PowerPoint Presentations

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PowerPoint Presentations

• Introduction

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PowerPoint Presentations

• What are they?
• create and save on-screen slide shows
• transparencies, 35-mm slides, and handouts
• Who uses them?
• Why?

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Types of presentations

• Informative presentations
• Sales presentations
• Persuasive presentations

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Features of a PowerPoint

• Slide format
• Clipart
• Animation
• Transitions
• Video
• Multimedia presentations

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Unique panes to PowerPoint
Slide Pane
Task pane
Outline and Slides Tab Pane
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View Options

• Normal view
• default
• enter and edit text
• Slide sorter view
• Slides as thumbnails
• Shows the flow of presentation
• Move, copy, and delete slides
• Slide show view
• On-screen presentation
• Escape Key to end show

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Navigating through slides

• Page Down or Up key
• Scroll up or down using scroll arrows, bars, or
  boxes
• Next Slide/Previous Slide button
• Click slide thumbnail on the slides tab

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Running a Slide Show

• Click left mouse button to advance
• Page Up or Page Down keys
• Click the forward or back navigation buttons at
  bottom of slide
• Enter key or Backspace key

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Printing Options

• Slides (default)
• Notes pages
• Handouts
• 1,2,3,4,6,or 9 slides per page
• Outlines
• Grayscale or color

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Effective presentations

• 7x7 Rule
• 7 lines per page
• 7 words per line
• Bulleted format (No paragraphs)

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Bullets

• Use phrases rather than sentences
• Highlight the main ideas
• Fonts
• Should be 18-48
• No more than 3 fonts per presentation

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Colors

• Good Choices
• Dark on light
• Light on dark

• Poor Choices
• Light on light
• Dark on dark
• Avoid Red text

Blue on Light Yellow
Yellow on White
Red on Green
White on Blue
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Clip Art

• Visually enhances presentations
• No more than 3 on each slide
• Not for backgrounds
• Supports slide content

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Slide Transitions

• Control the way slides move on and off the screen
• Can add to all slides or specific ones
• Speed can be changed
• Sounds can be added
• Can preview

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Animations

• Visual or sound effects
• Related to text and objects
• Classified by how subtle or exciting
• Can be applied to selected slides or all slides

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