1. 1 GOODBADUGLY

2. 2 GOOD BADUGLY -Consistency of backgrounds -Concise information -Easy to read (font size-24) -HD pictures -Correct grammar & spelling -Fancy type fonts -Things that lack color -Light font colors on light backgrounds & dark fonts colors on dark backgrounds -Too many pictures -Too many fonts -Overuse of sound effects -Low quality pictures -Lack of headings (no organization) -Paragraphs -Don’t copy & paste essays -No visuals

3. 3 GOOD BADUGLY -consistency (themes, fonts, etc) -concise information -balanced white space -use of color -originality -not too many fonts/ readable -font size (24<) -animations -paragraphs -background music -too many slides -irrelevant information -don’t use neon colors -don’t do light font on light backgrounds (& dark on dark) -use of background pictures, don’t use often -lack of information -too many bullets -colorless -inappropriate/ irrelevant pictures -plagiarism -low quality pictures -bad spelling/grammar

4. Working in PowerPoint 2007 February 2, 2012 4

5. Objectives  Describe the Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 environment using correct terminology.  Become familiar with common tools, commands, and icons.  Locate frequently used buttons.  Describe the functions of frequently used commands. 5

6. Opening Screen 6

7. Screen Header  Commands related to managing PowerPoint as a whole (rather than presentation content) are gathered together on a menu available when you click the Microsoft Office Button.  Commands can be represented as buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar. By default, this toolbar displays the Save, Undo, and Repeat buttons.  The Title Bar displays the name of the active presentation. 7

8. The Ribbon  Below the title bar is the Ribbon, which contains all PowerPoint capabilities in a single area.  The Ribbon is made up of a set of tabs containing commands for working with presentation content. The Home tab is active by default.  On each tab, buttons are organized into groups. 8

9. Dialog Boxes  Less common tasks are not represented as buttons in the groups; instead they are available in a dialog box.  To access a dialog box, click on the dialog box launcher at the right end of the group’s title bar. 9

10. Example: Dialog Box 10

11. Buttons  Some button names are displayed and some are not.  Pointing to any button for a few seconds displays a ScreenTip that shows the button’s name and function. 11

12. Buttons with Arrows  Some buttons have arrows, but not all arrows are alike!  Clicking this type of button always displays a list of options.  Clicking this type of button carries out the command with the current settings.  Click this button’s arrow displays a list of options. 12

13. Help! The Help button sits at the right end of the Ribbon. 13

14. Screen Footer  Across the bottom of the program window, the status bar gives you information about the current presentation.  At the right end of the status bar is the View toolbar, which provides tools for adjusting the view of presentation content. 14

15. Normal View  Overview Pane: contains the Slides tab with thumbnails of all the presentation slides and the Outline tab with all the slide text  Slide Pane: shows the current slide  Notes Pane: provides a place for entering notes about the slide 15

16. Slide Sorter View 16

17. Printing  The Print command can be found by clicking on the Microsoft Office Button.  By default, PowerPoint will print one slide per page.  Handouts are a more frequently used output.  Open the drop-down menu under “Print what” to select handouts. 17

18. It’s Your Turn! Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Scavenger Hunt 18