The document provides instructions for creating and formatting presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. It discusses planning an effective presentation by outlining the content and determining the audience. It describes how to enter text on slides and in the outline view. Additional topics covered include adding slide headers and footers, choosing design templates, checking spelling, and evaluating presentation design elements like visuals, fonts, and colors.

1. When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for a life, train and educate people. Chinese proverb

2. Microsoft Office 2003 Illustrated Introductory a Presentation Creating

6. Planning an Effective Presentation Outline of presentation content

10. Entering Slide Text Selection box Title placeholder Insertion point Subtitle text placeholder

13. Slide Layout placeholders

14. Creating a New Slide New slide thumbnail Slide Layout task pane Current slide layout

16. Entering Text in the Outline Tab New slide icon Slide title Body text

18. Adding Slide Headers and Footers Footer text symbols

22. Choosing a Look for a Presentation Slide Design task pane Hyperlinks to open sub-task panes Available templates

25. Checking Spelling in the Presentation Alternate spellings Unrecognized word Selected word from list

28. Evaluating a Presentation (cont.) Audience impact from a visual presentation

29. Audience impact from a visual presentation:

35. Evaluating a Presentation Poor color contrast Drawn objects serve no purpose Font size too small

36. Before beginning, plan carefully. Marcus T. Cicero