WGBH template – Arial 40 Month Day, Year – Arial 24 Strictly Confidential

Sample transition slide – arial 32

3 The different slide templates  There are nine templates –Title (slide one) –Transition (slide two) –Multi-level bullet point content (slides eight, nine) –Single-level bullet point content (slide 10) –Table layout (slides 12 to 15) –Chart layout (slides 17 to 22) –Pie chart (slides 24 to 26) –Video (slides 28, 29) –Discussion (last slide)

4 How to add slides and apply layouts  Make sure that you are in the “Home” ribbon  Click on “New Slide” in the top left  Click on “Layout” next to the “New Slide” button  Select the layout you would like to use  Click on the layout  It is now applied to the slide

Agenda example

6 Agenda  All presentations should have  A very brief agenda  That outlines the content of the presentation  To the audience  This agenda should also  Correspond to the transition slides

Text and bullet points

8 Arial 32 (title aligned with bullets)  Blue bullets, Arial, 24, first one bolded –Second bullet points –Arial 24, not bolded Third bullet points Arial 24, not bolded –No sentences –Uppercase only on first word of phrase unless proper Concise phrases

9 Arial 32 (title aligned with bullets)  Example –Great for making lists –Be as concise as possible A B –2  Example 2 –1 –2

10 Arial 32 (title aligned with bullets)  Arial 24  Do not use this template when you have multi-tiered bullet points  This template works better with longer phrases

Tables

12 Example table WGBH 2WGBX Source: Nielson

13 How to make changes to an existing table  To add/delete rows –Select an entire row –Click on “table format” above –Options should appear for adding/deleting rows  To add/delete columns –Select an entire column –Click on “table format” above –Options should appear for adding/deleting columns

14 If you want to create a table from scratch Source: this is where you add the source for the table. Arial 8.

15 Adding a table from scratch  Click on icon to get started  Select how many rows and columns you need  Input your data  If you need to adjust the amount of rows and columns, follow slide 13  For all tables, use the green table style located on slide 12

Graphs: lines and bars

17 Example line graph for multi-year trends Source: Nielson

18 Example bar chart A– w/several categories Source: Nielson

19 Example bar chart B – w/several categories Source: Nielson

20 Example bar chart with one category Source: Nielson

21 To add a chart from scratch Source: Arial 8.

22 Adding a chart from scratch  Click on the icon  In the ribbon, choose what kind of chart you would like to add  Do NOT use the pie chart; that has a separate template  Once you have chosen, Excel will open  Input your numbers and variables  Close out of Excel; the numbers will populate in PowerPoint  In the ribbon, use the second chart style available

Pie Charts

24 Example pie chart (used for percentages)  The majority of the sales were in the fourth quarter  Direct result of improved sales planning  Second quarter suffered due to unforeseen climactic issues in the Baltics

25 If you want to add your own pie chart

26 How to add your own pie chart  Click on the icon to add the pie chart  In the ribbon, click on the pie chart graph option  Excel will now open; input your numbers into Excel  Close out of Excel  The pie chart will automatically populate  In the ribbon, click on the second pie chart style option

Embedded Videos

28 If you want to add your own video

29 How to add your own video  Click on the icon  Find and select the video you want to embed  It will automatically populate in the slide  One note: Make sure that the video remains in the same location. Otherwise, PowerPoint will not be able to find it, and you will not be able to play your video.

Discussion