PowerPoint+Basics

BASIC POWERPOINT DIRECTIONS Most PowerPoints will include the following
 * A title slide that includes your name on it.
 * Required number of content slides with both text and picture.
 * Ending slide if appropriate

Follow the directions below and create at least 5 slides with the following information on each slide plus add pictures to complement the slide: Slide 1: Name, grade and age Slide 2: Hobbies Slide 3: Favorite thing to do in the summer Slide 4: Dream Job - what would you like to do when you graduate from high school?  If College - enter a college you would like to attend, Penn State, Pitt, St. Vincent, etc.  Then on Slide 5 enter your area of study in college. Slide 5 or 6: Dream vacation  Use the following directions for pointers or try to create a powerpoint yourself. 1. Click on the Microsoft Power Point icon OR…Click on Start – Programs – MS Power Point.

2. On the right hand side under “New”, Click on **From a Design Template**. The Design Template will make the background of each slide the same. You may select a template of your choice by clicking on it. If you can’t see it very well, click on it and you will get a full screen. Don’t like it? Click on another. 3. Once you have your template chosen, a Title Slide automatically appears. Type in your main title in the top text box, and the subtitle in the lower text box. The subtitle will often just be your name. We will make Font changes, etc. later.

4. Click on **New Slide** in the upper right corner OR **Insert – New Slide** on the upper tool bar. On the right panel you will now see Slide Layouts. You want a **Text and Content Layout** (scroll down!) that has __ONE text box and ONE picture box.__ Click on one that meets that requirement. This layout works best for MOST PowerPoints. It provides room for both text and picture. For the ABC’s, you might want the double text layout.

5. Type in your subtitle for this slide. Click in the Text Box and write whatever you wish about the subject matter. Every time you hit ENTER, a bullet will appear, making lists easy. If you don’t hit enter, the text will word wrap. To insert a picture, click on the upper right picture in the icon to enter the Clip Art Search. Type in what you are looking for and then make your selection of clip art. Drag on a corner to make it larger to fill the empty space. You may also copy and paste a picture from another document or from the web.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the rest of the required slides.

7. You now have all your slides made. It is time to go back and make changes. To change the Font in ANY textbox, click in the text box, highlight the text to change, and click on **Format – Font.** The regular Font window will appear with many choices for Size, Style, Color, Effects, etc. Adjust however you wish. Remember the color should stand out well against the background or the viewer will not be able to read your slides.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">8. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Slide Transitions. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Transitions are how the slide show moves from one slide to the next slide. To change this, click on **Slide Show** on the top toolbar. Click on Slide Transition. A window will appear on the right with MANY choices for transitions. To really see the full effect, change the Speed from Fast to Slow. Make sure the Advance Slide on Mouse Click is checked. If you want the same transition for the whole show, click Apply to All Slides. Otherwise you can use a different one for each slide. Click on the slide at the left, then click on a transition style. At the bottom of the transitions list is RANDOM, which means a different transition will appear each time in no particular order.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">9. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Slide Animation and Order of Appearance. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> Click on Slide Show –Animation Schemes. Again, a window of choices will appear at the right. Preview the different effects. Again, you can choose to apply the same to all slides or make it different for each one. If you click on Custom Animation, you will be able to alter the order in which parts of your slide show appear. Remember that more is not always better when it comes to animation – you can make the powerpoint confusing and hard to follow with too much. If a powerpoint is OVER-ANIMATED, the viewer can be frustrated in trying to get the message.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">10. ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">ACTION BUTTONS! **<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Fun time! Action Buttons allow you to link to different slides, files, or web sites with the click of a button during the Powerpoint. To create an action button, go to Slide Show and Click on Action Buttons. You will see a number of picture icons. To see what each one does, hold the mouse over it and read the small box. For most school powerpoints, you will be using the last one on the top row (Information) or the last one on the third row (Movie). The action buttons will link to a website to give further information about the subject of the slide. Click on the appropriate icon, and then form the box on the slide similar to inserting a shape or text box. When you release the mouse, an Action Settings window will appear: Click on Hyperlink and then scroll down the arrow to URL to go to a website. Copy and paste the URL of the website into the box and click OK.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">11. **__<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Save __**<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> your Power Point as last name_sampleppt.

**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">PowerPoint Troubleshooting **  **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">WHEN IN DOUBT, READ THE TOOLBAR!!!!!!! **


 * 1) **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">NEW SLIDE – **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">click the “NEW SLIDE” button on the right side of the toolbar. A new slide will appear under the last slide you were working on.
 * 2) **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">BACKGROUNDS – click the “Design” button on the right side of the toolbar, to the left of New Slide.  ** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Click **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Design **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">, then **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Design Template **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">. Choose your design and decide if you want that design on all slides or only on one slide. Click the down arrow on the right of the design box to choose your best option.
 * 3) **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">ANIMATION SCHEMES – **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> Animation schemes add a preset visual effect to the text on a slide. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Add this to your presentation:
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Click **Design**, then **Animation Schemes.**
 * **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Select **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">the text you want to add the effect <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">to, then click on your chosen effect. Try a <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">few to see what they do.


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">4. SLIDE LAYOUT **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;"> – Slide layouts give you a variety of text box layouts for each different slide. (Remember, you may also add your own text boxes, in any way, to any slide. Use the same procedure you used in Microsoft Word.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Go to **Format,** then **Slide Layout,** make your choice for each individual slide.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">5. **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">INSERTING PICTURES **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;"> – Adding clip art to your slides is just the same as adding clip art to a Microsoft Word Document. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">wantto copy and paste, follow this procedure.
 * <span style="display: inline !important; display: inline !important;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Click Insert, **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">then **Picture,** from **Clip Art.** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">It is also possible to copy and paste pictures from internet images.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">6. INSERTING PICTURES FROM THE INTERNET – **<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">When you find the image you
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Left click on the image and select **“See full size image”**
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Right click and “copy” then, “paste” on your power point slide

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;"> **7. ADDING AN ACTION BUTTON -** When you want a link to a website, back to the title slide, end slide, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Click on Slide Show – Action Buttons.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">Select desired button. Add button to slide.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;">In Action Settings Window, paste in website or click on appropriate slide. Hit OK.

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