Start-Up Screen

What will happen when you start up PowerPoint?

It does not matter which version of PowerPoint you are using, a screen will appear that asks you to choose a starting scheme. This scheme will either do much of the work for you or allow you total control of the layout of your slides. The three choices are laid out below, next to the image that appears in PowerPoint 2000. Earlier versions, as well as the Macintosh versions, will show images that are very similar to the one shown.

You will decide to create a new PowerPoint presentation using one of the three options.

Auto Content Wizard
This tool "gets you started by providing ideas and and organization for you presentation." This tool works wonderfully for business applications as most of the templates it allows are business related. Not recommended for the first time user.

Design Template
This tool will provide you with a number of very attractive templates. You will be able to choose the backgrounds of the pages you will create instead of worrying about creating these images yourself. Your layout options will be the same as if you were using a Blank Presentation (see below). This option is nice for first time users because it allows you to worry about content and let the aesthetics take care of themselves.

Blank Presentation
This option is for the advanced user. Everything is user-controlled and up to the creator of the presentation. This allows for total creativity on the part of the presenter.

After clicking on one of the three choices, click "OK" to start building your first slide. You will see different images next, depending on your choice here.

Click on the arrow to continue with the tutorial.

	Auto Content Wizard This tool "gets you started by providing ideas and and organization for you presentation." This tool works wonderfully for business applications as most of the templates it allows are business related. Not recommended for the first time user.
	Design Template This tool will provide you with a number of very attractive templates. You will be able to choose the backgrounds of the pages you will create instead of worrying about creating these images yourself. Your layout options will be the same as if you were using a Blank Presentation (see below). This option is nice for first time users because it allows you to worry about content and let the aesthetics take care of themselves.
	Blank Presentation This option is for the advanced user. Everything is user-controlled and up to the creator of the presentation. This allows for total creativity on the part of the presenter.