POWERPOINT USER GUIDE

Opening a PowerPoint presentation
1. Insert the CD into the CD drive.
2. Double-click on “My Computer.”
3. Double-click on the CD disk drive (usually D: or E:).
4. Double-click on the PowerPoint presentation you want to open. 

Printing handouts from a PowerPoint presentation
Sometimes it is helpful to print handouts of a PowerPoint presentation to allow audience members to have a hard copy of the presentation for taking notes.

1. Open the PowerPoint presentation you want to make into handouts. Click the File button and select “Print.”
2. Make sure “All” is selected here to print all the slides.
3. For handouts, select “Handouts” from the drop down menu.
a. Use the drop down menu to select whether you want slides in color, grayscale, or black and white.
b. “Frame slides” is usually checked to place boxes around each slide.
4. You can select 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 9 slides per page. If you select 3 slides per page, the handouts will have lines for people to take notes on.
5. You can also preview your handouts by clicking “Preview,” or press OK to print.

Printing notes pages from a PowerPoint presentation
To view notes that correspond to each slide, you can print notes pages. These notes can help when giving a presentation.

1. Open the PowerPoint presentation you want to make into notes pages. Click the File button and select “Print.” This screen will appear.
2. Select “Notes Pages” from the drop down menu, then press OK. 
3. The finished product will have each slide on its own page. Printed underneath each slide will be its corresponding notes.

Converting PowerPoint presentation slides into overheads
1. Open the PowerPoint presentation you want to make into overheads. Click the File button and select “Print.”
2. To print every slide, select “All.” If you want to print selected slides, list them, separated with a comma.
3. Select “Slides” from the drop down menu. Choose whether you want to frame each slide or not. Again, you can preview it before pressing “OK” to print.
4. The result is one slide printed per page.
5. Make copies of each slide onto blank transparencies.