1. Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
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Just the Basics
This slide show will show you just a few of the basics.
PowerPoint will do much more than I can show you today.
PowerPoint slide shows are a very effective way of teaching and communicating with groups.
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Open the program
Start, Programs, PowerPoint
File, New, Choose either blank, from Design Template, AutoContent wizard, depending on what your needs are.
Begin creating slides
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Create a Slide
State the main ideas you’ll be talking about
Enter the text directly on the slide or in the outline pane.
Format your text and add graphics if desired.
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5. Make your show interesting.
Formatting Text
Changing Layouts
Changing Designs
Changing Backgrounds
Adding graphics and sound
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Enhancing the show
Add Clip Art
Change Font and Size
Change Style of Text
Change Color of Text
Add text effects
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7. To Add Sound to your presentation
Download sound clips.
From the menu choose Insert.
Movies and Sound.
Sound from File.
Choose sound file and double click.
Decide if you want the sound to be played automatically or on mouse click.
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8. Add Graphics or Pictures to your Slide
From the menu choose Insert
Picture
Choose either Clip Art if you want to use clipart or From File if you want to use a picture or clip art you have saved.
Choose the graphic you want and double click. It is that easy!
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9. Moving Text and Graphics
Edit cut or copy
Edit Paste
Moving Graphics
Click on object
Drag to desired spot
Release
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Graphics
Change colors of graphics
Click on graphic. Picture Menu will appear.
Click on Recolor Picture.
Select color and click.
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11. Using a Photo as a Background
Insert the photo
Drag the resize boxes until the photo fills the screen.
Right click on photo. From the menu, choose order, then send to back.
Select a text color to contrast with the photo.
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Animate Slides
Custom animate objects on slide
Set up a animation theme for the entire show
Add slide transitions
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Animations
To add animation to your graphics, do the following.
Place the graphic.
Right click on the graphic.
Choose custom animation.
Add effect.
Choose the effect you want to add.
You’re cool!
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Transitions
To add transitions to your show (how the slides come in and go out) do the following:
Go to Slide Show
Slide Transitions
Choose your favorite transition or Random transition for a different one on each slide.
Decide the speed, if you want to add a sound and whether the slide will advance with a mouse click or automatically after a certain amount of time. You can apply this to all slides or only the one you are working on.
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Creating Hyperlinks
To go to a website from your presentation, you can add a hyperlink to your presentation.
Type in your link name. EX. Go to Yahoo
Highlight the part of the name you want to hyperlink. Ex. Yahoo
Right click and choose hyperlink.
Type in the URL Ex.
When you show your presentation you can click on the underlined link and it will take you to Yahoo.
Go to Yahoo
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Importing a Chart
From the menu choose:
Insert
Object
Create from File
Browse
Select File
Double Click
Chart
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17. Importing a Spreadsheet
Follow the same instructions as importing a chart.
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Adding a Word Document
From the menu choose:
Insert
Object
Create from File
Browse
Select File
Double Click
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View the Show
Start Powerpoint
Go to Click on First Slide in the show, go to Slide Show, View Show
OR click on first slide and click on the screen at the bottom of the preview pane.
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20. Moving through the Show
Use the space bar or click with your mouse on the slide to move forward.
To return to a previous slide, click backspace.
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End the Show
Press esc.
At the end of the show, click on the end of show message.
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