FORMATTING WITH FORMAT MENU:

The above operations with text can be done with the format menu present in the menu bar.
There is a dialogue box under the heading ‘Font’ which contains all the above operations grouped under this
All these options canbe set to the desired choice at a time.
To enter into the font option select Format “font”

FORMATTING THROUGH FORMAT BAR:

There are different buttons present in the format bar, Which enable us to format the document. By clicking on these buttons we can format the text for style, size and type etc.,
FORMAT BAR
Style:
The text of the document can be set in four different styles as
 BOLD,
 ITALIC
 REGULAR
 BOLD ITALIC
Size:
The size of the text can be changed by using the size box in the format bar or through the font option under format menu. The default size of the text is 10.
Type:
 There are a number of types of fonts available in the computer.
 Each type is referred to by its name.
 We can also type different mathematical and scientific symbols like
 ÷, ∂, √, ℓ with the help of ‘star math’ font.
 Fonts ‘Wingdings’ help us to insert different shapes into our document.
 The default type of the font is ‘Time new Roman’
 Colour:
 The text in the document can be printed in various colours.
 There is a colour palette present in the Format bar, which contains a collection of colour for our text.

Inserting Flash animations into PowerPoint

Clip art: this is a collection of pictures in the foem of graphic files.

Picture: this option in the Insert menu allows you to insert pictures from other files. These pictures can be bitmap images .

WordArt: is used to add special effects to the text like shadow and stretch effects.

Getting Started with PowerPoint

Start ...> Programs..........> Microsoft PowerPoint

CREATE A PRESENTATION:

 Blank
 Existing presentation
 Design template
 Templates with suggested content
 On the right side of the screen you can see a Menu with 4 options which is helping us to work with the presentation.
They are,
1. Open a Presentation
2. New
3. New from Existing Presentation
4. New from template

 Now we can see a blank slide as above where we can enter text data to add title or subtitle. This slide is called the Title slide. When we click on the “click to add title” the text will disappear and appear as shown here:
window

 Now we need to type the title which may be “my first presentation”.
 After this click on “Click to add subtitle”, the screen will appear as below:
Window

 After this type the subtitle”Test Presentation”. Now you can see the slide as below:

Window

 Now we have created one slide and to run this slide press the slide show button on the lower left corner of the screen. Now the full Screen will look as below:

Window

 To save the presentation select File from the menu bar
File Save As

Then enter a file name and click save button.

Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 - Powerpoint Views

 Normal View
 Outline View
 Slide View
 Slide Sorter View

intrruductin of Ms-power point

 Presentations are the most powerful and effective tool to communicate to an audience.

 Among the many tools, Microsoft PowerPoint and StarImpress are the popular tools.


 A presentation is a systematic display of information.

 It consists of a number of slides.

 Each slide may have graphics, movies, sound, graphs, table, text etc. which can be displayed on the screen.

 With help of Powerpoint, we can create slides, handouts, speaker note and outllines.

 Powerpoint creates single “.ppt” file containing all that is required for presentation.

Entering Data into Excel Spreadsheets ...

 To open a new workbook click on the new option, in the File menu- a new workbook is opened.

 Move the mouse pointer to the cell in which you want to enter the data.

 Double click on the cell or press F12.

 Start typing in the cell. As you type in the cell , the contents of the cell appear in the Formula Bar of Excel.

 After completing the entry, press the enter key. The pointer moves to the next row of the same column.

FUNCTIONS:

 Move the mouse pointer to the cell in which you want the to be displayed.

 Type = (

 Drag the mouse pointer from the first to the last cell in the range of cells that have to beaded.

 Type )

 Press enter.

The sum of the selected range of cells is displayed in the cell.

SAVE A WORKSPACE:

 Open the workboks you want to save under one category.
 Click on the Save Workspace option in the File menu.
 Enter the name of the workspace in the file name field.
 Browse to the folder in which you want to create the workspace.
 Click on the Save Button.