Tips & Tricks of PowerPoint Presentation: How Much Better We Can Do? by Montarat Rungruangthum 17/06/2010 ©2010 Montarat Rungruangthum

Technical Issues: How to? Design PowerPoint Template and Background Create PowerPoint Presentation from Word Set up Font Size Convert PowerPoint to Word Insert SmartArt Use Animations Cite References 2 M. Rungruangthum17/06/53

I. Design PowerPoint Template and Background 1.Choose “Design Tab”, you can select available templates and themes or you may directly download from M. Rungruangthum 3 17/06/53

2. For “Theme colors”, this will result in graphic colors, background, picture, and everything. 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 4

3. You may also set “Theme Fonts”, making overall features consistent. M. Rungruangthum 5 17/06/53

4. To create a new slide, just click “Ctrl + M” 5. To change background, right click anywhere in the slide, and choose “Format Background”, Select “Solid fill” ( สีเติมแบบ ทึบ ) or “Gradient Fill” ( สีเติมแบบไล่ระดับ ) 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 6

II. Create PowerPoint Presentation from Word 1. You can use an existing Microsoft Word document to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. To set up, you need to format “heading styles”. Heading 1: Topic and Heading 2: Sub-heading, or content 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 7

2. Then click “Home tab” and then select “Slides from Outline” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 8

3. Insert file and then click “Insert” button 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 9

Example 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 10

III. Set up Font Size 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 11 If your text consists of Thai and English, sometimes the font size is not compatible. You can set up the font size by 1.Click “Design bar” 2.Choose “Create new theme font” 3.For English language, choose “Latin Text” 4.For Thai language, choose “Complex Script” 5.Make sure that you choose the same font for heading and body font.

Example: Font Size 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 12

IV. Convert PowerPoint Presentation to Word 1.Click “office button” 2.Choose “Publish” 3.Choose “Create handouts in Microsoft Word” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 13

V. Insert SmartArt 1.Click “insert SmartArt icon” on choose from the “insert bar” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 14

2. Select diagram that you want. 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 15

3. Select “SmartArt Tools” for changing color but if you want to change the diagram, just click “SmartArt Styles” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 16

VI. Animations 1.Select the text box or the slide that you want to use animations. Then choose “Animations Tab” 2.Click the animations that you want to use. 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 17

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VII. Cite References Zotero is an add-on program available on Firefox, can help you import and export references based on any style and it’s a kind of freeware. So if you use Firefox web browser. You can directly download from the website. 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 19

Successful installing 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 20

You can directly import reference list from OPAC and online database by clicking the folder icon, or the book on address bar. 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 21

Choosing reference list from online database 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 22

Checking the list by click “Zotero” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 23

Export references 1.Select reference list that you want 2.Right click and choose “Create Bibliography from Selected Item” 3.Click “save as RTF” 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 24

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Output Style 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 26 Adrianson, L. (2001). Gender and computer-mediated communication: group processes in problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 17(1), Althaus, S. L. (1997). Computer-mediated communication in the university classroom: An experiment with on-line discussions. Communication Education, 46(3), 158–174.

Q & A 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 27

Thank You 17/06/53M. Rungruangthum 28