1. Tips for Slide Shows
Computer Technology

2. Planning and Organization
Title
Introduction
Overall main points
Specific main points
Closing

3. Editing 6x6 Rule Up to six lines of text per slide
Up to six words per line
Use strong action verbs
Learn, Create, Design, Evaluate
Spell check and proofread

4. Graphics Appropriate to the topic and slide
Clip art or imported graphics
Your company logo
Do NOT violate copyright laws
Background not distracting and same on each slide

5. Details Text and font should be consistent on each slide
Text large enough to see from distance
Minimum size 28
Text and graphics fill up most of slide
Slides are eye appealing
Slides advance manually or by looping

6. Presentation Location of presentation Communication skills
Knowledge of topic and slideshow

7. “Less is more” in slide shows
Do not elaborate/expand on your slides
Elaborate/Expand in your verbal presentation
Follow 6x6 Rule

8. How do I add transitions to my slides?
Go to the Slide Show menu at the top and choose Slide Transition.
From there you can apply the transition to selected slides, choose the speed, and add a sound. At the bottom, you can apply to all slides.
You can also choose to advance the slide on mouse click or automatically.
You have the option at the bottom to AutoPreview.

9. How do I animate my text?
You go to the Slide Show menu at the top and choose either:
Animation Schemes (these apply to the whole slide) OR
Custom Animation (with this you can make one bullet of text appear at a time)
With these you can also choose to add the animation to all slides, at the bottom

10. How do I add pictures?
To add a picture you go to the Insert menu and choose Picture. From the submenu, you can choose either Clipart, a picture from a file that you have saved, AutoShapes, Word Art or an organization chart.

11. How do I add movies/sounds?
You will use the Insert menu, choose Movies and Sounds. From the submenu you can choose Movie from file, Sound from file, or Record Sound if you have a microphone.
In order to use anything from file, you have to have it saved there first.

12. How do I change the background?
You can use the Format menu and choose Slide Design. On the right pops up a list of choices for you to choose from.
You can also insert pictures and make them the background.
You have to make it as big as the slide, right click on the picture and Send to Back so that your text will appear on top of the picture.
The other way is to go to Format, Background, pull down the arrow, choose Fill Effects, go to the Picture tab and use a picture that is already saved.

13. How do I change the layout?
You can change the layout of the slide by going to the Format menu and choose Slide Layout.
Here you can choose to have 2 columns on your slide, a title slide, a slide with a heading and a text box, etc.

14. How do I make my show run automatically?
Under the Slide Show menu, you can choose Rehearse Timings. Once you click it your slide show will start. When you want the next slide to come up, you press the right arrow on the tool bar at the top. It is recording your actions so you can practice and play it back to see if the timing is right. If not, you can record again.

15. How do I get a song to play for the entire presentation?
Insert, Movies and Sounds, Sound from file.
Choose a song that is already saved.
Go to Slide Show menu, choose Custom Animation.
Right click on the song, choose Effect Options, click on the option that says After __ slides. If you want it to play through the whole show and you have 10 slides, you make the number 10. It will stop after the 10th slide. If you only want it to play for the first 5 slides, make the number 5.

16. And…
There are many options when using Power Point. You have only been introduced to the most popular options.
Play around with it and look through all of the menus. You can make your slide show GREAT!!