User: List and explain the five steps to creating a basic Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation

Weegy: 1.start with a template (background) on which your text, pictures, graphs or videos will be shown. (FILE » NEW » FROM TEMPLATE) 2. [ Choose the format of your slide, for instance, If you want to have a single slide with text on the right and a picture on the left. Choose the text or content layout. (INSERT » NEW SLIDE) 3. If you want to type text, choose a "slide layout" with a text box as shown in the sample template picture. Same process for a picture, movie or sound file. 4. To insert anything (text, charts, etc), simply click on the designated box to activate it and start inserting away. 5. To play the presentation go to: VIEW » SLIDE SHOW or press "F5". ]
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