Double click on the PowerPoint 2000 icon on the Windows desktop (see right), or click-on the Start button in the lower left corner of the screen, then click-on Programs, and then on Microsoft PowerPoint.

In the PowerPoint menu window below, click-in the small "circle" to the left of Blank presentation, and then click-on OK.

In this tutorial, whenever we indicate that you need to click the mouse, it will mean to click the left mouse button – unless we indicate that you should click the right mouse button. So, always "click left" unless we tell you otherwise.

Now a New Slide menu screen will appear (like the one below) that shows you slide layout options. Click-on each of the slide layouts. You’ll notice that as you click on a slide a "blue border" outlines your selection. Highlight each one and notice, in turn, the type of slide shown in the box in the lower right hand box of the menu screen. We’ll start with a Title Slice, so return to the upper left corner of the New Slide menu and highlight the first slide (Title Slide) by pointing cursor and clicking once. Then click on OK to select a Title Slide.

 

One of the really handy "things" about most Microsoft programs is the Undo Button (it looks like the image on the right). If you make a mistake – no need to panic – click the Undo button and this will remove your mistake. Then you can try again. The Undo Button is found in the middle of the Button Bar on the top of the screen. Each time you click-on the button PowerPoint will "go back" one change. If you want to try it out – go ahead – it’s really neat.