Becoming PowerPoint Capable! By Shelly L. Belflower

Common Microsoft Menu Bars and Buttons Adds Slide Show Changes options on others Uses same resources: clip art, fonts, etc.. Template features: Selecting a Design Template Editing of Master Templates Inserting desired images, text, graphics…

Using the buttons and menus Changing Views View individual Slides View Text on slides only View individual Slide only View thumbnails of all slides View Slide Show from a particular slide Lines, shapes, art, pictures, dimensions, shading, colors (fonts, backgrounds) etc..

This is an example of the thumbnail view, with slides containing presets so designated.

Selecting/altering the slide layout What to consider : Topic Length of time Text Graph Picture Sound Features (prep time)

Using Graphs, curves, charts Determine what critical data to show Don’t make it too difficult Borrow/edit from existing charts

Example of a Bell Curve chart Created by using points and the chart options *Animated by Series

Example of a Bell Curve chart Created by using points and the chart options *Animated by Category

Using line charts to show Bell curves x Stretching from the bottom as one “group” picture (homemade graph)

Using line charts to show Bell curves x Stretching from bottom as individual lines in a graph

X  Example: z = 0.52 (or -0.52) Area = or 19.85% Example from Jeff Livingston’s slides

Using and adding Sounds/Graphics to Entertain? Or to Teach?

They move as long as no other action comes after it. They can be annoying! Animated graphics can be added

Trial and Error: Good use of “white space” Slides can be comprised of both text and graphics, with sounds or other parts added.

 Media file location - critical  Macromedia Flash software Cost: $100*  High learning curve  Large file size (this one is 5.6MB) This Slide movie was created with Macromedia Flash

Highlight the text or object that you will click on to be your link. Click Slide Show, Action Settings Select “Run Program” and browse to the.exe for the program Select the.exe and Click OKOK When you run the PPT, the program will open when you get to that slide. Set up a program to open while using PowerPoint

Setting Hyperlinks to websites Easy to do Shelly’s Homepage Add another Link Weber State’s Homepage Weber State’s Homepage Fred & Ginger building Prague, Czech Republic

Posting Slides on the Web Relatively easy PowerPoint Viewer free download Create/Remove link to picture or text FrontPage Settings

Displaying hidden slides Hidden slide must be next Right click on current slide and select: GO Slide will play PPT continues as planned

hidden My hidden Slide Money truly does grow on Trees! That was easy Just select GO Must remember order of previous slides

Using the Pack & Go Feature Packing Fonts, sounds, clipart, movies, etc… Transporting to another computer Check to make sure it works Follow the Wizard… No Copyright True Type fonts Web Presentations pack as slide shows To unpack:dblclick pngsetup Make sure disk/CD is large enough

In Summary PowerPoint Help files Trial and Error Use what you feel comfortable with Less is best Don’t waste time “creating” Engage audience Make it fun (but not too fun!)