Arleen Williams ESL 3 Academic How to Use PowerPoint Arleen Williams ESL 3 Academic
Let’s get started … Open PowerPoint Choose a template Type Title Type your Heading
Use menu bar above for … Bold, Italics, Underline Color Font size Font style Bullets or Numbering Right, Left or Center Alignment Line spacing (click on Paragraph arrow) and much more (just like Word)!
Add a slide … Click on New Slide above Choose the type of slide you want “Title and Content” is the most common Type your information
Add another slide … Type more information Don’t use lots of words Write short sentences or phrases Leave lots of space Make it easy to read
Continue to add slides … Put different kinds of information on different slides Don’t put all your information on one or two slides Make it easy to read!
To add an ONLINE photograph … Click on lower MIDDLE icon on this page (icon disappears when you type) Type one word for image you want (e.g. nurse, accountant) Choose the image you want Click on the image Click insert
To add a PERSONAL photograph … Click on lower LEFT icon on this page (icon disappears when you type) Find the location of your photograph (e.g. USB drive, desktop) Choose the image you want Click on the image Click insert
To add information from a website … Open Internet and find information Highlight information you want Copy information you want Return to your PowerPoint Paste information in a new slide Be sure to use quotation marks and write the source!
To save your PowerPoint … Insert your USB Drive into computer Click “File” in upper left corner Click “Save As” Double Click “Computer” Scroll to find “Removable Drive” or the name of your device Click “Save”
To remove USB Drive safely … Click on arrow in lower right corner of monitor Click on USB icon Click on “Eject” Click on “Safe to Remove Hardware” Pull USB Drive out of computer