Presentation Graphics Using Power Point

Presentation Graphics Using Power Point Introduction Getting Started Master Slide Formatting a Slide Enhancements Autocontent Slide Show

A program that helps you quickly What is Power Point ? A program that helps you quickly Overhead transparencies 35 mm slides computer screen and video slide shows with special effects Presentation files to send to peers Printed meeting handouts Detailed speaker’s notes Printed and onscreen presentation outlines create update sort

What Does It Offer? Powerpoint “behaves” like word and excel Information from word and excel can be inserted Provides rehearsal tools at your desk Offers “drill-down” capabilities

Getting started Access Windows Go to Power Point Slide setup Create and save a file Exit

Some Buzz words Slides Speaker’s Notes Handouts Presentation files Masters Color Schemes Templates Views

Views Slide View Slide sorter Notes pages view Slide show view

Masters Makes it easy to design common elements Backgrounds, logos, fonts, colour schemes, date and time stamps, page numbers Editing Master Title Master Slide Master Handout Master Notes Master

Formatting a Slide Manual Specifying the new slide’s insertion point Editing/Moving Inserting text Inserting new bullet items Deleting text Moving text

Formatting a Slide Through Outline View Major contents like word Expanding and collapsing Promoting and demoting Show and hide text

Enhancements Clipart Import images Draw Graphs Videos Sound

Graphs Click on “insert chart” icon

Insert Clipart Switch to slide Make room for the picture Click on George Jetson - looking insert clipart button Browse clipart gallery Double click on chosen picture Drag a corner and resize

Insert Photos inserted as a scanned picture file May be inserted directly if a scanner is connected Photos take lots of disk space Photos slow editing and loading of slides Insert the photos towards the end of editing

Drawing in Power Point Manually drawing shapes and lines Double click the selected drawing for editing Autoshape for every day objects

Inserting movies and sounds Go to movies and sounds in Insert menu Select a movie or sound from Gallery File CD track Sound may be added to transition too

Autocontent wizard Pre-built content templates Provide ideas, starter text, formatting and organization Useful when rapid presentations have to be made Suppress original innovative ideas !!

Slide Show Presentation may saved as a slide show Presentation may be compressed and saved in multiple disks -- “Pack and Go”