Intro to Power Point

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Intro to Power Point

• Brief Overview
• of Power Point
• by Helen
  DeWitt
• 
  helen-dewitt_at_k111.k12.il.us

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Getting Started Where to begin..

• 1. Open PowerPoint program
• 2. Choose Blank Presentation . OK
• It is possible to add a Design Template OR to add
  your own background to slides

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Special Keys on Screen

• Icons..Bottom Left
• Normal View Icon
• Outline View
• Slide View
• Slide Sorter View
• Slide Show
• Icons..Top Menu
• Similar to other Office Programs
• Arrows on Right edge

• Icons.. Top Menu cont.
• Undo and Redo
• Bold, Italics, Underline, Shadow
• Color of text
• Left Justify, Center
• Promote LEFT arrow(less indent)
• DemoteRIGHT arrow (more indent)

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Making a Title Page

• 1. Choose Title Layout First choice in
  AutoLayout
• 2. Click on Format
• 3. Click on Apply Design Template
• 4. Choose the one you want and click on OK
• OR you can add own background
• Format Background
• 5. Type in Title and subtitle on slide

• How to do .
• Same as other Office Products
• Font style
• Centering
• Color of text
• Size of text
• Bold, Italics, Shadowed

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Making Bulleted Lists

• 1. Choose New Slide White slide on toolbar with
  star on left top corner
• 2. Choose Bulleted List
• 3. Make slide
• Center title
• Change color of print
• Change size, font, alignment, etc.
• 4. Make bulleted list

• How to do..
• Bullets can be turned on and off by clicking on
  bullet button
• Click LEFT or RIGHT arrows on tool bar to change
  position of bullets

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Adding Clip Art to Text

• 1. Choose New Slide
• 2. Choose Text and Clip Art (MansFace)
• 3. Make slide title
• Center title
• Change color of print
• Change size, type, etc.

• How to do..
• 1. Click on Art Box to insert clip art
• 2. Scroll through different pictures. Click on
  one you want and Click on Insert.
• 3. To resize the object, click on it. Click and
  drag on boxes to resize. Holding down SHIFT
  resizes proportionally.

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Adding Clip Art From Internet

• 1. Choose New Slide
• 2. Choose Text and Clip Art (MansFace)
• 3. Make slide title
• Center title
• Change color of print
• Change size, type, etc.

• How to do..
• 1. Click on INSERT
• 2. Click on PICTURE
• 3. Click on CLIP ART
• 4. Choose CLIPS ONLINE
• 5. Find clip art you want
• 6. SAVE clip art
• RIGHT CLICK
• SAVE IMAGE AS
• Save to floppy OR Desktop
• 6. INSERT PICTURE from FILE

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Adding Link to Internet

• 1. Choose New Slide
• 2. Choose Text and Clip Art (Mans Face)
• 3. Type in slide title
• Center title
• Change color of print
• Change size,type, etc.
• 4. Type in name for link (ex. King home page)
• 5. Highlight name Drag mouse over words
• 6. Save project
• 7. Click on Insert
• 8. Click on Hyperlink
• 9. Type in URL and click OK
• 10. You must in slide show for link to work

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Adding Charts or Graphs

• 1. Choose New Slide
• 2. Choose Chart Template (chart picture)
• 3. Make slide title
• Center title
• Change color of print
• Change size, type, alignment, etc.

• How to do..
• 1. Double Click on Chart icon.
• 2. Change number data if you want to. Close data
  box by clicking on X in corner.
• 3. To resize the chart, click on it. Click and
  drag on boxes to resize. Holding down SHIFT
  resizes proportionally.

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Slide Transitions Animation

• Animation on individual slides
• 1. Click on Slide Show
• 2. Click on Custom Animation
• 3. Click on Timing tab
• Pick what parts of page you want animated (Title,
  Text 1, etc)
• 4. Click on Animate
• 5. Click on Effects tab to pick animation (each
  part of page can be different)
• 6. Click OK

• Transition between slides
• Transition is an effect when you move from one
  slide to another.
• 1. Click on slide sorter
• 2. Select slide
• 3. Click on Transition you want

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Practice makes Perfect.

• The first few times you use Power Point it may
  seem frustrating.
• Hang in there.
• It will get better each time you try it.
• You can always try your presentation by clicking
  on the slide show icon at the bottom of the
  screen. (BE SURE you are at the first slide if
  you want to view entire show)

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Saving your Presentation

• 1. Click on File
• 2. Click on Save as
• 3. Type name in Filename Box
• no spaces no caps dont start with number
• 4. Check drive and directory to see where it is
  going. ( A drive for disk)
• 5. Click OK or SAVE
• 6. Save often..