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Slides are a visual aid for giving a presentation. The presentation is easier to structure and the audience can also follow the information you are talking about on the screen.

Presentations provides many features that enable you to tailor the slides of a presentation to your audience and assist you in effectively conveying your message.

A slide first starts as a blank sheet. You can either design it yourself from scratch or you can avail of the many useful tools included in Presentations. You can be as creative as you like. You can also benefit from the predefined designs, layouts and color schemes that allow you to simply pick and choose without having to do all of the work.

This chapter will introduce you to all of the techniques you need in order to be able to use slides perfectly. The information covers the following topics:

▪Creating a new presentation

▪Inserting a new slide

▪Inserting slides from other presentations

▪Navigating between slides

▪Working with the mini sorter

▪Working with the mini outliner

▪Using the slide sorter and outline

▪Changing the order of slides

▪Deleting slides

▪Copying, cutting and pasting slides

▪Duplicating slides

▪Renaming slides

▪Resetting slides

▪Hiding slides

▪Changing the slide design

▪Changing the slide layout

▪Slide management

▪Creating headers and footers

▪Changing the orientation of slides

▪Inserting a summary slide

▪Changing slide color scheme and background

▪Using slide transitions

▪Adding object animations

▪Using the sidebar

▪Adding notes

▪Printing handouts