PowerPoint BASICS

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PowerPoint BASICS

• New Canaan Library
• March 2003

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What is PowerPoint?

• A Design Program for creating series of screens
  (slides) called presentations
• One part of MS Office, compatible with other
  Office programs
• A versatile program with a variety of ways to
  present or print your slide show

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What Kind of Presentations Can You Create With
PowerPoint?

• On-screen presentations PC or projector
• Overheads or slides
• Kiosk
• Printed Handouts and Flyers
• Publish to the Internet

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Why Use PowerPoint?

• Makes it easy to create exciting presentations
• Strong visual impact and appeal
• Lets you control the flow and pace of information
  communicated to others
• PowerPoint shares MS Office features like menus,
  toolbars clipart with Word, Excel, Publisher.
  Works with text boxes, bullets, fonts, styles,
  drawing tools.

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Library Collection Development Cycle
SELECTION read reviews, respond to requests
PURCHASE
MAINTENANCE assess, replace, remove
CATALOG and PROCESS
CIRCULATION
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Getting Started in PowerPoint

• Open from Desktop Icon or from
• Start Button-Programs-MS Powerpoint
• Choose an option for getting started
• AutoContent Wizard with pre-designed sample
  presentations
• Templates background designs with some
  formatting
• Blank slides for you to create from scratch

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Using Toolbars and Menus

• Click on toolbar buttons to perform tasks
• 4 main toolbars standard, formatting, drawing,
  common tasks
• You may also use the menus (file, edit, view,
  insert, format, tools, slide show) to perform
  tasks

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The Powerpoint Screen

• Moving around the program
• Toolbars
• Menus
• View buttons
• Help features

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Creating a Simple Slide

• Start with a blank presentation
• Click the title slide layout
• (a good starting point for any presentation)
• Add title and subtitle

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MAKING CHANGES TO A SLIDE

• Move or resize the text boxes
• Add or delete a text box
• Change the text font, size, color
• Change background color or pattern
• Add shapes, clipart, charts, graphs or animation

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Saving, Printing, Quitting

• Dont forget to save your work. PowerPoint will
  prompt you if you forget.
• Printing options transparencies, handouts,
  flyers, outline view, presentation notes.
• Always close the file and quit the program before
  turning off your computer.

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PowerPoint Presentation Tips

• Dont put too much text on each slide
• Dont use too many different fonts or patterns
• Use strong contrast between text and background
  dark on light or light on dark
• Experiment to find out what works best
• for you

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Mismatch with Background

• The choice of colors can make a big difference.
• Backgrounds which have both light and dark areas
  can be particularly troublesome.

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Free Online PowerPoint Tutorials

• http//www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/ppho
  me.htm http//www.science.iupui.edu/SAC98/ppt.ht
  m http//sun3.lib.uci.edu/mclweb/ppt1.htm
• http//www.actden.com/pp/
• http//search.office.microsoft.com/assistance/pro
  ducttask.aspx?pPowerPoint (Microsoft
  Office Assistance Center)

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Thank you for participating inPowerPoint
BASICS

• at the
• New Canaan Library
• http//www.newcanaanlibrary.org
• Presented by Lauren Phillips, Librarian
  594-5008
• lphillips_at_newcanaanlibrary.org