To add text to a slide you click to add or paste the information and then click somewhere outside of the text box.

On some slides you will work with bulleted lists.

The slide at the left shows an example of three levels of bullets. Notice that as you move from a level 1 to a level 2 the text gets smaller and the same from level 3 to level 3.

To change the list level you use the

increase

or decrease

list level buttons found on the Home toolbar.

On may slides you will see six buttons, these buttons are for adding various types of content to the area they are found in.

Insert Table

Insert Chart

Insert SmartArt Graphics

Insert Pictures from File

Clip Art

Insert Media Clip

When you click on the Insert Picture from File button the Insert Picture dialog box will open. Brows to the folder your pictures are located in and select the one you want to insert.

When you click on the Clip Art button a Clip Art search box will appear on the right side of the PowerPoint work area.  You type a key word search in the Search for box and click on go.  If there are any matches, the images will appear.

To add a clip art image, click on the image and it will appear in the slide.

For the PowerPoint project you will be required to add only pictures and/or clip art. If you wish to add other object you can.

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Date modified 12-22-12