Travels Through Life

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Travels Through Life

• PowerPoint Photo Gift

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First, you storyboard.
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Second, you need to choose your quote.

• We have worked so much with quotes this year.
  This should be easy.
• Either use the quote that you used in Middle
  School chapter, or find one that you feel best
  represents you.
• This could be a Bible verse, song lyric, or
  quote.
• This will be immediately after your title slide.

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Next, number and lay out your pictures.

• Make sure that pictures are in chronilogical
  order.
• Correlate number to storyboard.
• Put your name and the number of the picture on
  the back of each.
• These will be scanned in by someone else, so
  label carefully.
• They will be saved in a file with your name on
  it.

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Next, choose the passages you will use for script.

• Every other slide should be script.
• Abide by the 6x6 rule. Only 6 lines of text no
  more than 6 words per line.
• Make sure that your passages are relevant to the
  picture before or after your slide.

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Next, you need to choose your music.

• You will not need more than two songs.
• Your slide show should not be longer than 5
  minutes.
• This song must either be on a CD you have or
  downloaded onto one of my computers.
• Remember to choose music that is representative
  of you. Also, remember this is a gift for
  families.

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Finally, consider your design.

• Powerpoint has many available designs.
• Have an idea of the color scheme you want before
  you get to the computer.
• If you really like red, you can make any design
  in the program red.
• Also, think about your font color. When choosing
  font, remember to go for readability.
• Verdana is the most reader-friendly font.

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Now you finally get to go to the computer.
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Open Microsoft PowerPoint

• You will see a menu box. Choose Create a Blank
  Presentation
• You will see a layout screen full of choices.
  The first one is good for the title slide.
• Dont worry about making it pretty until you have
  set up the slides.

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Make your slides.

• Create the title slide using the mouse to
  navigate between boxes.
• Next click on the New Slide icon.
• Make sure you choose the blank layout option so
  you can go back and insert text or pictures
  however you want.
• Consult your storyboard to know how many slides
  to make.

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Now make the text slides.

• Go up to the top of the screen and choose
  Insert and then click on Text Box.
• A resizable text box will appear. Type in your
  text.
• At this time, you can click and drag the whole
  box (or Edit-Select All) and change your font and
  size.

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Now get your photos.

• Check with me to see on which computer your pics
  are stored.
• You will go to the top of the screen and click
  Insert then Picture then From file.
• This will give you a selection window.
• Choose Network Places on the left. Then browse
  for the computer your pics are on.

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It is best to put one picture per slide. You may
put up to two as long as the subjects are close
up.
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Now for the technical stuff.

• To make your slides colorful, go up to Format.
• Choose Color Scheme if you want solid slides.
  Choose Apply Design Template if you want to use
  a PowerPoint Design.
• You can customize each of these options with the
  colors of your choice. Just keep the font
  readable.

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Now that it is pretty, lets add sound.

• First, go to Insert then Movies and Sounds.
  Click on Sound from file or Play CD audio
  track depending if your music is on the computer
  or on CD.
• Find your file and insert it. The computer will
  ask if you want it to start automatically.
  Choose yes.

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If we only wanted one slide with that music, we
would be done.

• Since you want it to play for the entire show,
  right click on the little speaker icon that is on
  your slide.
• Then click Custom Animation. Make sure that
  the media box is checked and click the button
  that says Continue Slide Show. Then choose
  After Slide. The amount of slides you have
  determines this number.

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More than one song?

• If you have more than one song, you will want to
  choose a slide number here that is in the middle
  of your show.
• Then use the same process on that slide to insert
  the new song and have it play until after the
  last slide in the show.

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Finally, make it look cool.

• Transitions make a slide show visually
  interesting or utterly annoying.
• Note the following transitions and remember to
  choose wisely.

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This is cool!

• It makes me watch without hurting my head.

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This is annoying!

• Will it ever end? This is transition and
  animation nightmare.

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Only animate

• Title Slide
• Quote Slide
• Picture Slides
• Remember the KISS method.
• Keep It Simple Stupid!

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Animation is as easy as

• Right click what you want to animate.
• Choose Custom Animation.
• And pick what you want the item to do.

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Lastly, you can transition between slides.

• This can also get annoying. I think a few simple
  choices or a consistent transition is best.
• Go to Slide Show then Slide Transition. It
  is important to choose the transition, watch the
  preview, then check the box that says
  Automatically after

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Timings?

• The number you put there is important. You want
  someone to be able to absorb the pics and the
  text.
• You may need to play around with it, but around
  7-12 seconds per slide should do it.
• You may want to add longer for text slides.

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How?

• When you choose your transition, you determine
  how many seconds before the next slide appears.
• You can choose to Apply which applies only to
  that slide, or you can choose Apply to all so
  that all slides use the same amount of time.

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Here is an example of a transition.

• This line has exactly six words.
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• This line has exactly six words.

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Blah blah blah
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Ta Dah!

• Now that is not too hard is it?
• The deadline for the final product is Monday,
  December 6.
• On that day we will try to watch everyones show,
  so it must be done before class starts.
• Also, on that special day, you can bring snacks
  to enjoy during the shows.