How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation Mrs. Leah Craft University of Mississippi NMGK-8

What is a presentation? Information that you have collected on a subject that you will show a group of people

Steps Select a Topic Gather information Create Outline Then go to the computer

Technical Terms Slide – an individual screen in a slide show Presentation File – the file you save to disk Object – An element that appears in the presentation such as a picture, clip art, a graph, or sounds. Slide show – a series of slides Transition – a special effect that happens when a new slide is presented

Everything else is an option

Tool Bars Needed Standard Stuff Fun shapes Pictures

Creating the Presentation 1.Create a title slide 2.Insert next slide 3.Choose layout of each 4.Follow your outline 5.Add Transitions (Watch what happens) 6.Check your Spelling 7.Practice your presentation

TitleTitle Who are you?

Moving a text box Click on the box you would like to move A gray border will appear around the box Place the pointer on the border Hold down the mouse button and drag the box to the new location Release the mouse

Resizing the text box Click on the box you would like to resize A gray border will appear around the box Place the pointer on the border Hold down the mouse button and drag the resizing handle until the box is the size you want.

Deleting a text box 1. Click the text box to select it. 2. Click the box's border and then click the Delete key. The text disappears, but the border remains. 3. Click the border again and press the Delete key. The entire text box is deleted.

Adding Clip Art 1. On the Standard Toolbar, click the Insert Clip Art button. 2. The Microsoft Clip gallery dialog box appears. 3. Click the Clip Art tab. 4. In the Categories list, click Cartoons. PowerPoint displays clip art from the Cartoons category.

5. Click an image to select it. 6. Click the Insert button. The cartoon image is inserted on your slide. Note: Some AutoLayout slides in PowerPoint already have placeholders for clip art. To insert clip art into one of these slides, simply double- click the placeholder and the clip art gallery will open. Don’t forget that clip art can also be resized!

Adding your own work 1. Click the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File. The Insert Picture dialog box will appear.

2. In the Look in box, find the drive and folder where the artwork is located. 3. In the File name box, enter the name of the file. Then click the Insert button.

Other things to add Charts Graphs Tables Column RowCell

Adding a transition Choose the slide you want to have transition Slide Show from the tool bar Slide Transition Choose from options

Lets give it a try… Your options are endless!!!