PowerPoint contains many sample presentations that can give you a quick start. You can use these samples to learn how an effective presentation is built or as a starting place for your own. All of them can be changed to suit your needs.
Click on the File menu. The File menu will appear.
Click on the New command. The New Presentation task pane will appear.
Note | The New button on the toolbar starts a new, blank presentation, which is not what we want right now. |
Click on From AutoContent wizard in the New Presentation task pane. The AutoContent wizard will start.
Click on Next. The Presentation type page of the wizard will appear.
Click on the button for the category of presentation that you want to create. A list of presentation types will appear on the right side of the dialog box.
Click on a presentation type that closely matches the information that you want to use in your presentation. The presentation type will be selected.
Click on Next. The Presentation style page of the wizard will appear.
Click on the option button for the method you will use to display the presentation. The option will be selected. Select from one of these options:
Click on Next. The Presentation options page of the wizard will appear.
Click in the Presentation title text box and type a title for your presentation.
Click in the Footer text box and type the text that you want to appear in the footer area at the bottom of each slide, if any.
Click in the Date last updated check box if you do not want to display the date when you last made updates to the presentation. (This information is found in the footer area of a slide.) The check box will be cleared.
Click in the Slide number check box if you do not want to show the slide number in the footer area. The check box will be cleared.
Click on Next. The Finish page of the wizard will appear.
Click on Finish. The presentation will appear in the PowerPoint window.