Lesson 5: Slide Basics Show
/en/powerpoint2016/saving-presentations/content/ IntroductionEvery PowerPoint presentation is composed of a series of slides. To begin creating a slide show, you'll need to know the basics of working with slides. You'll need to feel comfortable with tasks such as inserting
a new slide, changing the layout of a slide, arranging existing slides, changing the slide view, and adding notes to a slide. Optional: Download our practice presentation. Watch the video below to learn more about slide basics in PowerPoint. Understanding slides and slide layoutsWhen you insert a new slide, it will usually have placeholders to show you where content will be placed. Slides have different layouts for placeholders, depending on the type of information you want to include. Whenever you create a new slide, you'll need to choose a slide layout that fits your content. Placeholders can contain different types of content, including text, images, and videos. Many placeholders have thumbnail icons you can click to add specific types of content. In the example below, the slide has placeholders for the title and content. To insert a new slide:Whenever you start a new presentation, it will contain one slide with the Title Slide layout. You can insert as many slides as you need from a variety of layouts.
To change the layout of an existing slide, click the Layout command, then choose the desired layout. To quickly add a slide that uses the same layout as the selected slide, click the top half of the New Slide command. Organizing slidesPowerPoint presentations can contain as many slides as you need. The Slide Navigation pane on the left side of the screen makes it easy to organize your slides. From there, you can duplicate, rearrange, and delete slides in your presentation. Working with slides
To copy and paste slides:If you want to create several slides with the same layout, you may find it easier to copy and paste a slide you've already created instead of starting with an empty slide.
Customizing slide layoutsSometimes you may find that a slide layout doesn't exactly fit your needs. For example, a layout might have too many—or too few—placeholders. You might also want to change how the placeholders are arranged on the slide. Fortunately, PowerPoint makes it easy to adjust slide layouts as needed. Adjusting placeholders
To add a text box:Text can be inserted into both placeholders and text boxes. Inserting text boxes allows you to add to the slide layout. Unlike placeholders, text boxes always stay in the same place, even if you change the theme.
Using blank slidesIf you want even more control over your content, you may prefer to use a blank slide, which contains no placeholders. Blank slides can be customized by adding your own text boxes, pictures, charts, and more.
While blank slides offer more flexibility, keep in mind that you won't be able to take advantage of the predesigned layouts included in each theme. To play the presentation:Once you've arranged your slides, you may want to play your presentation. This is how you will present your slide show to an audience.
You can also press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to start a presentation. Customizing slidesTo change the slide size:By default, all slides in PowerPoint 2013 use a 16-by-9—or widescreen—aspect ratio. You might know that widescreen TVs also use the 16-by-9 aspect ratio. Widescreen slides will work best with widescreen monitors and projectors. However, if you need your presentation to fit a 4-by-3 screen, it's easy to change the slide size to fit.
To format the slide background:By default, all slides in your presentation use a white background. It's easy to change the background style for some or all of your slides. Backgrounds can have a solid, gradient, pattern, or picture fill.
To apply a theme:A theme is a predefined combination of colors, fonts, and effects that can quickly change the look and feel of your entire slide show. Different themes also use different slide layouts, which can change the arrangement of your existing placeholders. We'll talk more about themes later in our Applying Themes lesson.
Try applying a few different themes to your presentation. Some themes will work better than others, depending on your content. Challenge!
/en/powerpoint2016/text-basics/content/ Which of the following should you use if you want all the slide in the Libreoffice impress to have the same look?Solution(By Examveda Team)
potx file. Templates can contain layouts, theme colors, theme fonts, theme effects, background styles, and even content.
What allows you to view all the slides in your presentation?Slide Sorter view
at the bottom of the slide window, or from the View tab on the ribbon. Slide Sorter view (below) displays all the slides in your presentation in horizontally sequenced, thumbnails.
Which option is used to see all slides at once?Another way to see all your slides at once and rearrange them is by using Slide Sorter view.
Which of the following affects all the slides in a presentation?Any changes you make to the slide master automatically affect all the slides in the presentation; for example, changing the background color of the slide master changes the background for every single one of your slides.
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