1. Creating a Powerpoint Presentation
Spring 2008
ESL 047
Intermediate Computer Literacy
Sherry Tuinstra, Instructor

2. Six things to consider when planning your presentation
Why are you giving the presentation?
What materials do you want to use with the presentation?
Who will be in the audience and how many people will attend?
When will the presentation occur?
How long is my presentation?
Where is the presentation going to be?

3. Opening Powerpoint Go to the Start menu Go to Programs
Go to Microsoft Office
Click on Powerpoint 2007
You will open a new blank presentation
Shortcut: Click on the icon on the bottom toolbar

4. Setting up the title slide
The first slide introduces your slide show
Click on the first box and type the title of your presentation
Click on the second box
Type the date, your name and our class number (ESL 047)

5. Inserting a new slide
Move your mouse to the upper left hand corner of your screen and click on “New Slide” (Make sure you are in the HOME tab.)
A new slide will appear in your presentation
You can also insert a slide in the middle of your presentation. If you click on slide 3, then click on “new slide” your new slide will become slide 4.

6. Setting up the first photo slide
Choose a Layout for your presentation. “Title and Content” is the best one for photos.
Click in the top box and type a title for your first picture.
Click the icon for “Insert Picture” (It looks like a mountain.)
Look in: “Removable Disk” or on the DESKTOP where you have saved your photographs.
Double click on the photo you want.
The photo will appear on your first slide.

7. Phuket, Thailand after Tsunami

8. Deleting a border Click on the border Right click the mouse
Choose “cut”

9. Deleting a Slide
Click on the slide at the left side of your screen (normal view)
Press the “delete” key

10. Resizing a photograph Click in the middle of the photo
Small circles will appear on the corners of the photo
Move your cursor to one of the corners
When you get an arrow going 2 directions, click and drag the photo to the size you want.

11. Positioning a photo Move your cursor to the center of the photo
You will get a four-way arrow
Click in the center of the photo and drag the photo to the position you want.

12. Saving your presentation
Go to the file menu
Go to “Save As”
Click on “My Documents”
Type a name for your presentation
Click OK

13. SAVE as you work! You will do a lot of work on this presentation.
Please save OFTEN.
Save to My Documents with a title that fits!
After you “Save As” and give it a name, you can just click the “save” icon to keep your changes and additions.
Just go to the upper left hand corner of the screen and click the blue floppy disk icon for “Save”.

14. Applying a background “Go to Format” on the tool bar
Click on “Slide Design”
Choose a design from the right side of your computer screen
Scroll down to see more designs
Shortcut: Click on the icon on the top right side of the screen

15. Applying a background to ONE slide
Click the “Design” Tab
Place your cursor arrow over the design you want to get a preview.
Left click on the design you like.
To change only one slide at a time, RIGHT click on the design. Then LEFT click on “Apply to Selected Slides”.

16. Slide Transition Click the “Animations” Tab on the toolbar
Click on a type of transition
Click the down arrow to see more transitions
Click “Preview” to see how it looks

17. Custom Animation Click Slide Show on the toolbar
Click “Custom Animation”
Click on the text you want to animate
Click “Add Effect”
Choose “entrance”, “emphasis” or “exit”
Choose an effect
Click “Play” to view your effect
Click “Remove” to change your effect

18. You will be graded on your presentation:
Does the presenter speak clearly to the audience?
Does the presentation make sense? Is the slide show easy to understand?
Does the presenter follow the guidelines for the assignment?
Does the presenter know how to set up, start and run the slide show?
Is your slide show interesting? Does it have a nice Design and use Transition and Animation?