Table Of Contents

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Table Of Contents

• Title Slide
• Most Important Thing
• Other Important Rules
• Effective Speaker Tips 1
• Effective Speaker Tips 2
• Inserting and Resizing Graphics
• Inserting a Table
• Inserting a Diagram
• Applying Slide Transitions
• Inserting Hyperlinks to the Internet
• Insert Action Buttons
• Incorporating Audio
• Incorporating Video/Movies
• Adding Speaker Notes
• Inserting Footers
• Test Slide For Experimenting
• References

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Target Audience
• Grade 7 8 Students

By Jeff Wilford June 22, 2008
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• The most important thing to remember..

K.I.S.S.
Keep it simple silly!
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Other Important Rules

• Be Consistent!
• One background
• One font

Not too much information per slide!

• Watch your contrasts!
• Dark on light
• Light on dark

• Not too busy!
• Let the slide speak!

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Effective Speaker Tips

• Developing The PowerPoint Delivery
• Assess Your Audience
• Time and Focus
• Organization
• Practice! Practice! Practice!

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint
Effective Speaker Tips

• Presenting Your PowerPoint
• Space Know it
• Physical Presence Show it
• Vocal Presence Throw it

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Inserting and Resizing Graphics

Steps -Pull down Insert -Click on
Picture -Select the object you want to insert
Tip Once inserted, click once on the object
until dots appear around its perimeter. Click and
drag on a corner to resize proportionately.
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Inserting A Table

Steps -Pull down Insert -Select Table and format
box appears -Fill in appropriate fields for table
size
Tip Once inserted, click once on the
table until dots appear around its
perimeter. Click and drag from corner to resize
proportionately.
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint
Inserting A Diagram

• Steps
• -Pull down Insert
• -Select Diagram
• -Select appropriate
• diagram

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Applying Slide Transitions

Steps -Pull Down Slide Show -Select Slide
Transition -In the right column the transition
pane becomes available -Preview and select the
appropriate transition
How the slide transitions display themselves
can be selected here
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Inserting Hyperlinks to the Internet

Steps -Select your graphic or text -Pull down
Insert -Select Hyperlink -Select Existing File or
Web Page -Type in the target URL address
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Inserting Action Buttons

• Steps
• - Pull Down Slide Show
• - Select Action Buttons
• - Select the appropriate button
• - Resizable icon appears when
• you click on the page
• Select appropriate link in the
• dialog box when it appears

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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Incorporating Audio

• Steps
• -Pull down Insert
• -Select Movies and Sounds
• Choose your audio source
• An icon linked to your audio file
• will appear on the slide

Tip Right Click on Icon for Options window to
loop or eliminate icon during play
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Incorporating Video

• Steps
• Pull Down Insert
• Select Movies and Sounds
• Select Movie from File or
• Clip Organizer

Tip Right click on the embedded movie for an
options window to select looping and full screen
play.
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Adding Speaker Notes

Steps -Select your slide -Pull down
View -Select Notes Page -Notes Page appears
with slide notes section
Tip Create notes, but bold face key words so you
do not read presentation
Notes Page Layout
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Creating An Effective PowerPoint

• Inserting Footers

• Steps
• -Pull Down View
• -Select Header and Footer
• Check Footer in the dialog box
• Type in your footer

Tip Click Notes and Handouts tab to add Headers
or Footers to these.
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Test Slide For Experimenting
Bring me back to Table of Contents
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References

• Engineering Communications Centre Staff (2002),
  Oral Presentations, Retrieved June 11, 2008,from
  University of Toronto.
• Web site
• http//www.ecf.utoronto.ca/writing/handbook-oral
  .html
• Bellamy, K., McLean, D. (2003, June). The
  Mechanics of PowerPoint, Journal of Audiovisual
  Media in Medicine, 26(2), 74-78.
• Weismann, B.R. (2005). Training Tools Five Tips
  for Misusing PowerPoint. ISHN, 39(5). 52-53
• Buchholz, S., Ullman, P. (2004, June/July)
  Twelve Commandments for PowerPoint.Teaching
  Professor, 18(6), 1-4.
• Web Site http//www.microsoft.com/education/ppt20
  03tutorial.mspxEVF