websites and landing pages, but it can also be used for presentations.

The main feature is an intuitive Russian-language interface and the ability to work without knowing the code. All actions are performed in the visual editor by adding new blocks. All templates were developed by professionals, taking into account trends in design.

Tilda supports beautiful Russian fonts, so there will be no problems with this.

When the presentation in the form of a one-page site is ready, it must be saved to PDF page by page and edited in any computer (if necessary).

6 Visme

• Platforms: web.
• Price: free or from $12 per month.

Nice English-language interface still takes a little time to figure it out. However, after that, it will be possible to collect presentations quickly.

The service is suitable for creating presentations with beautiful infographics - you can do it here. At your disposal - more than 100 free fonts (Russian is not very much), a lot of free images and icons. You can also add video and audio.

There are not many slide templates in the free version, but this is enough for ordinary tasks.

A feature of Visme is the ability to animate content. The finished presentation can be saved in JPG, PNG, PDF or HTML5 format.

7. Prezi

• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
• Price: from $5 per month.

This service allows you to abandon the standard slide format and make a presentation in the form of a large map. You can simply switch between topics, rather than flipping pages.

The map is created in high resolution, so that when you zoom in, the content is easy to perceive. Available templates from designers, you can download and use your multimedia materials (audio, video, animation, PowerPoint slides). It is convenient that several people can edit the presentation at once. It also has the ability to edit offline.

There are few Russian fonts, but all the main ones are there.

Prezi is a paid program, but you can test it for free. The finished presentation can be stored in the cloud or saved to a computer in the desired format.

• Platforms: web, macOS, iOS.
• Price: is free.

One of the most popular services among owners of "apple" devices. When there is such a regular tool, you can not look for anything else. Many users agree that Keynote has a simpler interface than the legendary PowerPoint.

The web version of Keynote is available to owners of any device (you will need to enter or register an Apple ID by opening the site in a browser).

The library has many beautiful and concise templates that can be optimized for content and tasks. Synchronization with iCloud allows multiple users to simultaneously edit a presentation in real time.

It is convenient that you can download a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint format (PPTX and PPT), make changes, and then save it in the desired format, which is readable not only on Apple gadgets (PDF).

What to include in a presentation

1. Tell a story

Listening to history is much more interesting than a dry enumeration of facts, excerpts from books and statistics. Turn your presentation into a captivating, imaginative story. So the necessary information will be remembered by listeners.

2. Consider the structure

You need to understand what your presentation will be about and how exactly you will convey information to the audience before you start collecting a document in one of the services. No matter how attractive the design is, if the structure is lame and the facts are presented chaotically, it is unlikely to work.

3. Prioritize images

Today, not everyone likes to read. If text can be replaced with images, do so. Use icons, beautiful photos, high-quality schemes and diagrams. Looking at them is more interesting than reading a large array of text.

4. Remove everything unnecessary

If you can refuse something without compromising the meaning, feel free to do it. Cutting off everything unnecessary, shortening the text, removing distracting effects, you formulate your thoughts more accurately. The clearer your message, the easier it is for the audience to perceive it.

How to make a presentation

1. Forget Outdated PowerPoint Templates

While a PowerPoint presentation used to look fine, with the advent of more winning templates, it looks outdated. If you plan to use and edit the presentation in the future, it is better to assemble a “skeleton” once from templates in one of the above services or create your own. Then you will only need to change the content in them - this will not take much time, but it will allow you to beautifully present the material.

2. Use 3-5 colors

This is a rule that allows you to avoid too colorful design that distracts from the content of the presentation.

There are three base colors and two additional (shades of the primary colors, they are used if necessary). The first color is allocated for the background, the second and third for the text. The colors that are used for text should be contrasting so that the content is easy to read.

As a rule, among the main colors there are corporate colors of your company. If there are none, you can use one of the sites for the selection of flowers.

3. Add line and flat icons

Volumetric low-quality icons seem to say: "The person who made this presentation is stuck in the 2000s."

Flat minimalistic icons will make your presentation more modern and concise, allowing you to visualize information. This site has thousands of stylish icon options that you can download for free.

4. Use sans-serif fonts

If you are not a professional designer, it is better to choose simple and readable sans-serif fonts. This is a versatile option that is suitable for any presentation. Here are a few examples to consider:

• Arial;
• Arial Narrow;
• Arial Black (for headings);
• Calibri
• Bebas (for headers);
• roboto;
• Helvetica;
• open Sans.

In one presentation, it is better to use one group of fonts and change only the style.

5. Choose only high-quality images

By what images you choose for your presentation, people will judge your taste. Today, when there are so many open sources, it is not always possible to properly manage them. Here's what to avoid:

• pictures from search engines;
• images with forced smiles of people and a white background from stocks;
• low-resolution pictures (less than 1,000 pixels on the long side).

Look for photos on free photo stocks. There are many of them, you can find the right picture in most cases.

6. Insert beautiful tables and charts

All the rules described above apply to this item as well. When making a diagram, choose the right colors, get rid of unnecessary content and save the result in high resolution. Any table or chart in your presentation should be simple, clear, and concise. The background should be left white.

How to make a presentation

1. Rehearse

Rehearsal is a good way to deal with anxiety and reorganize the information for yourself. Speak in front of a mirror or colleagues - this will help you stay more confident. If possible, use Presenter View (like Keynote has one). In this mode, slide notes, timing, next slide, and other useful information will be displayed on your computer screen during your presentation.

2. Talk to the audience

A successful presentation is a dialogue, not a monologue. Ask the audience what they think about this or that matter, whether they agree with you, or if they have a different opinion. Interactive will make the presentation not only more memorable, but also more productive - both for the speaker and for the audience.

3. Be aware of the timing

As a rule, the time required for a presentation is calculated from the ratio 1 minute = 1 slide. So, if you have 20 slides, the presentation will take at least 20 minutes. Keep an eye on the time, because too fast presentation of the material will not be effective, and a prolonged presentation will not please the audience.

In modern times, creating presentations is a part of our daily life. It can be useful in studies, of any kind. You can use it at home for entertainment. But the main component is work, especially related to business. In general, this knowledge is very important, or at least will not be superfluous.

To create a presentation on a computer, you need to have PowerPoint installed, text written and checked for errors, good quality pictures, video and audio materials. It is worth noting that PowerPoint is available on all PCs that have Microsoft Office installed. If it is not there, then you can install it yourself from the official Microsoft Office website.

Create slides

From the creation of the first slide, work begins in Microsoft PowerPoint. To create an initial slide, follow these steps:

• Click "Start", "All Programs", select "Microsoft Office". We look for the desired program in the list.

• PowerPoint opens. The first slide is created automatically. It consists of a heading and a subheading.

• We fill in these fields. Enter a title and subtitle.

• In order to create a new slide, just select the appropriate function on the toolbar or right-click in the left menu and select "Create Slide".

• The next slide will have a different structure: title and text of the slide.

• If you need to change the structure of the slide, you must click on the "Slide Layout" button and select the appropriate option.

This way you can create any number of slides. All of these slides can be styled accordingly. The white background can be replaced in the following way.

• Go to the "Design" tab and select the appropriate theme.

• All slides will automatically change their appearance.

• If you want a certain theme to be applied to individual slides, you should right-click on the theme and select the appropriate option from the list. For example, "Apply to selected slides." The first slide will get a distinct look from the second. And you can adjust the assigned design through the "Colors", "Fonts", "Background Styles" buttons.

Work with text

The text should be prepared in advance. It needs to be subtracted, checked for errors. Only in this case, you can prepare a high-quality presentation.

To work with text in the PowerPoint editor, there are special text blocks. The text in them can be typed or copied and pasted in the standard way (Ctrl + A - select, Ctrl + C - copy, Ctrl + V - paste).

Pasted text can be formatted. To do this, on the toolbar, you can select the font type and size, spacing, text orientation, bulleted and numbered lists.

It is also worth noting that you can insert a WordArt object instead of a title. To do this, go to the "Insert" tab and select the letter "A", which is responsible for WordArt objects.

In this way, we add text for all slides.

IMPORTANT! Don't put too much text on your slides. All material must be presented concisely. The person who will watch the presentation should not be busy reading. He should have time to listen to the speaker. And yet, it is desirable that the slides contain the text that you will not voice.

Adding pictures and working with them

If you add a picture to your presentation, it will become more interesting. However, for one slide, we recommend using no more than two high-quality pictures. Overflowing one slide with images would be inappropriate.

To insert an image in the PowerPoint editor there is a whole block. It is enough to go to the "Insert" tab and select "Drawing", "Picture", "Snapshot", "Photo Album".

It is worth noting that no matter which method you choose, you will need to specify the location where the image is stored.

After selecting a picture and adding it to the slide, the position and size can be changed. To do this, use the dots at the corners of the picture.

Also, if the picture interferes, you can specify its location "in the background". In this case, the text will be superimposed on top of the image.

Adding tables and graphs

If you need to prepare a business presentation in which you need to use statistical data, the program has a function to insert tables and charts. You can insert a table from Excel or draw and fill it out already in the editor.

In the first case (pasting from Excel), you should do the following:

• Select "Insert", "Table" and "Paste with Excel".

• Next, select the filled cells from the original table, copy and paste them into the presentation table.

If there is no completed table, you should click "Table" and select the number of rows and columns. During selection, the presentation window will display the dimensions of the table. However, they can be adjusted.

Then fill in the table with the necessary information.

You can also add graphs and charts to your presentation. To do this, in the "Insert" tab, you need to click on the "Chart" button or select the same icon on the slide itself.

Then choose the chart type.

The Excel file will open. Populate the table with data.

After filling in the table, we return back to the presentation. A chart will appear here.

Thus, the presentation can be used to provide reports, compare data.

IMPORTANT! After closing the Excel file, the chart will not disappear.

Working with video and audio

You can also add video and audio to your presentation. To add a video. It is worth doing the following:

• Go to the "Insert" tab and select "Video". Next, specify "From File" or "From Site".

• Next, indicate where the video is located. Select the video and click "Insert".

• Embedding the video will take some time. Do not click the "Cancel" button. The larger the file, the longer it will take to download.

To add audio, you should click on the button next to "Sound" and point to the file.

If you want the sound to last throughout the presentation, it's worth in the "Playback" tab, in the "Start" section, set the value to "For all slides."

You can also adjust the volume of the background music. To do this, just click on the "Volume" button and specify the sound level.

To prevent the sound icon from being displayed on slides, it is worth checking the "Hide when showing" box.

Adding special effects

Special effects should mean transitions between slides, the appearance and disappearance of text. To add special effects, you need to select the first slide, the title in it and go to the "Animation" tab. Click here to add animation.

Specify "On click" or set the time range for the animation to occur.

It is worth noting that the animation will have to be set for each title and text separately. All animated elements will be indicated by numbers.

You can also set an output for each element. This is a special effect with which the title, picture or text will disappear. This function is in the same section as the input, only you will need to scroll the slider down.

After designing the first slide, you should go to the second and set the animation for each element separately.

Saving and viewing a project

After designing all the slides, you need to set up the presentation. Go to the first slide and press "F5". The project preview will start. We look and study the shortcomings. To exit the show mode, you must press the ESC (escape) button on the keyboard. Fixing deficiencies. Then go to the "Slide Show" tab and click "Show Settings". We indicate how the slides will change (by time or manually), the display parameters, the order of the slides.

You can start the presentation by double-clicking.

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How to make a presentation on a computer updated: September 11, 2017 by: Subbotin Pavel

To be able to correctly present your work is a high art. That is why it is so important to know the intricacies of creating a presentation on a computer. But if you have never met this “beast” before, we will tell you in detail and show you how to make a presentation in Word (as well as in powerpoint) with step-by-step instructions.

What kind of presentation can you make yourself?

In the office suite (namely Microsoft Power Point), which most likely all students have already mastered, you can make a very decent presentation - from several sheets (slides), with sound effects, with graphs and diagrams.

But before starting work, you will have to stock up on the most necessary things - without which no presentation will work:

• high-quality text - it is better to write it yourself, taking into account the characteristics of the audience in front of which you will make your presentation. A little humor (the main thing is not to overdo it) and beautiful design - and the presentation will be held with a bang!
• high-quality pictures, graphs, charts, diagrams - it is best to use personal photos or drawings. But if there are none, feel free to use high resolution stock images. If you don't know which program is better for making drawings for a presentation on a computer, use graph - it does a great job of drawing graphs. If all this is too difficult for you - ok: take a piece of paper and a pen, draw yourself, take pictures and insert into the presentation as a drawing!
• video (if necessary). If you do not know how to shoot high-quality videos, then it is better not to use them at all. In addition to filming, you also need to be able to process the footage well. However, long live youtube, where you can find a lot of everything useful and already filmed by someone.

And of course, the most important thing you need to make a presentation in powerpoint is a plan! No matter how beautifully your own presentation appears in your thoughts, without a plan and a logical sequence of thoughts, it will be just a set of text, pictures and graphs. Think carefully about your target audience, as well as the time that you will need to meet.

An invaluable tutorial on how to make a presentation in powerpoint

Here you can create and delete slides, swap them if necessary, set titles for them.

If you're unhappy with the presentation view you've set, play around with your slide layouts. Just click on the slide with the right mouse button on the slide itself. Actions will appear on the left, where select the "layout\..." setting

Now it's time to work on the appearance of the presentation in powerpoint. You can select a theme by opening themes - find the "Design" button in the toolbar and select "Themes" there.

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See how the presentation changed immediately? Now let's move on to the content of the slides.

After you have selected the desired type of chart, the program will open a window for you in which you will need to enter the main indicators for display in the presentation. Here's what it will look like:

It is also easy to work with tables - in the tools, select "Insert / Tables", immediately select the required number of rows and columns (everything is like in a Word) and fill it in to your health!

We agree to the condition of the program that while viewing the slide, the video will play automatically and that's it.

You can also play with different types of animation, framing and other "chips", but we are considering the basic creation, so some other time.

1. Direct Presentation Presentation. To start viewing your presentation, just launch it and press F5. You can also start the presentation, click "Slide Show" and select "Start show again."

So you have created the simplest, but quite nice presentation that will help you achieve the desired effect. If you don’t have the opportunity (well, say, a computer) or time to do it yourself in Power Point, you can always ask for help from!

Instructions for creating presentations

More and more aspects of our lives are interactive. Gradually, from pure "entertainment", the Internet and the computer become a way to do business or earn a living. For example, for a successful speech today, it is no longer enough just to present information. You need at least a visual range, but it is better if it has video and audio accompaniment. How to present the required information, describe the essence of the proposals, insert the required diagrams and documents? By means of presentations, which consist of a sequence of slides illustrating and explaining information. To date, quite comfortable software has been created that allows you to make not only slides or static pictures, but also insert video materials of various formats. Some of them are simple and affordable, some will take time to master. In any case, you first need to decide in what format you want to create a presentation, then choose a program and master it.

Brief overview of presentation programs

For those who have Microsoft Office, it makes sense to pay attention to Microsoft Power Point. This rather convenient program with a familiar, clear design allows you to create slides of various types, edit and insert video files (we will discuss how to work with it below).

By analogy with it, Kingsoft Presentation was created. It has both paid and free versions. Its main drawback is the lack of a Russified version. If you know at least a little English, this is not a problem: the design is very similar to Microsoft programs and, by analogy, it is easy to figure it out. If you do not know English, but have experience in creating presentations, then it will not be difficult to figure it out without the language, in addition, there are online translators, so the essence of the option can always be understood. As for the features, it is clear that the paid version has more functionality, but the free version also has a sufficient arsenal of tools: you can insert both sound and video, it is easy to add charts and graphics.

Another program is Corel Show. This is only part of the Corel office suite. It is distributed for a fee, but its cost is very acceptable. It will be easy to work with it: the design is very reminiscent of Microsoft office programs. The same inlay ribbon and quick access bar. Of the features - the ability to synchronize information with the Dropbox file storage (very convenient if you use this service). Another feature of this program is that some functions appear in the tab or toolbar only if there is an opportunity to use them. Although this principle of organizing the process is not new, but, firstly, it allows not to clutter up the management, and secondly, the operations that are possible at the moment are clearly visible.

There are a number of other programs for creating presentations on a computer, but OpenOffice.org Impres and LibreOffice Impress are worth mentioning separately. The programs are completely free and do not differ in wide functionality, but they are quite suitable for creating good presentations.

Where to start

Which of the presentation programs is the best is a matter of personal preferences and preferences, but you probably need to start with Microsoft Power Point. Most PCs have their office suite installed, which means that this program is also available. Well, nevertheless, the developments of "Microsoft" are more refined and worked out, they have a familiar control panel and are quite easy to master. I have Office 2010 installed, so I'll tell you how to work with the program of this version. Its other variants (2007 and 2003) have some differences, but it will not be difficult to figure it out.

How to create a presentation on a computer using Microsoft Power Point

Let's start with where to find this program. If you have Microsoft Office installed, everything is simple. In the lower left corner of the screen is the "start" button, click, in the list that opens, select the line "all programs". In the new list we find the line "Microsoft Office". After its activation, a list of office programs appears, where there is also Microsoft Power Point. When launched, the start window opens.

Getting Started: Creating a Presentation

All actions in this program are simple and obvious. To create a new presentation in the window that opens, select the "File" item in the upper left corner, then click on the "Create" sub-item in the column that appears on the right. To create a presentation, double-click on the New Presentation icon.

Create a new presentation

Create slides

In the window that opens, you will see the standard slide form. There may be several such forms. By clicking on the icon in the upper left corner of the "Create Slide" you will find their schematic representation. Choose the format that suits you best and click. The slide appears expanded. It is already editable. Fill in the fields, insert the necessary text explanations, pictures, diagrams or video files. It is very easy to do this: in the center there is a schematic representation of all six possible inserts:

• table;
• diagram;
• Smart Art drawing;
• drawing from file;
• picture-illustration;
• multimedia clip.

If the schematic image does not tell you anything, hover over and you can read what kind of objects are inserted through this icon. Select the desired item, perform simple actions that the program prompts and the slide is ready.

Everything is so simple and obvious that it will not be difficult to figure out what, why, what to do. For example, you need to download an illustration saved on your computer. Select the icon called "Insert picture from file" (lower left), click, the insert picture window opens, in which you select the desired image, "click" on it, and now the picture is already copied to the slide. It takes a few seconds. Everything is really very simple.

It's just as easy to insert tables and charts. Filling a table is no different from working in Worde: the number of rows and columns is also set, similarly filling and editing the content. Just enter the required information.

With diagrams, everything is more interesting, but not at all more difficult. By selecting the "Add Chart" icon, you will see a chart on the slide. At the same time, a window with a Microsoft Excel table opens on the right, which contains the data displayed in this diagram. In Excel, you can change all data: both numeric and alphabetic. All changes are immediately displayed on the diagram, so the results of the work are very obvious. With a little experimentation, you can easily figure out what and why.

By the way, each new created slide is displayed on the left side of the screen, and you can return to any of them at any time and start editing.

We are changing the design

Slide background, font type can be changed. To do this, select the "Design" tab on the top panel. The available styles appear in the window that opens. By simply hovering over the design you like, you can see how your slides look in that design. Not all of them have to be designed in the same way (although this is not without a certain meaning: too colorful design is confusing and distracts attention). In order to assign a certain type and background to a slide, select it in the left part of the window, then hover over the design option that seems most suitable to you, right-click to open the menu, where you select the item “apply to selected slides”. That's it, the background and design of the selected slide has changed. In the same tab, change colors, fonts, effects, background styles (all icons are located in the upper right corner of the screen). Everything is familiar and understandable for someone who has worked at least a little in one of the Microsoft office programs.

Animation features

Animation is a very interesting feature that allows you to use various visual effects. You can use a variety of options that will help draw attention to a particular place on the slide, image or caption. To do this, go to the "Animation" tab, select the slide with which you will work (for clarity, take it with a picture or drawing for the first time), select the "animation area" tab on the panel, and then select the part of the slide that will be subjected to the effect (the first try it with a photo or a picture - it’s clearer). In the active panel that has become (a variety of stars are shown, under which the names of special effects are written), select the item you like. Then, in the lower left corner, set how many seconds it will last, click on the slide element to which the effect will be applied and observe the result.

Transitions between slides

For a more spectacular slide transition, you can use special effects. In the main tab, select the "Transitions" item, in the panel that opens, select the desired type of transition (you can try how it looks), set the "Effect Options", the presence and type of sound, how the slide will change - on click or after a certain period of time (set with the help of "checkmarks" or changing the numbers in the corresponding box). To apply the selected special effect to all slides, click on the corresponding icon. And let's see how it will look.

These are just the basics on how to make a presentation on a computer. There are enough opportunities in each of the options. Each time you create a new presentation, you will open up new possibilities. But, as always, moderation is important in everything. Do not overdo it with colorfulness and special effects. Slides should explain and illustrate the speech, and not detract from it.