Liz Brookins

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PowerPoint 101

• Liz Brookins
• Rene Palafox
• Steve Stuart

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Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint Micros
oft PowerPoint is a presentation graphics
package. It gives you everything you need to
produce a professional-looking presentation text
handling, outlining, drawing, graphing, clipart
and so on. PowerPoint can produce Slides,
Handouts, Speaker's Notes and Outlines.
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Whats in It for You?

• Presentations for class
• Presentations by students
• Presentations for parents
• Presentations for webpages

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In This Session, You Will Learn the Following

• How to open PowerPoint
• How to create slides
• How to type and animate text
• How to insert clip art, pictures, and sound or
  movie clips
• How to choose a template
• How to fix it and save it!

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Before you leave, you will begin building a
presentation.

• You might consider
• Parent night
• First day of school
• Showcase
• Steves mini example follows

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Welcome to Steves Class

• Integrated science is simply a tool to teach
• Techniques for learning (learning how to learn)
• Note taking
• Analytical thinking
• Flash/review card use
• Oral presentation/group dynamics skills
• Internet research

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My Class Rules for Life

• Treat every person and the school with respect
• Be in your seat, set up, ready to work when the
  tardy bell rings
• Do the best you can in all pursuits
• Always strive for improvement
• Help others whenever possible

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How Can I Help My Child?

• Get involved.
• Bi-weekly progress reports.
• S.I.P.
• Attend athletic events.
• Booster club.
• Help them with homework.

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Attendance Information

• Be in your seat ready to work when the tardy bell
  rings.
• 10 absences lowers your grade one letter.
• 15 absences results in no credit.
• Every 3 tardies counts as an absence.
• Detention is assigned for every tardy after the
  third one.

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How Can You Help Your Child?(Inserting a Table
W/ Background Color)
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Thanks for showing up! Know where to go next?
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OK, Im Inwhere Do I Start?
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The First Step

• Think
• What is my message?
• Who is my audience?
• Where will my message appear?
• Next, basic building blocks

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Presentation

• A presentation is a file that contains a related
  series of slides.
• These slides are then output on screen, one at a
  time, used to create overhead transparencies in
  color or black and white, or used to create 35 mm
  photographic slides.

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Slides

• A slide is the basic building block of a
  presentation. Its made up of several elements
  these elements can be text, images, sound, or
  other slides.

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Objects

• Objects are the basic building blocks of a
  slide. They are individual items that are placed
  on a slide template. In most cases, you'll be
  working with text objects and image objects.

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Finally, Open Sez a Me...

• PowerPoint is true to its name
• It is a very powerful program!
• So, lets get it opened!

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Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
2. Select Programs
1. Click on Start
3. Choose Microsoft Power Point
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Selecting a Presentation Type

• The first screen in PowerPoint will show 3
  options
• AutoContent wizard
• Template
• Blank presentation

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This PowerPoint dialogue box prompts you to
select the type of presentation you would like to
create.
AutoContent Wizard Template Blank
Presentation Open Existing Presentation
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AutoContent Wizard Provides ideas and an
organization for the presentation. Displays Cue
Cards (help) which gives tips on editing the
slides.
Template Prompts you to select a design and
color scheme for the presentation. Then you
select an autolayout e.g. title page, bullet
list, etc.
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Blank Presentation Prompts you to select an
autolayout format for the slides. Open an
Existing Presentation Allows you to open a
previously Saved presentation file.
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Creating Your New Presentation

• Click on Blank
• Presentation.
• 2. Click on OK.
• This will display AutoLayout

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Using Auto-layout
AutoLayout contains 24 pre-formatted layout
designs that are set-up to center text, make a
bulleted list, and add clip art and charts. You
can mix AutoLayout slides with individually
designed slides.
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Using Auto-content to Create a Title Slide

• Click on the Title Only Slide. 2. Click on OK.

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Creating the Title Slide
Click inside the dotted line border. The
instruction will disappear and the cursor will
flash in the center of the box. This box is
called a text block. Type in your title.
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Creating a New Slide (cont.)
(3 different ways)
Go to tool bar along top of screen.
Click on Insert
Click on Common Tasks
Click on New Slide
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Creating a Slide with a Title and Subtitle
1. When you click on the New Slide icon, the New
Slide Dialogue box appears. Click on Title with
subtitle.
3.Click OK
2. Note description of Slide appears here.
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Creating a Slide with a Title and Subtitle
1. Click anywhere inside the title box
block. Type a title of your choice.
2. Click inside the subtitle box and type a
subtitle. This is a good place for your name.
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Creating a Bulleted List
1. Click on the Bulleted List slide.
2. Click on OK.
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Creating a Bulleted List (cont.)
4. Click on the Title Block and type a title.
5. Click anywhere inside the bulleted text block
and type some text. 6. Press Enter, another
bullet will appear.
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Design Tips for Bullet Slides

• Use six or fewer topics per slide
• Use six to eight words per topic
• Use parallel phrasing
• Avoid ALL CAPS

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Using The Spell Checker
1. Click on the Tools on the top menu bar
2. Click on the Spelling... The Spell Checker
dialogue box will appear.
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Saving Your Presentation
1. Click on File on top menu bar.
2. Click on Save As
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Saving Your Presentation
3. Select a folder or create a new folder and
select destination
5. Click on Save
4. Type in a file name.
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Applying a Design Template
1. Click on Format on the top Menu.
2. Select Apply Design
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Applying a Designed Template
3. Choose a template from the list.
4. Click on Apply.
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Insert Clip Art

• Double click on the small clown at the bottom of
  your screen or insert at top menu
• Click on the pictures folder in window
• Scroll, click on a category, then click on the
  picture you want.
• Click on the top button on the insert tool bar
• Go back to slide and drag it around.

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Inserting a Regular Picture

• Go to insert on top menu
• Drag down to picture and over to file
• Find your picture Folder
• Click on the insert button when the window
  appears
• Its there!

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Slide Sorter View
1. Click on View on the top Menu bar.
2. Click on Slide Sorter.
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Slide Sorter View (cont.)
Click on a Slide to Select it. You can now carry
out any of these operations on the selected
slide 1. drag and drop it in a new
position. 2. Copy and Paste it to a new
location. 3. Delete it by pressing Delete key.
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Finishing your slide show

• 1. Go to top tool bar. Click on slide show.
• 2. Click on view show.
• 3. You can also add transitions and
  animations on this screen.

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Exercise

• Create a presentation consisting of the following
  slides
• A Title Slide
• A Slide with Title and Subtitle
• A Bulleted List
• A Slide with clip art, pictures, or WordArt.
• Enter your text in each slide and Spell Check the
  text.
• Save your presentation.
• Select and Apply a Design template to your
  presentation.
• Use Slide Sorter View to change the order of
  slides.
• Play with other features, well help!

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The End

• or just the beginning

Happy Halloween!