Making a Power Point

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Cool stuff
Making a Power Point Presentation
(These directions were written for Bio 121 Alien
Worlds for PPT 2001 on Mac - other versions may
vary)
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1 Working views
Slide view to make or edit a slide
Slide sorter view to arrange slides
Slide show use arrows to advance, use ESC to
leave this view
Try them!
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2 Adding text to a slide (use the Slide View)
From menu, choose Insert - Text Box
When the box appears, type in it! To change
font, highlight text choose Format - Font
from menu
TRY IT HERE - click on this text change it.
Then try a new box below.
P. S. To delete a text box, click on its edges
hit DELETE
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3 Adding, deleting, and moving slides
MOVING in slide-sorter view, click drag
slides. (Put them back in order after you try
it.)
ADDING in slide view, choose Insert-New
Slide. (WAIT try it, but use scroll bar to
get back!)
DELETING Edit-Delete Slide from menu. Try it
with your new slide (not this one!)
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4 Adding an image to a slide
Choose Insert-Picture-From File and follow the
prompts.
Too big or too small? Drag the corner handle to
re-size.
Drag the image to move it around.
Try re-sizing and moving Earth, then do your own!
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5 Changing the background
Choose Format-Background
Click on the color bars arrow for a new color,
then hit apply
Note More colors gives more choices. Fill
effects gives fancy ones. Try them out.
DONT BE TACKY! Avoid backgrounds like this
that distract.
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6 Revising for better effect

• FEWER WORDS!

Conclusion Current evidence on the existence of
fossil life on Mars is equivocal. More
research is needed.
Terrible!
Better!
Life on Mars?

• NO FRILLS! Sound effects and Animation
• are BANNED for our presentations.

• ONE-SLIDE-PER-MINUTE
• is a good rule of thumb - dont exceed it.

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Going to be good!
7 Practice Practice Practice!

• Know your slides.
• Talk to audience, not screen.
• Explain what they see but dont
• use text as crutch.
• End with a take-home message.