How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation

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How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation

• ELI Student Workshop by Laurie Miller

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Starting PowerPoint

• Double Click the PowerPoint Icon on the desktop
• If there is no icon, then
• Start ?
• All Programs ?
• Microsoft Office ?
• Microsoft PowerPoint

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The First Slide
When PowerPoint starts, you will see a window
like this one.
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Typing in Text
1) Move your mouse to the rectangle that says
Click to add title, click once, then start
typing 2) Move your mouse to rectangle that
says Click to add subtitle, click once, then
start typing
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Adding a New Slide
Move your mouse to right end of the toolbar at
the top of your PowerPoint Window and click New
Slide, once a new slide will appear
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Inserting Pictures

• From Microsoft Clipart -1

1) Move your mouse to the Insert Menu and click
once to activate the menu 2) Choose Picture 3)
Choose Clip Art
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Inserting Pictures From Microsoft Clipart - 2

• The Clip Art Tool Will Show up on the right edge
  of the window.
• Type in a keyword for the picture you want in the
  Search for box
• After the search is done, click on picture you
  want to add
• The picture will be placed on your slide

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Inserting Other Pictures

• Pictures must be files saved on a local disk
• C hard drive (My Documents, My Pictures)
• A floppy
• D CD-ROM
• F memory stick

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Inserting Pictures

• From File -1

1) Move your mouse to the Insert Menu and click
once to activate the menu 2) Choose Picture 3)
Choose From File
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Inserting Pictures

• From File -2

• 1) When the Insert Picture dialog box opens
• Choose the location of your file, for example,
  the floppy, by clicking once on the down arrow at
  the end of the Look in rectangle
• Click on the picture you want to add and it will
  appear on your slide

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Changing Picture Size Location

• To move the picture on the slide
• Click on it until the four-sided arrow
  appears
• Dont lift your finger from the mouse button and
  drag the mouse and the picture to its new
  location on the slide

• To adjust the size of the picture
• Click on its lower right corner until the resize
  double arrow appears
• Dont lift your finger from the mouse button and
  drag the mouse to resize the picture (in to
  make it smaller out to make it bigger)

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Changing Slide Design

• You can change the background and colors on all
  your slides

1) Move your mouse to the Format Menu and click
once to activate the menu 2) Choose Slide
Design
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More Slide Design

• 1) The Slide Design Tool will now be open on the
  right side of your PowerPoint window.
• Scroll down to see the different designs
  available for use.
• Once you find the design you want to use, click
  on it once and it will become the slide design on
  all your slides.

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Adding Animation

• Separate your text into different text boxes

• if you want it to appear

in different ways or
at different times.
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How to Add the Animation -1
After adding the text boxes and pictures you want
on the slide
1) Move your mouse to the Slide Show Menu and
click once to activate the menu 2) Choose
Custom Animation
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How to Add the Animation -2

• 1) Click once on the object you want to animate
  to activate it
• Move your mouse to the Custom Animation tool that
  appears on the right side of the window and click
  on Add Effect
• Choose the type of effect you want in the submenu
  that appears
• Choose the specific effect in the next submenu

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How to Add the Animation -3

• 1) Add animation to all the objects you want
  animated using the steps outlined.
• When you are done you will see numbers next to
  the animated objects
• You can put them in a different order by clicking
  and dragging them in their list

• You can change how the animation occurs by
  clicking on the down arrow at the end of each
  effect ? a new submenu will appear from which you
  can make more choices.

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Other Advice

• Use keywords and phrases not sentences
• Use slides to guide your presentation not give
  it
• Keep plenty of white space on your slides

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More Advice

• Keep your slide design and animation simple
• After your last slide, add a Credits slide to
  cite your sources

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More Advice

• There is a great deal more you can do in
  PowerPoint!
• Experiment with the toolbar buttons and see what
  happens
• Visit on-line websites with PowerPoint advice
• http//www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint03.htm
• http//office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH790
  018081033.aspx
• http//www.actden.com/pp/index.htm
• http//www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

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Credits

• George Mason Statue picture from
  http//condor.gmu.edu/photofile/rights.html
• Other clip art from Microsoft
• In MS Office Suite Clipart
• On-line at http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/
• PowerPoint screenshots by Laurie Miller

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Credits

• George Mason Statue picture from
  http//condor.gmu.edu/photofile/rights.html
• Other clip art from Microsoft
• In MS Office Suite Clipart
• On-line at http//office.microsoft.com/clipart/
• PowerPoint screenshots by Laurie Miller
• Creation date September 2005 by Laurie Miller