1. How to Make a Power Point
By Jeff Hinton
(revised by Diana Leiter)
Go to Slide 2. (You can get there by going to VIEW – SLIDE SORTER.)

2. Change this title to your name.
Save this Tutorial to your own drive as PowerPoint 1.
Click on this box and replace the these instructions with the name of the city where you live.
Once you have completed the instructions on one slide, move on to the next slide.

3. Fonts
Change the font of the title of this slide to Tahoma with the font size of 50.
Add the “shadow” effect to the title. You can do this by going to HOME– FONT.
Change the title font color to green. Bold the Title.
Shadow Color

4. Slide Design
Change the “design” of this entire show to any template you would like (Design Ribbon).
Change the design of just this Slide (#4) to another design (Right click on new design and click on the selected slide only.

5. WordArt
Add WordArt to this page below the directions. Have the text be the name of your favorite car. (INSERT RIBBON – TEXT – WORDART).
Change the color of the text to your favorite color. (Right-click on the WordArt and select FORMAT – TEXT EFFECTS).
You can edit the shadow by going to RIGHT CLICK – FORMAT TEXT EFFECTS – SHADOW - .

6. Slide Transitions
Set the slide show to transition using the “Uncover Down” setting. Have the slides advance on mouse click. Be sure to Apply to All Slides. (ANIMATIONS – TRANSITION TO THIS SLIDE.)

7. Inserting Images and Animation
Insert a picture of a car at the bottom right of this page (INSERT – picture online and search for a car).
Add animation to the car selecting ANIMATIONS - CUSTOM ANIMATION. Make the car move across the page from right to left (Add Effect – Motion Path – Left). Set it to start “after previous.”
Insert an Oval Callout above the driver of the car. (INSERT – SHAPES.) For the text in the box, type “Hello!” Change the color to a light shade of yellow.

8. Changing the Order of Slides.
Move slide 4 so it is between slides 5 and 6. (Go to VIEW – SLIDE SORTER. Then click and drag slide 4.

9. Changing Slide Layouts
Change the layout of this slide to “Title, Text and Media Clip” in the “Other Layouts” area. (HOME – SLIDES – LAYOUT – 2 CONTENT) For the media clip, add the one from samples.

10. Action Buttons
Insert an action button to the bottom middle of this slide. Set it to take you back to page one. (To do this, you must first add a rectangle (INSERT – SHAPES). Click on the rectangle. Then click on the “Action” button found in INSERT – LINKS – ACTION. Choose “hyperlink to – first slide).

11. Headers and Footers
Add a footer (INSERT - HEADER AND FOOTER - SLIDE) to the slide show that says Created by: (your name). Add the slide number and don’t have it show on the 1st page.

12. Handout Footer
Insert a FOOTER with your name and period on it. VIEW – HEADER AND FOOTER – NOTES AND HANDOUTS (TAB) – CHECK THE “FOOTER” BOX.

13. Speaker Notes
Add speaker notes to this slide (VIEW –NOTES PAGE). Insert the note “Don’t forget to learn how to add music to a slide.” To get out of the Notes View, click on VIEW – NORMAL.

14. Adding Music
Add the Beethoven music, found in the sample music, to this page. (INSERT– Audio). Have it play automatically. Move the sound icon to the bottom right of this page.

15. Web Pages Turn this presentation into a web page. (FILE – SAVE AS).
In the “save as type” area, select “web page.”
In the “file name” are, name the file “How to Make a Power Point 2.”

16. Backgrounds
Change the color of all of the text on this page to yellow (HOME – TEXT).
Change the background of this page to a picture about what your favorite thing to do after school.

17. Creating Handouts
Create a “handout” of this slide show that prints 9 slide pages per sheet. (OFFICE BUTTON – PRINT – PRINT PREVIEW). In the “print what” area, select “handouts 9 slides.”
The 2 pages need to be stapled and turned in to the basket for your class.