Welcome to the PowerPoint on how to use PowerPoint 2007

Neil HechtInstructional Technology Facilitator

Onslow County Schools

Main Menu

• Make a cover slide• Create a new slide, different layout• Type in a text box• Go over the ‘ribbon’ (top of PPTX 2007)• Add a hyperlink to the text• Add links to go from one page to the next• Add a ‘Home’ link

When you first open a ‘New’ PowerPoint, this is the layout for your cover slide.

Highly recommended to use this format

Add a title

Add info-your info-very basic-class info

Add a ‘New Slide

Type in a ‘text box’

This is my text box

1. 2.

3.

The Ribbon

Home Tab

Parts of the Home Tab

Still on the Home Tab

Final part of ‘Home’ tab-find words-replace-select

Add Hyperlink

Click ‘Insert’ tabClick ‘Hyperlink’ icon

Add Hyperlink

Link to place in this document

To other file or web page

To link your email

Hyperlink to place in your presentation

Page text to be link to in your document

Hyperlink to web page

Highlight text you wish to hyperlink

Click

Type in URL

(website)

Click ‘OK’

To go from one page to the next use,Action Buttons

Click on down arrow for action

buttons

Action buttons

Main action buttons

Previous

Next page BeginningLast

Home

Action Buttons

Left click on ‘action button’ Next; on the slide hold left click down and drag mouse for size of button. –or – right click then resize action shape

Action SettingsUse to ‘hyperlink’ to-

Insert a HOME link

Previous

Next page BeginningLast

Home 1. Click on ‘Home’ icon

2. Left click and hold to draw size of home icon.

3. Link window appears

Choose First Slide

Or choose specific slide

If HOME slide is not the first slide