OFFERED BY INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – ST.LOUIS Microsoft PowerPoint 07 short course OFFERED BY INSTRUCTIONAL COMPUTING UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI – ST.LOUIS Fall 2008

PowerPoint Basics Why is it a good tool to use? Easier than 3 X 5 Note Cards Organized presentations are “heard” better More information can be given and REMEMBERED Pictures, Videos, Audio Files, and Animations can be used along with text Handouts can be used as well Microsoft Office Product Visually Similar to Microsoft Word 2007 Home, Insert, Format, Review, View Ribbons Cut, Copy and Paste Control Color control

Beginning Before you begin Know your topic Know your audience Know ‘how’ it will be presented Live Intranet or Internet Static or ‘available’ file Practice, Practice, Practice

Accessibility Start Programs Office Apps Microsoft PowerPoint

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New Presentation Office Button New Blank Presentation Templates (Office Online)

Slide Layout Home Ribbon 2nd Command Tab – Slides Layout Informational – Title and Content Visual – Images, charts, graphs, pictures Combination – Text, Visual, Other Other – Title Slides, Blank, Etc

New Slide Home Ribbon Or Main Window 2nd Command Tab New Slide Image Or Main Window Left Slide/Outline Column Right Click New Slide

Design Design Ribbon 2nd Command tab – Themes Select a Theme Adjust Color Schemes Font Background Styles Themes automatically format a presentation combining appropriate colors, fonts, and backgrounds

Font/Size/Colors Home Ribbon 3rd Command Tab – Font Adjust Font Size Font Selection Font Color Font Size

Picture Insert Ribbon 2nd Command Tab (Illustrations) Picture Select File from Folder Insert and Adjust

Clip Art Insert Ribbon 2nd Command Tab (Illustrations) Clip art Search Select Insert Adjust

Image Adjustments Adjusting images Select the image to adjust Resize the image by selecting the buttons surrounding the object Rotate the images by selecting the green button and rotating the arrows Move the image by dragging the object to the appropriate location

Audio Insert Ribbon 5th Command Tab – Media Clips Click Image Select Option Make sure to package for cd Demonstrated in the slides to come

Charts Insert Ribbon 2nd Command Tab (Illustrations) Chart Select Type of Chart The chart will interconnect with excel and display a dual screen allowing the user to adjust their figures

Chart

Slide Transitions Animations Ribbon 3rd Command Tab – Transition to This Slide Select the transition desired to each slide A transition is an effect used to introduce a slide/object in a presentation

Viewing Slide Shows Slide Show Ribbon Slide Show Toolbar 1st Command Tab – Start Slide Show Slide Show Toolbar Bottom Right Corner of Window 3rd Tab on the Right

During the Presentation Advance the slide Left Click Enter Forward/Down Reverse the Slide Right Click -> Select Previous Slide Backspace Up/Left

Save For users who have Powerpoint 2007 Office Button Save As PowerPoint Presentation Or .pptx (xml)

Packaging Allows user to play Microsoft PowerPoint Documents on computers which do not contain the program by installing PowerPoint Viewer. Allows the presentations media links, pictures, audio/video files to be copied to as well Office Button Publish Package for CD

Printing Duplex printing is now the default setting amongst IC Staffed Labs Office Button Print Print What Handouts Color/Grayscale Grayscale Click Ok

Homework Self-quiz 5 slide show Design Template for ALL slides UMSL as Topic Audience is High School Seniors Title slide Custom Animation Slide Transition Insert Image from UMSL website List UMSL Web site URL Save your document

Thomas Jefferson Research Commons Questions? If any further questions arise, please contact a lab consultant in any of the following Instructional Computing Labs. SSB 103 SSB 452 Math TLC (UC 050) Ward E. Barnes Library Thomas Jefferson Research Commons

Additional Information http://www.micros.umsl.edu The Microcomputer Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis offers day and evening computer courses as part of the Chancellor's Certificate series. http://www.umsl.edu/stg The Online Student Technology Guide has answers to many computing questions. http://help.umsl.edu Online self-service solutions for UMSL Technology Issues