Presentations with PowerPoint 2003

 
Running Your Slide Show

At last you are ready to give your presentation! If you used the Pack and Go feature, running the show is simple: insert your disk, click on the file, and let the machine do the work.

If you didn't use Pack and Go, open your presentation in PowerPoint. Click the "Slide Show" icon in the lower right toolbar , or select "View" from the main menu, then "Slide Show." 

To run the show, use your mouse button and click to move to the next slide. Keep clicking to proceed through the slides in order until the end of the show. 

For other navigation options, right click to bring up a menu of choices:  In addition to selecting to view the "Next" or "Previous" slides, you can select to "Go to Slide" to any other slide in the show.  Moving the mouse during a slide show moves an arrow around the screen. You can turn this off in "Pointer Options." You can also switch to using a pen to click and drag to draw on your slide. Select from several different pen colors if you want to draw out multiple points. Whatever you scribble on a slide will vanish when you proceed to another slide.  If you don't want to wait until you go to another slide, "Screen" gives you an option to erase your pen scribblings. In addition, you can select to make the screen temporarily go black if your audience gets embroiled in a discussion, or so your audience will listen to you rather than be distracted by the screen while you make an important point.  I won't bother to explain what the "End Show" option does, as it should be self-explanatory.

 

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Contents - Start - Select Template - Slide Layout - First Slide
Multiple Slides - Text - Links - Charts - Images - Slide Colors
Slide Effects - Package for CD - Web - Handouts - Run Show