Chapter -8
Working with presentation
Deliverance of ideas involve communication or expression through
pictures, drama, demonstrations, etc.
Visual images make a better impact on human mind.
Presentation is a way of systematic display of info through text, pics, etc.
which are organized and presented electronically and sequentially.
The software that is used to organize and display info through text, pics,
figures, etc.- graphical presentation package
Ex) Impress, Adobe director, PowerPoint ,3-d studio
Slide – an individual electronic page of a ppt. It can have titles, graphs,
objects, pics, etc.
Handouts – hard copies of slides or a ppt. They are given to viewers.
Compressed and printed version of slides.
Speaker`s Notes – A set of notes used as reference while speaking to
help the demonstrator cover the imp. Points.
Outlines – miniature or summarized view of slides in a ppt. Only title,
sub-title and main text is visible.
Masters – features that are common in multiple slides of a ppt such as
size,
Slide show – electronic ppt of slides arranged sequentially . one after
another on full screen
Uses of ppt package
35 mm slides – slides or pages can be used to make 35mm
slides for different purposes.
Exciting and effective on-screen ppt that can be displayed. Ex)
movies, sounds, animation
Ppt can be used to display on web so that people living in
remote areas can access it.
The slides can be printed on transparent sheets facilitating
overhead ppt.
Handouts and references – it can be printed on paper and used
as reference and the matter can be used as notes.
Features
The slides can contain audio, video, graph, tables , etc in
addition to text in Impress.
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, There are added facilities like design templates, pictures, with
pre-defined areas in Impress.
online screen ppt, web ppt , overhead transparencies, 35 mm
slides, printouts, notes, handouts and outlines can be made
It is easy to change the order of slides. Add or delete slides
Beginning with Impress in computer
Double click on impress. Presentation wizard appears on the
screen providing three options
1. Empty ppt
2. From template
3. Open existing ppt
Empty ppt -------- create
Parts of a screen
Slide pane – thumbnails of slides sequentially. Clicked –
opens up
Title bar – top horizontal bar . name of opened app/file in
left corner.
Workspace – main working area where content is entered. 5
tabs – normal, outline , notes , handout , slide sorter
Task pane – different options for creating a ppt.
Menu bar – below tb- various menus - diff options
File Menu – basic operations related to a file like create ,
open , save or exit from app. Alt + F keys
Edit Menu – edit or modify contents of a ppt. Alt+E keys
View Menu – view contents or slides in diff forms. Alt+V keys
Insert Menu – insert new slides and diff types of contents.
Alt+I keys
Format Menu – options to modify the layout of a slide. Alt+O
keys
Tools menu – additional functions like autocorrect,
macros ,etc.Alt+T keys
Slide show menu – customize the ppt like viewing of slides in
a particular sequence adding transition,etc. Alt+S keys
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Working with presentation
Deliverance of ideas involve communication or expression through
pictures, drama, demonstrations, etc.
Visual images make a better impact on human mind.
Presentation is a way of systematic display of info through text, pics, etc.
which are organized and presented electronically and sequentially.
The software that is used to organize and display info through text, pics,
figures, etc.- graphical presentation package
Ex) Impress, Adobe director, PowerPoint ,3-d studio
Slide – an individual electronic page of a ppt. It can have titles, graphs,
objects, pics, etc.
Handouts – hard copies of slides or a ppt. They are given to viewers.
Compressed and printed version of slides.
Speaker`s Notes – A set of notes used as reference while speaking to
help the demonstrator cover the imp. Points.
Outlines – miniature or summarized view of slides in a ppt. Only title,
sub-title and main text is visible.
Masters – features that are common in multiple slides of a ppt such as
size,
Slide show – electronic ppt of slides arranged sequentially . one after
another on full screen
Uses of ppt package
35 mm slides – slides or pages can be used to make 35mm
slides for different purposes.
Exciting and effective on-screen ppt that can be displayed. Ex)
movies, sounds, animation
Ppt can be used to display on web so that people living in
remote areas can access it.
The slides can be printed on transparent sheets facilitating
overhead ppt.
Handouts and references – it can be printed on paper and used
as reference and the matter can be used as notes.
Features
The slides can contain audio, video, graph, tables , etc in
addition to text in Impress.
06/03/25 1:12 PM pg. 1
, There are added facilities like design templates, pictures, with
pre-defined areas in Impress.
online screen ppt, web ppt , overhead transparencies, 35 mm
slides, printouts, notes, handouts and outlines can be made
It is easy to change the order of slides. Add or delete slides
Beginning with Impress in computer
Double click on impress. Presentation wizard appears on the
screen providing three options
1. Empty ppt
2. From template
3. Open existing ppt
Empty ppt -------- create
Parts of a screen
Slide pane – thumbnails of slides sequentially. Clicked –
opens up
Title bar – top horizontal bar . name of opened app/file in
left corner.
Workspace – main working area where content is entered. 5
tabs – normal, outline , notes , handout , slide sorter
Task pane – different options for creating a ppt.
Menu bar – below tb- various menus - diff options
File Menu – basic operations related to a file like create ,
open , save or exit from app. Alt + F keys
Edit Menu – edit or modify contents of a ppt. Alt+E keys
View Menu – view contents or slides in diff forms. Alt+V keys
Insert Menu – insert new slides and diff types of contents.
Alt+I keys
Format Menu – options to modify the layout of a slide. Alt+O
keys
Tools menu – additional functions like autocorrect,
macros ,etc.Alt+T keys
Slide show menu – customize the ppt like viewing of slides in
a particular sequence adding transition,etc. Alt+S keys
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