To create a custom slide show
On the Slide Show tab, in the Start Slide Show group, click the Custom Slide Show button, and then click Custom Shows.
In the Custom Shows dialog box, click New.
In the Slide show name box of the Define Custom Show dialog box, type a name for the custom show.
In the Slides in presentation list, click the slides you want, and then click Add.
To start a custom show
To hide a slide
To apply slide timings to all the slides
On the Animations tab, in the Transition to This Slide group, under Advance Slide, select the Automatically After check box, and then type or select the time you want the current slide to appear on the screen.
On the Animations tab, in the Transition to This Slide group, click the Apply To All button.
To rehearse a presentation and apply slide timings
With Slide 1 displayed, on the Slide Show tab, in the Set Up group, click the Rehearse Timings button.
Rehearse the presentation, clicking Next to move to the next slide. To repeat the rehearsal for a particular slide, on the Rehearsal toolbar, click the Repeat button to reset the time for that slide to 0:00:00.
At the end of the slide show, click Yes to apply the recorded slide timings to the slides.
To set up a self-running presentation
On the Slide Show tab, in the Set Up group, click the Set Up Slide Show button.
In the Show type area of the Set Up Show dialog box, select the Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) option, and select or clear the Show without narration and the Show without animation check boxes. Then click OK.
To enter speaker notes
To insert a graphic, table, or other object in a note
On the View tab, in the Presentations Views group, click the Notes Pages button.
Insert the object the way you would insert it on a slide.
To customize the layout of speaker notes
To preview and print speaker notes or handouts
Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Print.
In the Print dialog box, click the Print what arrow, select Notes Pages or Handouts in the list.
In the lower-left corner of the Print dialog box, click Preview.
On the Print Preview tab, in the Print group, click the Print button, and then click OK.
To prepare a presentation for travel
Click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Publish, and then click Package for CD. Click OK in the message box that appears.
In the Name the CD box of the Package for CD dialog box, type the name you want.
To include embedded fonts, click Options. Then under Include these files, select the Embedded TrueType fonts check box, and click OK.
Insert a blank CD in your CD burner, and then click Copy to CD. Or click Copy to Folder instead, and then select the folder in which you want to store the package.
When PowerPoint asks you to verify that you want to include linked content, click Yes.
To run a presentation in the PowerPoint Viewer
If you’re running your presentation from a CD, insert the CD into the CD burner, and then in the list of file and folder names, double-click the presentation name.- If you’re running the presentation from your computer, navigate to the folder where the package is stored, and double-click the package folder. Then double-click PPTVIEW to start the Presentation Viewer.
To navigate by using the keyboard
To end a presentation without a black screen
Click the Microsoft Office Button, click PowerPoint Options, and then click Advanced.
In the Slide Show area, clear the End with Black Slide check box, and then click OK.
To navigate by using the onscreen toolbar
- To jump to a slide out of sequence (even if it is hidden), click the Navigation button, click Go To Slide, and then click the slide.
- To display the slides in a custom slide show, click the Navigation button, click Custom Show, and then click the show.
- To display keyboard shortcuts for slide show tasks, click the Navigation button, and then click Help.
- To end the presentation, click the Navigation button, and then click End Show.
To use a pen tool to mark up slides
To erase all markup from a slide