Getting the Most out of PowerPoint

creativity meets technology

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Workshop Outline

1. Creating your own graphics

2. Tracing images

3. Manipulating images

4. Using animations

Symmetry

• Try drawing a square below

• Now try while holding the Shift key

1 – Creating your own Graphics

Positioning and alignment

• Try putting the tip of the triangle at the tip of the finger

• Now try while holding the alt key

1 – Creating your own Graphics

Keeping Proportions

• Try stretching the triangle to fit into the box

• Now try while holding the Shift key

1 – Creating your own Graphics

Keeping Proportions(this time try holding shift and control at the same time)

• Select all six shapes below and enlarge

• Now try grouping the objects together first

1 – Creating your own Graphics

Editing Grouped Objects• Make the pentagon red and each of the

surrounding circles different colours• Then bring the pentagon to the front

1 – Creating your own Graphics

Making a Graphic

• Let’s make an ATP molecule• Trace the ATP using shapes

When finished:• Add lines as needed

between shapes• hold control then click

on each of your shapes and lines

• Group the shapes into one object

• Delete the original image

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2 – Tracing Images

Try again

2 – Tracing Images

Tracing• Used the curved line tool to trace the car• Hold control to draw a straight line• Double click to finish the shape• Right click and select “edit points” to make adjustments• Group all your shapes to make it a graphic

2 – Tracing Images

Finding the Right Image

• It is usually best to search for high resolution images using the google search tools

3 – Manipulating Images

Manipulating images• Make your fish work on black by using the

“remove background” tool

3 – Manipulating Images

Manipulating Images• Make it work on a fun background

using the “set transparent colour” tool

• Now make it whatever colour you want!

3 – Manipulating Images

Animations

• USE CUSTOM ANIMATIONS• Always display the animation pane

• Make the image above “Fly In” from the left

• Test the animation by pressing play4 – Using Animations

Object slide

• I like to keep a slide of the objects I created that will be used throughout the PowerPoint

• Use control + m to create a new slide• Copy and paste your ATP, car, Bunsen

burner, fish in blub and flammable sign into this slide.

• I have already done this for you using my images. Feel free to do it with yours

4 – Using Animations

Let’s Animate

• Make this image follow the dotted line

4 – Using Animations

Appear / Disappear

• Crop the flammable sign to just a flame

• Make Bunsen burner light causing the car to turn into a fish-bulb

4 – Using Animations

Appear / Disappear

• Crop the flammable sign to just a flame

• Make Bunsen burner light causing the car to turn into a fish-bulb

4 – Using Animations

More Practice• Can you recreate the animation

below?

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THE END

More Practice• Can you recreate the animation

below?

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Objects