The mechanics of PowerPoint.

In the first article in this series, the authors gave some design advice for PowerPoint users. This article will concentrate on the mechanics of creating your presentation. It will not tell you anything that cannot be found in the manual, but it will cover those areas that the authors think are most important. PowerPoint is a cross platform software and very often instructions are different depending on whether you are using a Mac or a PC and, indeed, which version of PowerPoint you are using. The article is based on PowerPoint 2000 for Windows and 2001 for Mac. Where there are significant differences we have tried to acknowledge them in brackets, but we apologize in advance for any mistakes that have been made.