Beginning PowerPoint

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Beginning PowerPoint

• by Chris King
• 26 August 2002

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Class Structure

• Learn to create a basic PPT
• Add text to slides
• Format slides
• Add clip art to slides
• Reorganize slides
• Presenting tips
• Advanced PPT skills (some!)
• Additional information

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Starting PowerPoint

• Start button
• Programs
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• (might be under Microsoft Office folder)

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Starting PowerPoint

• Dialog box gives you three new options
• AutoContent quick and dirty
• Design Template some flexibility
• Blank Presentation complete flexibility

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Starting PowerPoint

• Were going to choose
• Design Template

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Design Template Choices!
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Design Template Choices!
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Adding New Slides

• PowerPoint offers twenty-four slide layouts
• First slide is Title Slide
• One slide is completely blank to allow you to
  create your own imaginative formats!

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Adding Title Slide
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Adding Title Slide
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Adding More Slides
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Adding More Slides
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Adding More Slides
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Adding More Slides
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Modifying Elements

• Select your text
• by mouse (click drag)
• by arrow keys (SHIFT up/down) arrows

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Modifying Elements
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Modifying Elements
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Adding Clip Art
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Reorganizing Slides
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Reorganizing Slides
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Reorganizing Slides
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Basic Rules of Presenting

• FONTS Use no more than two or three fonts use
  mainstream fonts minimum font size should be
  24 or greater
• COLORS Use dark lettering on light backgrounds
  or vice versa
• INFORMATION Quick info, not novels!

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A Really Bad Slide

• There are a few important things to talk
  about, like how hard dark on dark is to read.
• Another important point is that sometimes not
  all of the slide can be seen watch your
  margins.
• Isnt it amazing how powerful PowerPoint
  really is? It truly is a computing marvel.

Can you see me now?
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Keyboard Shortcuts

• F5 full-screen slide show
• ESC quits slide show
• lt- previous slide
• -gt next slide
• (can also use SPACE or mouse)
• B or W creates a black or white screen

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Practice!
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Advanced Stuff Appear
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Advanced Stuff Appear
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Things I like to do

• Reading
• Hiking
• Boating
• PowerPoint!

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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows

• Start your arrow AWAY from your reference drag
  it TOWARD the point you want to make

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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Advanced Zinging Arrows
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Things I like to do

• Reading
• Hiking
• Boating
• PowerPoint!

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Things I like to do

• Reading
• Hiking
• Boating
• PowerPoint!

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Advanced Transitions
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Advanced Transitions
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Advanced Transitions
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Advanced Transitions
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Practice!
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Printing Handouts

• Always choose File Print
• range how many slides? all or some?
• always collate
• print what? -gt slides big! (1/page)
• handouts 3 or 6/page
• grayscale always select

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Transferring Files

• Ask Brian for help
• Use File Pack and Go (but it first must be
  installed!)
• Compress your files with WinZip (for advanced
  users only!)
• about 40-50 slides can fit on one diskette

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Viewing Presentations

• Worst Option File Save as Web Page
• works only with Internet Explorer
• sometimes doesnt work at all
• Best Option download Microsofts free PowerPoint
  viewer!

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Go Forth and Present!