1. Back to Basics: PowerPoint
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2. What Will We Learn Today?
Create new presentation
Add slide
View show
Change how to view your slides
Delete slide
Format background
Add pictures
Add custom animation
Add slide transitions
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3. Creating a New Presentation
Go to Start>Programs> Microsoft Office >Microsoft PowerPoint
At gray window, click on Blank Presentation and click OK
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4. Adding a Slide You should have the New Slide window on your computer.
Scroll down and see the many types of slides you can use.
Automatically begins with the Title Slide (see name in bottom left of window)
Click OK
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5. Adding a Slide On your title slide, type “All about ____”
Put your name in the blank
Click in the subtitle box and type today’s date
Hit CTRL and M to create a new slide
Click on the slide on far left of the third row (called Text and Clip Art)
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6. Adding a Slide Your slide should look like this one
Click on the text box to your left
Type three things you do in your job (hit ENTER after each)
Hit CTRL and M
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7. Adding a Slide
Click on the second slide from the left on the top row (bulleted list)
Looks like this slide
Title: My Family
Click to Add Text: type 3 things about your family (short)
Hit CTRL M and OK (doesn’t matter which slide you choose)
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8. View Your Slide Show Go to Slide Show>View Show
Click your mouse, click the right arrow, or hit the spacebar to move through your show
Cool, but boring, right??
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9. Ways to Look at Your Slides
Just above START – 5 icons
First on left = Slide view (only the slide, allows you to edit)
Outline view (just text)
Slide Sorter view (all slides on one screen)
Notes Page view (to add lecture notes)
Slide Show view (the real show)
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10. Delete a Slide Click on the 3rd icon above START (slide sorter)
Click on slide 4 (black square around it)
Hit backspace
Voila! That extra slide has disappeared!
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11. Add a Picture Double-click on Slide 2 (should now be in Slide View)
Double-click where it says “Double-click to add Clip Art”
Click on a picture (if you get a gray window, keep hitting OK lots of times) and hit Insert
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12. Setting the Background
Go to Format>Apply Design
Click on several of the files in the left window to see different design templates
Hit Apply when you find one you like
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13. Custom Animation Hit PAGE UP so that you see your title page
Go to Slide Show>Custom Animation
In Timing, click on Title 1
In Effects, change the animation and sound
Hit Preview to see how the animation will work, then hit OK
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14. Slide Transition Go to Slide Show>Slide Transition
Under Effect, select a new effect
Hit Apply to All
Go to Slide Show>View Show
Use your space bar, right arrow, or mouse to move through the slide show!
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15. Congratulations! Next week: First Class Basics
Feb. 27th: Wed. staff meeting (LS): Advanced PowerPoint (45 min.) (make your show interactive!)
Go to: techtuesdays.html for this and other presentations
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