2. PowerPoint Bells and Whistles

3. General Tips  Minimize Text  Stay consistent with transitions/effects  Make pics/sounds/etc. enhance slide, but not distracting  Don’t type slides to read them out loud

4. Changing Design Template Choose Slide Design-Design Templates Choose Slide Design-Design Templates Take your pick Take your pick Note: you can download better templates from microsoft.com at home, but won’t be able to use them unless you save to flash drive Note: you can download better templates from microsoft.com at home, but won’t be able to use them unless you save to flash drive

5. Animations  Google.com  Search Images Include animated in search  Right click  copy  Paste to.ppt slide Will animate when run show Back to links

6. Text Line-By-Line  Type your text  Make each line a separate thought  Choose Slide Show  Animation Schemes  Select an animation (subtle is least distracting) Appear and Dim is common  Choose to apply to all slides if you wish

7. Background Image  Find and Copy Image  Past Image to.ppt slide  Enlarge image to cover slide You can also edit properties to “washout” image so it is not too cluttered on the page  Right click  order  send to back

8. Adding Links  Type text  Highlight text  Right Click  Action Settings  Choose hyperlink to  Select URL from the menu and type website website You may also choose to link to a sound, program, or another slide on this screensound programanother slide

9. Linking from a Picture  Find, copy, paste picture to slide  Right click on picture  Choose action settings  hyperlink to  URL  Copy and paste website address

10. Inserting Video  Choose blank slide  Visit cff tutorial website http://upperdublincff. wikispaces.com/Power point+Embedding http://upperdublincff. wikispaces.com/Power point+Embedding  Note: insert url into movie space if custom is not available