1. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Advantages of Using PowerPoint January 2003 K.Macdonald@shef.ac.uk

2. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Advantages It is structured and easy to format. You can create very structured presentations You can deviate from structure when necessary Designed for point by point communication –With sub points And sub sub points

3. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Use As with all Programs you should start the program and immediately save your document. Quick key: [Ctrl]+S You should save regularly. My Habit is to save after every slide. Quick Keys: [Ctrl]+S, [Ctrl]+M)

4. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Menu Tool Bars Menu bar consistent with other Office Apps Toolbars Used to access most common features Can be turned on and off using View Menu

5. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Views Outline View for rapid editing of text eg from Word Slide View Most Common View for most Functions Slide Sorter for changing order of slides, cutting and pasting slides Slide Show for Display

6. Room 227 Economics & Management Building Open 10.00 to 16.00 Predetermined slide layouts Different Layouts for Different purposes