PowerPoint! Mr. Spiro English III

Uses for PowerPoint Presentations Simple movies Sharing pictures

Contrast colors Keep lines short Less than five points Do’s and Do not’s Contrast colors Keep lines short Less than five points

Be careful with animation Presenting Do not read off slide Keep points concise Be careful with animation

Bad Example Notice how the colors of the font and the background are both dark and so you can’t see it. Also, the font is pretty small so you might be straining your eyes to see it from the back of a big room. I have a headache already just from typing this. The worst part is that this is one long paragraph. If you were just going to have people read or you were going to read to them, why even bother doing a PowerPoint?

Slide Options Click Format or right click Choose Design, Layout, or Transitions

Slide Layout Text layouts Content layouts Combinations

Slide Design Design Templates Color Schemes Animation Schemes

Slide Transitions Select Transition Select speed Linking/Timing slides

Linking/Timing Slides Practice timing first Watch through once Keep length in mind

Select Add Movies and Sounds Choose your best option Adding Sounds/Movies Go to Insert Select Add Movies and Sounds Choose your best option Select automatic or manual

Timing Sounds Click Slide Show Select Custom Animation Click sound file for menu options Select Effect Options