Delivering a PowerPoint Presentation

A List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Presenting (pdf file)

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Opening a Presentation

Running a Presentation



Opening a Presentation:

 There are two ways to open a presentation.
  1. From a PowerPoint Presentation File (.ppt)
  2. From a PowerPoint Show (.pps)
The latter, launching from a PowerPoint Show, is the most efficient: Double click on the file (e.g., chandra-demo.pps) from the hard drive or floppy disk and the presentation is immediately launched.

Launching from a PowerPoint Presentation File, is effective, but takes 2 extra steps:
  1. Double click on the file (e.g., chandra-demo.ppt) from the hard drive or floppy disk.
  2. Check to make sure you are on the first slide.
  3. Select Slide Show --> View Show from the top menu bar (or click the slide show icon slideshow icon on the lower left of the screen)



Helpful Hints for Running A Presentation:

 - Moving between slides while presenting with PowerPoint.

Next slide Press down arrow on the keyboard (Other options: press n, the spacebar or [Enter] on the keyboard)
Previous slide Press up arrow on the keyboard (Or, press p on the keyboard)
Specific slide # Press slide number+ [Enter]
End slide show Press [Esc]


More ways to navigate slides in PowerPoint: Using the screen's navigation menu

The screen's navigation menu appears when you click the arrow in the lower left corner of the screen (as shown below).

Power Point Menu

Next slide
  1. To bring up the menu, click the arrow in the lower left corner of the screen

  2. Select Next
Previous slide
  1. To bring up the menu, click the arrow in the lower left corner of the screen

  2. Select Previous
Specific Slide #
  1. To bring up the menu, click the arrow in the lower left corner of the screen

  2. Select Go To

  3. From the submenu, select By Title

  4. Select the slide you want to move in the By Title dialog box and release your mouse.
Ending Slide Show
  1. To bring up the menu, click the arrow in the lower left corner of the screen

  2. Select End Show


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