by: Deborah Fuller

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• by Deborah Fuller

Educational Technology Center
Towson University College of Education
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Slide Guidelines
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• Keep it short and simple (K.I.S.S.)
• One concept per slide
• Phrases not sentences
• Limit text to seven lines ( or - 2)
• Double space between words
• Use some color, small graphics
• Use large graphic only if main point
• Keep consistent style
• Use Notes Pages -- your lecture

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Make it Readable (44)
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• Double space between words (36)
• High contrast background / text
• Font size (generally)
• Title - 44 pt. (32)
• Main items - 32 pt.-36 pt.
• Subtopics - 28 pt.-32 pt.
• Bold text (to emphasize) (28)

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Printing Options
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• Print Range (All or Slide s)
• Print What Choose Handouts 6
  per page (3 or 2 per page with
  note-taking lines)
  
• notes page (slide with lecture notes )
• Outline form (no graphics or text boxes show)
• Select black / white printing

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Create a Presentation
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• Open PowerPoint application
• Choose File, New
• Choose Blank Presentation
• Click on slide layout, ok.
• To add a new slide
• Insert, New slide, click slide style, ok.

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Format Background Text
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• Change background options
• Format, Background, triangle pull down
  menu
  
• Click color, more colors, or Fill
  effects, gradient, apply to one slide
  or all slides.
  

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Need a Text Box?
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• Type text (View, Toolbars, check
  Standard, Formatting, Drawing)
  
• To create a new text box click text icon on
  draw toolbar click on slide.
  
• Type text. (Drag corners to resize / position)

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Format Bullet Items
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• Main items
• Demote arrow (indent more)
• Promote arrow (indent less)
• Type text
• Shift-return continues same point w/o new
  bullet
  
• Return to place a new bullet
• Change bullet style
• Format, bullets.
• Character, picture choices.

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Slide Show, Custom Animation
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Adding Speaker Notes
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• Slide items are brief phrases
• Add your lecture comments to each slide
  (to print out for yourself).
  
• View, Notes page.
• Type expanded notes for yourself.

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Adding Clip Art Images
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Must be in View, Slide mode.

• 1. Insert, Picture --choose clip art or
  from file.
  
• Click on image to select, Insert.
• Drag right corner to resizeand keep image
  in proportion.
  
• Drag into position.

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Copy/Paste Methodalso works
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• Open the file image
• Copy/paste to the slide.
• Drag right corner to resize.
• Drag in middle to move.

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Arrange Layers
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• Click on graphic to select (handles)
• Draw -- Order -Send Backward
• Drag corners to resize
• Drag in the middle to move

View, Toolbars, Drawing to show drawing toolbar.
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Clip Art Online
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• Download free clipart from MicroSoft.

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Insert a Screen Shot
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• Press Print Screen-snapshots screen.
• -Alt Print Screen
• snapshots active window.

• Paste image from clipboard into Photo Elements
  to edit and crop. Copy the image
  
• Click back to slide Paste image.

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• View, Toolbars, Drawing (to show drawing
  toolbar)
  
• Add Word Art, shapes, lines, text
  boxes.
  

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Autoshapes
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Automatic Imaging Sizing- Clip Art
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• Insert, new slide
• Select picture style
• Double click on image frame
• Click clip art tab.
• Click on the picture, Insert.

Screen shot--Alt, Print Screen. Edit, Paste to
slide.
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Import Image File
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• Double click frame--to insert clip art
• Click Pictures tab, Import
• Locate image file (jpg .gif), Open,
  Insert

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Music Video Clips
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• Insert, Movies Sounds
• from sound file (.wav .midi)
• from video file (.mpg .mpeg .avi)
• play CD audio track
• record your own audio
• Tip speakers pile up on top of each other drag
  away each one.

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HyperLink Text or Image
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• Highlight the words or click on the image
  to be linked.
  
• Click Insert Hyperlink (the world icon) type
  the URL. Link to Towson U.
  
• Format the link color Format, Slide-Color
  scheme, Custom, click Hyperlinks
  
• Clicking the link will open the web
  browser and the URL in a separate window.

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Using Action Buttons

• Click Auto Shapes, Action Buttons.
• Click button, Move onto slide, Drag/Drop.
• Action Settings. Choose Mouse Click or Mouse
  Over.
  
• Actions Hyperlink, Run Program, Play Sound.
  OK.
  
• Format - Double click on button.
• Change color, size
• semitransparent is effective.

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Building a Slide
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How the text and images appear on the screen.

• Slide Show, Preset Animation or
• Slide Show, Custom Animation, Effects
• Choose effect for selected objector graphic.

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Animation
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• Slide Show, Custom AnimationEffects
• choose an effect
• change the animation order
• click on item, move up/down with arrows (how the
  objects appear to move)

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Custom Animation
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• Slide show, custom animation
• Click on object, Choose effect
• Set order (use arrows)

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Slide Sorter
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• View, Slide Sorter
• Reorder slides
• click on slide drag into new position
• Delete slides
• point and click to select, press delete
• Set slide transitions

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Transition of Slides
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Work in Slide Sorter View

• Slide Show
• Slide Transition
• Choose the Effect --how slide moves
• Advance - manually, automatically
• Sound --included in program or record
  your own.

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Insert slides from another file
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• Click to select new slide position--slide
  is inserted after the selected slide.
  
• Insert , Slides from files
• Browse to choose file
• Click to select slide
• Insert

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Or Use Copy/Paste to move slides between
files.
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• Open both files work in slide sorter view.
• Edit, Copy slide from file
• Click cursor into position Edit, Paste (slide
  is inserted after selected slide)

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Master Slide
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• View, Master, Slide Master
• Makes overall changes to all slides
• Format -- font
• Background
• Color scheme
• Or choose a template

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Type in Outline Format -text
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• Typing text
• Shift-Return continues same point
• Return to place a Bullet
• Toolbars
• Word iconssame for text editing
• Drag and drop items
• Subtopics Indent

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Managing the Presentation
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Be Concise Consistent
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• One concept per slide
• Phrases not sentences (double space words)
• Seven lines (, - 2)
• Effects should not be distracting
• Graphics appropriate / not overpowering

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