Powerpoint Web App
This article is intended to illustrate basics of the Powerpoint Online Application as part of Office 365.
PowerPoint presentations work like slide shows. To convey a message or a story, you break it down into slides. Think of each slide as a blank canvas for the pictures, words, and shapes that help you build your story.
Choose a theme
When you open PowerPoint, you’ll see some built-in themes and templates. A theme is a slide design that contains matching colors, fonts, and special effects like shadows, reflections, and more.
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On the File tab of the Ribbon, select New, and then choose a theme.
PowerPoint shows you a preview of the theme, with four color variations to choose from on the right side.
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Click Create, or pick a color variation and then click Create.
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On the File tab, choose Save.
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Pick or browse to a folder.
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In the File name box, type a name for your presentation, and then choose Save.
Note: If you frequently save files to a certain folder, you can ‘pin’ the path so that it is always available (as shown below).
Tip: Save your work as you go. Press Ctrl+S often.
Select a text placeholder, and begin typing.
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Select the text.
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Under Drawing Tools, choose Format.
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Do one of the following:
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To change the color of your text, choose Text Fill, and then choose a color.
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To change the outline color of your text, choose Text Outline, and then choose a color.
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To apply a shadow, reflection, glow, bevel, 3-D rotation, a transform, choose Text Effects, and then choose the effect you want.
On the Insert tab, do one of the following:
Slides are best when you don’t cram in too much information. You can put helpful facts and notes in the speaker notes, and refer to them as you present.
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To open the notes pane, at the bottom of the window, click Notes 
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Click inside the Notes pane below the slide, and begin typing your notes.
On the Slide Show tab, do one of the following:
