1. Using PowerPoint © Copyright William Rowan 2007

2. Objective By the end of this you will be able to: Create slides through the use of an ICT package and a CAD package of key steps involved in creating a drawing

3. Using PowerPoint To create slides we are going to use Microsoft Office PowerPoint Double click on the PowerPoint icon to open it

5. Using PowerPoint The previous slide shows the open window of PowerPoint Its operating features are very similar to Word and Excel i.e. saving, inserting pictures is the same

6. Using PowerPoint The first thing you should do is chose an appropriate background for your slides

7. Using PowerPoint To do this Select the “Format” menu and then select “Slide Design”

8. Using PowerPoint This will open a new menu in the PowerPoint window showing a list of possible designs that you can chose for your slides (See next slide)

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10. To chose one of these designs simply click on it to add it as your design Additional Page Design Cover Page design

11. Using PowerPoint Once you have made your selection click on the X on this “Slide Design” menu to close the menu

12. Using PowerPoint You will now need to add more slides to your presentation Click on the “Insert” menu and select “New Slide”

13. Using PowerPoint This will also open a new menu in the window where you can apply a layout to the slide To chose one click on it and this will then apply to that slide Alternatively use the shortcut key Ctrl +M

14. Using PowerPoint Possible layouts: –Text Only –Title and text –Content Only i.e. graphs, tables, clipart –Title, text and content –Title, text and clipart

16. Using PowerPoint When complete click on the X again to close the menu

17. Using PowerPoint NB: The layout you chose will only apply to the slide you are working on You will need to change the layout if desired for each slide separately after this again

18. Using PowerPoint To insert text to a slide click where its says “Click to add title/ text” and type in the words you want

19. Using PowerPoint To insert pictures, clipart, movies, etc… use the insert menu and then select the feature you want to insert

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21. Once you have your slides created with the necessary text and images you can apply an animation to the presentation To start using this click on the “Slide Show” menu and then select “Animation Schemes”

22. Using PowerPoint This will open the a new menu window in screen

23. Using PowerPoint It is here you can select the various animations for each slide To apply an animation click on the name of the animation If you want an animation to apply to all slides in the presentation then press “Apply to All Slides” at the bottom of the menu window

24. Using PowerPoint You can also change the transition of the slides To do this follow the same procedure for animating but select “Slide Transition” in the “Slide Show” menu

25. Using PowerPoint To animate images you need to select “Custom Animation” from the “Slide Show” menu This will open a new menu window Click on the image and select the “Add Effect” tab in the menu window to select the effect you want to apply to the image

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27. Once the chosen effect is applied, it is possible to change the order of the animation by using the appropriate “Re- Order” tabs at the bottom of the window

28. Using PowerPoint To view your slideshow Select “View Slideshow” from the “Slide Show” menu Or press “F5” on your keyboard

29. Now you try! Using Microsoft PowerPoint create a series of slides on how to create a drawing in SolidWorks To do this I recommend that you use print screen to insert images into PowerPoint or save the images as a JPEG from SolidWorks

30. Additional Tutorials http://www.actden.com/pp/ http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/p owerpoint/ppt.htmlhttp://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/p owerpoint/ppt.html