Fun with PowerPoint

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Fun with PowerPoint

• OR
• How do they do that?

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Flying my new kite! Is that your dog?
Thats dumb! Girls!
Yes! His name is Friskette!
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How do you do that?

• Open PowerPoint.
• Choose a background design.
• In View Master, select the colours you would
  like or a background photo and then close the
  master.
• Write a title.
• In SlideShow, choose Slide Transition to control
  the transition to the next slide

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Fireworks!

• The fireworks is clipart that is inserted and
  selected.
• While selected, right click or go to the
  Slideshow menu.
• Chose Custom Animation.

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Fireworks!

• Click in the check box
• Choose automatically 0002 seconds to create a
  delay.
• Move to Order the
• animation
• of the different
• images and sounds

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Fireworks!

• In Effects, choose Flash once - Fast
• Sound Explosion
• Preview
• Experiment with the
• different choices.

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Animation

• The presenter and dialogue bubble
• The dialogue bubble is a green-filled Oval from
  the drawing tool bar with a text box on top.
• The bubble and the presenter (clipart) are
  Grouped together so they appear together
• The presenter Zooms in and then Hides with a drum
  roll in the presentation.

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The Message
Microphone Required.

• The message is an inserted recording from the
  Insert menu
• Or open Sound Recorder in
• the Start menu Accessories
• Record Save and then
• Insert.

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The Dialogue
Yes! His name is Friskette!
Thats dumb! Girls!
Flying my new kite! Is that your dog?

• After the characters (clipart) Fly in, green
  ovals with text boxes appear and then Hide when
  clicked.
• The ovals are placed one on top of the other with
  a camera click sound added.
• They are also programmed to Hide on the next
  click.

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Now its your Turn!

• Everything is a variation of the Custom Animation
  menu choices.
• Order
• Timing
• Effects
• Sounds
• Automation
• Hide, etc

PowerPoint also includes many other features such
as links to Web pages and programmes, saving as
Web pages, including animated graphs, movies, etc
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Other Student Projects in PP

• Vocabulary Presentations (Personal Dictionary)
• Self-study quizzes
• Question words
• Flashcards
• Oral presentation support

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Guess Which Animal?
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The Lion
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Vocabulary Presentations (A Personal Dictionary)
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The Lion

• Lives in Africa India
• Eats meat (zebra antelope)
• Size up to 3 meters long
• Weight up to 180 kg
• Colour yellow light brown
• Reputation King of the Jungle

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Guess What?
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?

• Lives in Africa India
• Eats meat (zebra antelope)
• Size up to 3 meters long
• Weight up to 180 kg
• Colour yellow light brown
• Reputation King of the Jungle

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The Lion
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Guess What?
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• What lives in Africa India?
• What eats meat (zebra antelope)?
• What is up to 3 meters long?
• What weighs up to 180 kg?
• What is yellow light brown?
• What is called the King of the Jungle?

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The Lion

• Lives in Africa India
• Eats meat (zebra antelope)
• Size up to 3 meters long
• Weight up to 180 kg
• Colour yellow light brown
• Reputation King of the Jungle

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How?

• Use a clipart CD-ROM or Internet to gather the
  pictures and insert.
• Animate
• Insert sounds from CD-ROM or Internet
• Find information on CD-ROM or Internet
  encyclopedias. (copy paste)
• Add navigation buttons from SlideShow Action
  Settings.

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Resources

• Youll find Internet research resources at the
  Cybersite Student Research Center on the Web.
• http//station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/cyberals.htm

Have Fun and don't forget HELP is in the MENU!
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