Today

•You will learn about how people use PowerPoint.•You will learn some PowerPoint Lingo.•You will create a ‘5 slide presentation’ interviewing your partner.

PowerPoint

Where do you see PowerPoint Used?

Have you used PowerPoint before? For What?

PowerPoint Intro

• Widely used by Educators, Businesses, Students, etc– Anyone else who uses

presentations!

• Used as an aid in presentations– Gives the audience a visual aid to

follow along with the presenter(s) voice

– Other advantages of PowerPoint? (Think this class..)

PowerPoint Lingo

• Slide Show – The entire PowerPoint presentation

• Slides– Numbered pages in the presentation– We are on slide 3 right now!

• Bullet– Each summing point is entered after a bullet point– Generated automatically by pressed enter• Sub-bullets produced by pressing tab• Reverse by pressing Shift + Tab

PowerPoint Lingo

• Slide Layout– Title Slides– Bullet List slides– Content Slides– Conclusion Slides– Many more

combinations

• To Select– Format – Slide Layout

This is a title slide

You will see these at the beginning of the presentation or

the start of a new topic.

Bullet List Slides

• These are the most common slides• Not the fanciest slides, but in a presentation

information > design• Can enter data via cut and paste to these – or

any slides– Graphs, WordArt, Google Images, media, etc

Content Slides

Charts or Graphs (made in excel)

Media Clips

Word ArtPhotos

Insert a table (excel)

Conclusion Slides

• Sum up your presentation or topic• Most often done in bullets• Your entire presentation into a few short

points

Getting to Know the ScreenMenu Tabs (Very similar to all other Microsoft Office)

Main Stage

Slide Outline

Notes Area

Getting to Know the Screen

• Menu Tabs– Similar to Microsoft Word and Excel– Control Text Size, Colour, Font, etc.– Insert• Slides, Pictures, Media, Tables, etc

– Format• Change slide view or slide layout

– Slide Show• Begin the slide show

– Beginning or Specific slides

Getting to Know the Screen

• Outlines– Outline or Slide view– Shows a preview of the slide– Can delete or insert slides in this part of the

screen

Getting to Know the Screen

• Slide Show Views– Outline View• Shows just Text• No Design

– Normal View• All slides on the left• Editing slide in the

middle– Slide view• Just the current slide

• Slide Show• Begins full screen

slide show• Slide Sorter View– Shows all slides

Getting to Know the Screen

Getting to Know the Screen

• Notes Area– Presenters can keep notes on specific slides– PowerPoint is a summary vs. Notes are the

specifics

• Main Stage– The current slide which is being edited

Slide Design

• Can choose between many different default slide designs

• Format – Slide Design

• Make sure your text is visible!!• Tomorrow – We will learn how to make cool backgrounds like

Mr. Lovett

TOMORROW

• How to ‘design a slide’:– Insert• Images• Graphs• Tables• Media Clips

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

• It’s all about you!• You and your assigned partner will interview

each other• You will then create a PowerPoint

presentation on your partner– Must have a title slide and at least 5 other slides– Don`t worry about images for now, but if you

want to experiment...GO FOR IT!