Power Point

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Power Point

• The Basics

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Where is it?

• In Miller, you can find it by opening
• Hard Drive
• General Tools
• Microsoft Powerpoint

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Create a New Presentation

• From the File menu, select New
• Choose Blank Presentation (not template)
• Select a Presentation Design
• Select a Design, Click OK

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First Slide

• Title Slide
• Many formats
• Choose the one you need
• Save to your disk
• Summary Information OK
• Add Title, Subtitle

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Toolbars

• Notice the names and explanations for the icons
• Under the View menu, select these options
• Common Tasks
• Standard
• Animation Effects

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The Next Slide

• Click on New Slide from the Common Tasks
  menu
• (Dont choose New from the file menu)
• Choose the format you like
• Click type the slide title (the main idea of
  that slide)
• Click below to add text
• Press Return to go to the next line

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Bullets

• Add text without bullets (look at Format Menu)
• Or
• Add text with bullets
• Type OptionShift arrow to move text up or
  down in importance
• Bullets help organize your information

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The Next Slide the next, the next

• Click on New Slide again (from Common Tasks
  floating toolbar
• Follow the same steps for all your slides.
• SAVE FREQUENTLY!

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Slide View vs. Outline View

• View toolbar at the bottom of page
• Select Outline view
• Same commands
• You can do all your typing in Outline
  view--some people think its easier

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Slide Sorter View

• Shows small thumbnails of all slides
• Wrong order? To change the order of the slides
• In Slide Sorter view or Outline View, drag
  the slide to the desired position
• You can select and go directly to any slide
• So, click on the first slide and

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See How it Works!

• Select Slide Show View (at the bottom of the
  page)
• Click the mouse to change slides
• Ready for some special effects?

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Transitions

• Add a fancy transition between slides
• You can have the same transition for all the
  slides in your presentation
• Select All (Edit menu), then choose the
  transition
• OR you can choose different transitions
• Click on one slide and choose a transition for it
• Transitions are on the Slide Show menu

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Animation

• Preset Animation on the Slide Show menu is
  the same as floating Animation
• These add your points one-by-one, not all at the
  same time
• Again, you can use the same animation for all
  your slides (Select All first)
• OR you can have different animation for each one

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To Add a Picture

• In Slide Layout choose text or 2 column
  text. (Do NOT use the Clip Art format for
  photos!)
• From the Insert menu, choose Picture
• Find the picture you like and click on Insert
• Change the size or position of the picture

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To Add a Picture from the Internet

• In Netscape, find a picture you like
• Hold the Control key
• Click on the picture
• Save this image will appear
• Save it to YOUR disk

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WATCH YOUR PRESENTATION!

• Select Slide Sorter, and click on the first
  slide
• Switch to Slide Show, and click through your
  presentation

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Printing

• Under the File menu, choose Print
• Look carefully at the Print What? at the bottom
  of the box
• DO NOT print Slides (Save the trees!)
• You may choose to print Six per page
• You may print Outline
• This will help you with your presentation
• Print in BLACK (the printer isnt color)

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What Else? Lots!

• Other basics spelling, cut/paste, etc.
• Change colors Format menu
• Slide Background and Slide Color Scheme
• Text color button and text styles/size
• Drawing/Graphics
• Insert graphs/tables