2. 1 Getting Started The following slides outline the steps to planning and creating your PowerPoint slide show presentation.

3. 2 The Four P’s of Presenting Remember the Four P’s before you begin your presentation: 1. Plan 2. Prepare 3. Practise 4. Present

4. 3 Plan, Prepare, Practise & Present Plan by defining your audience and purpose. Prepare the structure and timing of your presentation. Practise your content to build confidence. Present your topic with enthusiasm.

5. 4 Six Steps to a Presentation #2. Select a Design Layout #3. Create Each Slide #5. View Presentation #6. Edit and Rehearse #4. Add Transitions and Music #1. Write Your Report There are six basic steps to creating a presentation.

6. 5 Creating a New Presentation When you start PowerPoint you have four options: 1. AutoContent Wizard 2. Design Template 3. Blank presentation 4. Open Existing Presentation

7. 6 Auto Content Wizard The Auto Content Wizard appears when you start a new presentation to move you step-by-step in creating different types of reports. “Generic” is a standard report.

8. 7 Designing the Layout Before you begin creating your slides, design a layout for your presentation.

9. 8 Three Design Options You have THREE options for designing the layout of your presentation 1. Blank Presentation to format each slide individually. 2. Master Slide and Apply to All 3. Design Template from the Gallery

10. 9 Option #1: Blank Presentation Add your own.. Backgrounds Text Graphics Layout Option #1 : Start with a Blank Presentation if you wish to “start from scratch” and design the layout for each slide individually.

11. 10 Slide Sorter View See all your slides in… View / Slide Sorter View

12. 11 Blank Slide Titles Bar font is pre-formatted. Text Box Picture Frame You can change the layout later, go to… Format / Slide Layout

13. 12 Changing Background Picture Format / Background / Fill / More Fills / Picture

14. 13 Changing the Background Go to …Format / Background Background Fill / Fill Effects More Fills / Picture Select Picture click to advance

15. 14 Option #2: Slide Master Slide Master allows you to design a personalized template for your entire presentation. You can make any changes later.

16. 15 Using Slide Master: Go to.. View / Slide Master Slide Master formats the fonts, titles and backgrounds for your entire presentation.

17. 16 Option #3: Apply Design Template Go to Format / Apply Design Template Design Templates allow you to choose Presentation Design themes.

18. This is the Radar Design Template

19. 18 Creating Your Slides You have planned the content and layout for your presentation, Next introduce text, elements and animations to create your slides.

20. 19 Creating Slides #2. Add Text #3. Insert Elements #5. Preview Slide #6. Save Changes #4. Add Animations #1. Select a Slide There are six basic steps to creating an individual slide.There are six basic steps to creating an individual slide.

21. 20 Adding and Deleting Slides View / Slide Sorter View Press to remove a slide Insert / New Slide to add a slide. Click and Drag to rearrange the slide order Ctrl+M

22. 21 Auto Layout The Auto Layout dialogue box appears every time you insert a new slide. Your choices can be removed and changed later if you wish.

23. 22 Choose a Slide Layout Insert / New Slide / AutoLayout Choose a layout for: Text and Titles Tables Charts & Graphs, Graphics

24. Music Sounds Slides Movies Photos & Graphics Charts & Graphs Add Elements with Insert Menu Hyperlinks: Hyperlinks: http://www.yahoo.ca http://www.yahoo.ca AutoShapes & Text

25. 24 Inserting the Text Insert new Text Boxes Go to… Insert / Text Box Copy the content from your report Type directly on the slide. or Type into Outline View

26. ClipArt Gallery ClipArt Gallery is a database of design objects. Insert / Pictures / Clip Art Gallery … or Insert / Picture / ClipArt Gallery / Clips Online

27. 26 Inserting Slides from Files Work in Slide Sorter Select where you wish to insert files Insert slides from another presentation Go to … Insert / Slides from Files

28. 27 Apply Slide Transition Effects Go to Slide Show / Slide Transitions Transition Effects change the slides as you view the presentation

29. 28 Transition Tips Go to… Slide Show / Slide Transition Select… Apply to All Consistent transitions save time and look professional.

30. 29 Save Your Presentation  Go to …File + Save As to save your presentation as “filename.ppt”  Use Ctrl + S to save your changes after every slide.

31. 30 View Your Slide Show View / Slide Show or Slide Show / View Show Press F5 to view the entire slide show presentation.

32. 31 Presentation Review Tips Plan your presentation Write your report before you begin your slide show. Select the layout and design of the presentation before your start working on individual slides. Create your slides Rehearse and edit your presentation.

33. 32 The End