How can I learn to do a Power Point presentation ASAP???

Question

I just had an interview for a Police Cadet position with a local police department, and when asked about my computer skills, I kinda fiibed and said I knew how to do Power Point, but I don't. I never even looked at how to do one. How can I learn it ASAP? I really want the job, and I don't wanna look stupid if I can't actually make such a presentation. The officer said I would have to also be able to add music and movie clips in the presentation...PLEASE HELP!!! Where should I go? What should I do?

Answer 1

Try the microsoft website and look for hints and tips online.

Powerpoint takes a day to learn and a lifetime to master as there are so many funky things that you can do but a basic presentation is easy.

You should try to play with it on a friend's computer, or your own home computer and it has a limited help section that you might make use of. If all else fails, when you start the job tell them that you used a different version of powerpoint and that although you've used it you could use a refresher as it has been a while - obfuscation is always better than lying ;)

Answer 2

The help fiction on any Office product will be a great place to start. Launch PowerPoint and hit the F1 key, then just type what you are looking for.

Here where you can start from, to create a new presentation from an existing one When you follow these steps, you create a copy of an existing presentation so you can make design and content changes to it for a new presentation, without altering the original. If the New Presentation task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) isn't displayed, on the File menu, click New. Under New from existing presentation, click Choose presentation. In the file list, click the presentation you want, and then click Create New. Make the changes you want to the presentation, and then on the File menu, click Save As. In the File name box, type a name for the new presentation.
Click Save.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

If you really want that job. Well I advise you to ask the interviewer for kind of courses to take to get the training.

Answer 5

All you really need to do is just play around with it.

and to add videos and music go to insert and go down to music and video....but make sure its on whatever you save it to!! i made a mistake of forgetting to put the music on my thumbdrive and so it wouldn't play during my presentation.

Answer 6

All I can say is open your power point program and start playing around and use your little help guy at the top....

Answer 7

click the help link.....

Answer 8

try these sites:

http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/powerpoint_music.htm

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm

http://www.iupui.edu/~webtrain/tutorials/powerpoint2000_basics.html

http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/powerwk.htm

http://imet.csus.edu/imet1/freeman/ppt.html