1. Introduction to electronic presentations

2. Why use Electronic Presentation Software?
Enhance oral presentation
Captivate audience attention with:
Images
Graphs
Animation

3. Getting Started with PowerPoint
Title slide contains presentation title and your name
Add slides with Ctrl-M or Home, New Slide
Keep a consistent, neutral background
Ensure that font colour contrasts with background

4. PowerPoint Conventions
The 7/7 Rule – maximum 7 bullets per page, 7 words per bullet as a rough guide
7/7 is outdated – too much text!
Bullets should list key points only
No more than 2-3 graphic images per page (exception collage page)

5. No Paragraphs!
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office system, and runs on Microsoft Windows and the Mac OS computer operating systems. The Windows version can run on the Linux operating system, under the Wine compatibility layer. PowerPoint is widely used by business people, educators, students, and trainers and is among the most prevalent forms of persuasive technology. Beginning with Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft revised the branding to emphasize PowerPoint's place within the office suite, calling it Microsoft Office PowerPoint instead of just Microsoft PowerPoint. The current versions are Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 for Windows and 2008 for Mac.

6. Slide Designs Select Design
Choose from preformatted design themes providing style
Contain specific fonts and font sizes

7. Graphics
Select Insert
Choose from:
Picture
Clip Art
Shapes
Chart

8. Animation The way objects appear and disappear
Select Animations, Custom Animation
Highlight any object and select Add Effect
Choose ways to enter, emphasise and exit
Limit the number of different effects – distracts audience
Limit sounds to avoid annoyance (like laser!)

9. Charts Great to show results of research
Beware: like text – data can be overdone!
Select Insert, Chart
Replace the data with your own

10. Video Select Insert, Movie or Insert, Sound
PowerPoint prefers avi and wmv files

11. Hyperlinks Highlight text or object and Insert, Hyperlink or Ctrl-K
Hyperlink to:
A webpage
A program file
Another slide
Use Action Buttons

12. Slide Transition The change from slide to slide Select Animations
Advance slide on mouse click or automatically after x seconds
Whole presentation can be automated (Select Slide Show, Set Up Slide Show)