PowerPoint For teachers, administrators, students, and all others who want to make great presentations by George Pilling, Supervisor of Library Media Services Visalia Unified School District link

What can PowerPoint do? Create a “slide” presentation. Include graphs, drawings, pictures Let you show your presentation easily Do it all quickly Make you look good!

Looking good!

Adding Graphics is simple

Pictures can be imported This is the guy who signs your checks!!

To add a graphic: Left click on the picture icon on the toolbar, “Insert Clip Art” Highlight any clip art you want Left click on “Insert” Use “Import Clips” to bring in other images

Importing from the Internet Minimize PowerPoint and open your web browser. Find an image you like ( others) Right click on an image. Choose “save image as…”, then tell windows where to save the image. Go to Insert Clip Art, Pictures, Import Find your saved picture. Click on Open, then OK. On the Insert Clip Art page, click on Insert.

Flowcharts are automatic

To add a Flowchart: Go to slide layout (two over from the image icon on the toolbar) Pick the seventh layout format To edit the flowchart, right click on it and follow directions under “Edit MS Org Chart Object”.

Colors can be changed To change font colors, highlight and right click on the font you want to change. Select “Font”. Follow directions. To change background colors, left click on Format, Background. Click on the rectangle below the square. Choose a color or choose “Custom Colors” or “Fill Effects”. To fill a box or parts of a drawing, use the paint can on the drawing toolbar. Click on the small arrow next to it to choose a color.

Charts and graphs are automatic Create on other programs or in PP drop in to your presentation reformat in PowerPoint

Import tables from Word or WordPerfect Click on the Word Icon on the toolbar Select the size of table you want. Create it, then click elsewhere.

Spel checker Automatically checks your speling and underlines it in red (while entering data). Is adaptable to many languages A style checker is included, too.

Preformatted backgrounds Come with the program are varied pull your presentation together add a professional touch apply to all slides in a show

To apply a background Click on Format, Slide Color Scheme Click on custom tab Highlight background Pick a color Click on apply for this slide only Click on apply all for all slides Change other colors as needed. This is a background on clipart files.

Custom Backgrounds Click on Format, Background Click on the lower rectangle Click on Fill Effects Choose Gradient, Texture, Pattern, or Picture Experiment. If a background color covers your print, right click on it and choose Order, Send to Back. Choose colors that contrast.

Creating Hyperlinks Highlight the words or picture you want to make into a link. Click on the “world with a plug” icon on the toolbar. Create your link to a file or a web page. Add a bookmark to link to a place within a document, and link to that bookmark. The link will appear in your slide show, and your pointer will show it by turning into a hand. For example this link goes to the first slide.this link You can add pop up screen tips on each hyperlink. You can link from one slide to a web site, another slide show, a single slide within a show, or any other document.

Writing Notes On bottom left of screen, click on “Normal view” icon Go to space under slide and “click to add notes” You can print your notes for your presentation. (use file, print, “Print What?”, Notes Pages)

Outlines On the bottom left of the screen click on “Outline View” Type the words of each slide in on the left half of the screen Go back and add graphics later Outlines made in word can be imported into PowerPoint – Just use file, open, all outlines If you have used header styles in your outlines, they will import well. Otherwise, you will have to make many changes. Note that you can print “Outline View”

View the whole thing! One slide at a time (use the slide bar) All at once (slide sorter view) Rearrange slides in sorter view See the outline See your show!

Get it ready to show Go to slide sorter view Click on the slide transition rectangle in the upper left corner and choose a transition for each slide, or Click on slide show, slide transition, and choose a transition to apply to all slides Go to slide sorter view Click on the slide animations rectangle and choose an effect for each slide

Go to Slide Show, Custom Animation. Add word-by word transitions, or even letter by letter. Add sounds Change the order items appear You can also record narration, have the show go at its own pace, record notes on the slides, and many other features.

Print it Click on File, Print Choose what you want to print. The bottom box allows printing of various formats - whole page slides, handouts, notes, outline view, etc.

Five Minute PowerPoints Go to File, New Pick a presentation design Plug in your own information Apply one transition to all slides Print out handouts.

Interesting websites Electric teacher Cyberquest Media Festival Big Six Tulare County School Libraries – links to all of these and more:

Animation? Animation?

Highlighting a Process Draw each line as separate object. Create duplicate image and set to highlighter color and increase width to 6 pts. Set stack order, animation effects and timings.

More Animations Revenues 20M 18M 12M 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Est.