Adding Title and Text to a Presentation

• PowerPoint comes with several templates ready to use. Templates in PowerPoint have place holders that contain text with instructions. To start a PowerPoint presentation, simply click a place holder and add the title of your presentation. You can format text in PowerPoint to any size, color and style. You can also use the WordArt feature to give your text artistic shapes and designs. The first page in a PowerPoint presentation is set up for a title and subtitle. When you've designed that page, simply add additional pages either based on the previous page content or set up with a new design altogether.
  
  

Adding Graphics and Music

• It's easy to spice up PowerPoint presentations and make them more interesting by adding graphics and audio. PowerPoint supports many graphic and audio files, including movie files. You can add these elements to any page in your presentation you want to visually support the text in your presentation. You might even want to record your own voice to add to a presentation for a more personal touch. Adding these elements in a PowerPoint presentation is as easy as going to the "Insert" menu and browsing to the media file you want to include. Once the file is selected, the file will appear in your presentation. You can even add custom backgrounds to your slide show, either on every page or a new background on each page.
  
  

Applying Transitions

• PowerPoint transitional effects are one of the key elements to creating elegant slide-show presentations. The transitions can be applied between the pages of your presentation to create a visually appealing presentation. Transitional effects include horizontal and vertical wipes, checkerboard, flash and numerous others. You can even adjust the speed of the transitions and add sound to them. There is no limit to the creative possibilities of a PowerPoint presentation, which makes this software one of the most effective ways to present a message.