User Training

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Introduction to PowerPoint

• User Training Support
• Information Technology Services
• Mississippi State University

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Objectives

• Define presentation software terminology
• Describe the capabilities of presentation
  software packages
  
• Plan and develop computer generated visuals for
  presentations
  
• Format a presentation by manipulating text

3
Objectives

• Insert and manipulate graphics
• Apply animation to a presentation
• Create a PowerPoint presentation according to the
  handout.

4
What Is PowerPoint?

• Can create paper printouts, outlines, speaker
  notes and audience handouts
  
• Easy to use with predesigned presentations
• Numerous features in one graphics program
• Allow the organization of text

5
What Is PowerPoint?

• Inclusion of clip art
• Importing graphics
• Presenting graphs
• Multimedia effects (movies, animation, sound)
• Different types of output
• Linking to other programs

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Graphs

• Build graphs in PowerPoint
• Import graphs from other packages (e.g. Excel)
• Link to other software
• All of the common types of graphs (pie, line,
  bar, etc.)
  
• Manipulate with colors, special effects, and edit
  text

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Graphs
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Provide Clipart
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Import Other Graphics
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Basic Drawing Capabilities
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Organize Text

• Has many word processing capabilities
• Format text
• (e.g. Bold, underline, shadow)
• Bullet lists such as this
• Spell checkers

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Multimedia Effects

• Quicktime movies
• Animation on builds (like this list)
• Transitions (like the ones in this presentation)
• Sound
• Animated charts
• Buttons or links to multimedia files

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Quicktime Movies Sound
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Sound
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Animation
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Output

• 35mm slides (film recorder or even shoot off
  screen - low tech solution)
  
• Overheads (B W or color depending on printer)
• Electronic slide show (on the monitor or through
  a projection panel)
  
• Text handouts to accompany each slide

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Output

• Save to disk and provide free viewer to with your
  slide show
  
• Save as html and gif files and place on web