- Launching PowerPoint
- Choosing a Template
- Choosing a Layout
- Creating a Bulleted List
- Creating a Chart
- Choosing a Chart Type
- Formatting a Chart
- Navigating a Presentation
- Saving, Opening, and Closing Presentations
- Printing a Presentation
- Using Normal View
- Using the Outline Pane
- Using Slide Sorter View
- Using Transitions and Animation
- Viewing a Slide Show
A slide show displays each of the slides in the presentation in sequence in full-screen view. For a large audience, you can project the slide show from a laptop's video output, saving you the time, cost, and trouble of producing 35mm slides (to say nothing about losing out on any animations you have created).
To view a slide show:
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Choose View > Slide Show, or press F5.
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To view the next slide, press the spacebar, the Page Down key, the right-arrow key, the down-arrow key, or just click the left mouse button.
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To cancel the slide show, press Esc.
See Chapter 15 for additional information on slide shows.
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Editing mode and presentation (Show) mode are completely separate. During a slide show, all editing menus and toolbars are invisible and unavailable.
To preview a slide show starting with the current slide, click the Slide Show button at the lower-left of the application window.
To run a slide show directly from Windows Explorer or My Computer, without launching PowerPoint, just right-click the presentation's filename and choose Show from the shortcut menu.
During a slide show, practice advancing to the next slide or element with the right arrow key, and going to the previous slide with the left arrow key.
During a slide show, experiment with the right-mouse click to display the Shortcut menu. This gives you the option of marking up your slide or going to any slide by title.