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PowerPoint for Students: Inserting Items into Slides

This guide will provide you with helpful tips and tricks when using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

Inserting Pictures into Slides

Using Windows Media Player

The link below will provide you with information on how to play media files in PowerPoint and how to set them up:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/set-the-play-options-for-a-video-in-your-presentation-f0d5b3f1-37ba-4a0d-9d94-f8e33cef29bf

How to Add Text to a Slide

1. Click on the Insert Tab.

2. Locate the "Text Box" icon.

3. Click on the "Text Box" Button.

4. Click and drag inside the slide to create the size text box that is needed.

5. Start typing additional text (font size and text can be changed in the ribbon at the top of the page).

6. Click anywhere outside the text box after the additional text has been added.

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