2. Pollison’s Pointers on PowerPoint Business Department Ms. Pollison

3. What is PowerPoint??  A presentation graphics program that lets you create slide shows to be shown on a computer screen w/projector or as a Web page or Web broadcast.  Includes: handouts, outlines, speaker notes  Contains: text, objects, charts, clipart, pictures, sound, music  Automatic file extension: ppt

4. Design Templates & Slide Layout Design Templates :  Variety of designs for presentation  Built-in to PowerPoint  Click: Design button on toolbar –or- Slide Design task pane  Content templates Specific types of presentations Company handbook, financial overview Slide Layout :  27 slide layouts  Arranges objects and text  Format, Slide Layout -or-  Slide Layout task pane

5. Views:  Normal Enter content on slides or in an outline format  Slide Sorter Rearrange and organize slides All slides visible at once  Slide Show Presentation mode

6. Adding Slides:  Click: New Slide button on toolbar –or-  Insert, New Slide  Select desired slide format: Slide Layout task pane on right

7. Add Summary Info :  Add info to file Title, author, keywords  File, Properties  Add info  OK Save as Web Page  File, Save as  Webpage  Type file name  Click save

8. Placeholders  Define arrangement & location of text & objects on slide  3 types: Title Subtitle Text (bulleted lists of content)  Click on placeholder  PowerPoint selects box & displays sizing handles & cursor for typing

9. Print Options:  Print what: Slides, handouts, notes, outline  Handouts: Select number of slides to print per page  Color/grayscale: Color, shades of gray, pure black & white  Frame slides: Adds frame border around slides  Order: Select horizontal or vertical order of slides

10. Transitions & Animations Transitions:  How slide appears on screen  Slideshow, Slide Transition  Select transition from Slide Transition pane  Select speed (med)  Apply to All Slides Animations:  How objects appear on slide  Slideshow, Animation Schemes  Select desired Animation Scheme from pane  Apply to All Slides

11. Class Procedures:  Open PowerPoint  File, New, Blank Presentation  File, Save As  Create New Folder in Computer Apps folder PowerPoint Open new folder Save all PP files in folder to be graded by teacher! Files not in folder = grade of zero!!!!!