Dr. Phreddees Easy Guide to Power Point Presentations

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Dr. Phreddees Easy Guide to Power Point
Presentations

• By
• Dr. Fred Adams

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In a Hurry?The Quick Presentation

• You can generate a presentation in record time by
  starting a new one from the opening menu. Select
  the slide youll be using the most often from the
  new slide selection menu and open it.

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The Quick Presentation

• Next, select your color scheme, font, and/or
  color scheme as explained in Section !.
  
• Before you type in to the slide, go to the SLIDE
  SORTER MENU

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The Quick Presentation

• First, open the FORMAT menu from the overhead
  toolbar and use the tools to set your font, color
  scheme and/or design, background, and bullets.
  If you have a common title for the slides, type
  it in. Once you have the slide formatted, go to
  the SLIDE SORTER view.

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The Quick Presentation
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The Quick Presentation
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The Quick Presentation-Outline View
Promote Demote
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The Quick Presentation

• The Outline view will also permit you to type in
  bulleted text alongside illustrations or graphs
  or type into the two-column text format the same
  as bulleted text slides. To add graphics or
  insert a slide that has a full-sized chart or
  picture, go to SLIDE SORTER VIEW, click between
  slides to put the cursor icon where you want it,
  and click the NEW SLIDE button.

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Quick Presentations - Scanning

• \Pasted textfont size determined by a slash mark
  typed on the slide before pasting
  
• Pasted textformatting error (tab) correctible as
  shown below
  
• Pasted text corrected by the use of the PROMOTE
  button in the toolbar

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Saving a Special Font
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Print Options

• Slides
• Handouts
• Notes
• Outline View

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Print Options-Handouts
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Print Options-Notes Pages and Outline Views
Notes Pages Printout
Outline View Printout
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Action Buttons
Home Help
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Document Sound
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Action Buttons
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Action Buttons-Action Settings
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Action Settings-Inserted Objects
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Action Settings
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Linking to Document Files or Web Pages
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A Final Word

• What weve covered in these instructions is by
  no means all that you can do with Microsoft Power
  Point. As you continue to use the software,
  youll discover shortcuts and tricks of your own.
  If you have questions, feel free to e-mail me
  at fca1_at_psu.edu, and if you have some tricks of
  your own to share, Id be happy to read about
  them. Have fun.
• Dr. Fred Adams