PowerPoint

How to Make a Presentation

Start New Presentation

• Click on View/Toolbar– Click on Standard– Click on Formatting

• Click on first rectangle and add title

• Click on second rectangle and add either– Subtitle– Your name– Or both

Adding Slides

• Click on New Slide at the upper right corner

• May also go to Insert/New Slide

• On the right of screen choose Slide Layout

• Repeat operation every time you want to add a slide

Spell Checking

• Go to Tools/Spelling

• Misspelled words – Underlined in red– Left click on the word– Spelling options appear– Choose correct option

Adding Pictures from Clip Art

• Click on Insert• Choose pictures• Choose Clip Art• Type what you want to

search for• Click on the picture you

want• A menu will show• Choose insert• Place picture where you

want

Adding Picture- Other Source

• If the picture is in a file/folder in the computer– Click Insert/Picture/From File– Choose File/picture

• If from the Internet– Find picture– Right Click copy

• Go back to presentation• Right click paste

Transitions

• Click Slide Show

• Click Transition

• Menu appears on right hand side

• Choose – Transition speed– Advance slide - mouse click/automatic– Apply to a slide or all slides

Remember

• Text should be– Words– Ideas– Phrases

• Presentations are presented

• Do not overkill special effects

What Are Special Effects?

• Background colors• Slide designs• Slide layouts• Transitions• Sounds• Narrations• Music• Moving objects

Background Colors

• Click Format• Click Background• Under the design click arrow down• Choose more colors shows color wheel• Click on desired color• Clicking on fill effects has textures, and

other color effects• Apply to all or selected slide

Slide Designs

Click Format Click Slide Design On the right of slide Choose desired design Apply to all or to selected slides Not all designs are appropriate Remember, audience is viewing

Slide Layouts

• Click Format

• Click Slide Layout

• Choose desired layout

• Use if adding multiple text and objects

• Remember, less is more

• Too much distracts from presentation

Sounds

• Click Slide Show• Slide Transition• Under Modify Transition • Click arrow down on Sound• Choose Sound• Choose if loop sound until next sound if

desired• May add other sounds from file

Narrations

• Click Insert

• Click Movies and Sounds

• Click record sound

• Sound is inserted after recorded

• A speaker icon shows sound was added

Music

• Click Insert

• Click Movies and Sounds

• Click play CD audio track

• Warning, CD must be in when playing the presentation

Moving Objects• Insert Object

• Click Slide Show

• Choose Custom Animation

• Click Add Effect

• Choose how object

•Enters

•Exits

Questions and Answers

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