WeLcoMe tu PoWerPeant By: Evelyn Maxwell

Improving your PowerPoint skills By: Evelyn Maxwell

About Me 13 years old GMSW 7 th grade Band Percussionist SQL Saturday Attendee O years of IT experience

Agenda Why practice PowerPoint? Home & Insert Design Transitions Animations Additional Media Summary Questions

Why Practice PowerPoint? Text Picture Audio Video Demonstration Direct/Purposeful Experience Dales cone of experience Created by Edgar Dale Shows ways to convey information Insert Tab Can insert less effective strategies Complete slide deck Audio Combined less effective strategies

Home/Insert Home Used for working on individual slides, can change font, color, size, etc. Insert Insert Pictures Local pictures, online pictures, screenshots, photo album Copyright Illustrations Shapes, SmartArt, chart Demo #1: Inserting SmartArt and Charts

Design Design Tab Change background Pick out and edit generic themes Custom themes Slide Master Shared custom themes Try to have some sort of theme to make your presentation look appealing, but don’t make it too distracting. Demo #2: Applying custom themes

Yeah, this is an example of a really bad slide. See how to colors are bright, hurt your eyes and make stuff hard to read. Oh. You can’t see? You can’t read this bright yellow font? Oh well. The stuff your supposed to read. P.s. I'm not going to explain any of it.

Transitions Transition Tab Changes the movement from one slide to the next Types of transitions Subtle Exciting Dynamic Content For more technical presentations, go with more subdued transitions Demo #3: Transitions in PowerPoint

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Animations Animation Tab Changes the way objects on a slide act Types of Animations Entrance Emphasis Exit Don’t apply animation to everything. To much of it can become distracting. Demo #4: Adding Animations

Yeah, this is an example of a really bad slide. See how to colors are bright, hurt your eyes and make stuff hard to read. Oh. You can’t see? You can’t read this bright yellow font? Oh well. The stuff your supposed to read. Ps I'm not going to explain any of it.

Additional Media Insert tab_Media Can insert audio, video, and screen recordings Screen Recording Records screen activity Can be useful for conveying information, but don’t use all the time. Demo #5: Audio and Screen recording

Summary Dales cone of experience Home & Insert Design Transitions Animations Additional media

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