Using PowerPoint

PowerPoint 97 Tutorial (http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/classroom/ppt97/overview.asp)

PowerPoint 95 Tutorial (http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/PPtut.html)

PowerPoint Guide (http://slim.emporia.edu/RESOURCE/ppoint/ppguide.htm)

PowerPoint in the Classroom (http://www.actden.com/pp/)

PowerPoint Tutorial (http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html)

PowerPoint Tips (http://www.bitbetter.com/powertips.htm)

PowerPoint integrated lesson (http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/tlapages/powerpoint.htm

What is PowerPoint?

• Easy-to-use presentation software
• Part of Microsoft Office
• Creates computer slide shows to powerfully make your point
• Slides can be printed on transparencies if no computer is available for presentation

• Illustrating lectures
• Multimedia reports (students)
• Presentations at meetings
• Conference presentations
• Simple way to make instructional web pages

• Part of Microsoft Office
• Available for Mac and Windows
• Can be accessed in CSUDH computers labs

• Before starting the PowerPoint program...
• Be sure you have a place to save your work
• Do some planning (outline of presentation)
• Remember--PowerPoint is not appropriate for lots of text, outlines are better
• Gather some graphics (Internet, clip art collections, scanned pictures)

Start the PowerPoint program

• Windows 95/98/2000
• Click the Start button
• Move to Programs, then Microsoft Office (optional)
• Click on Microsoft PowerPoint
• Macintosh
• Use Command F to find PowerPoint
• Double click to start

You should see a box like this one:

Click on Template, then OK.

How do I use a template?

• Find the Templates (existing backgrounds and color schemes)
• In the SBS labs, look on the U: drive
• In your own computer, click on the words Presentation Designs
• Choose a design you like.

You should see a box like this:

Click on your choice (first three are most common).

How do I put in text?

Your slide will look something like this

Just click and type!

What about these bulleted lists?

• PowerPoint is really good at making bulleted lists
• Press Enter or Return after each entry to get another bullet
• Use Tab or Shift-Tab to indent or bring back to the margin

• From the Insert menu...
• choose Picture
• choose Clip Art or From File
• Clip Art comes with PowerPoint--click on the one you want
• You can insert graphic files from many different sources, including the Internet--find the file you want

• A graphic will be inserted with ìhandlesî for moving and resizing
• Drag on the ìhandlesî to resize
• Drag on the center of the picture to move it

• Click on the Insert menu, then choose New Slide
• Choose the layout as before
• The background and color scheme will be the same for all slides
• Insert text and graphics as before

• Click on the View menu
• Choose Slide Show
• Click the mouse button to move forward from slide to slide or ...
• Use the right and left arrow keys to move back and forth
• Back to Slide View at end of show.

In slide view...

• Move around using the double arrows at right of screen
• Edit text as in word processing (highlight with mouse, use keyboard or menus to change)
• Use the Tools menu to check spelling
• Move or resize text boxes by clicking on the text and using the ìhandlesî

• Use the Slide Show menu to set up special effects (e.g., flying text, dissolving cards)
• Preset Animation (in the Slide Show menu) controls the movement of bulleted text
• Slide Transition in the Slide Show menu controls the effects from slide to slide

• Highlight the text with the mouse
• Choose Preset Animation from the Slide Show menu
• Choose from the list
• Choose Animation Preview to try it out

• Move to the slide involved (the transition effect will happen when the slide is opened in the slide show)
• Choose Slide Transition from the Slide Show menu
• Choose type and speed of transition
• Choose Apply (only this slide) or Apply to All

• Choose Slide Show from the View menu to see the effects in action
• You can change the effects in the Slide view

• The Format menu can be used to change the colors on a card or all cards
• Choose Background to change the background colors
• Choose Slide Color Scheme to change the colors of text, title, etc.
• Choose Apply (one card) or Apply to All

• The View menu allows you to format the presentation as...
• Individual slides to edit (Slide view)
• An outline (Outline view)--handy to give to students
• A view of all slides (small size) so you can change the order and/or delete (Slide Sorter view)
• A series of note pages--slide and annotations (Notes Page view)

• You can use the AutoContent Wizard to assist you in creating a presentation.
• You can start with a blank presentation and put your own pictures in the background.
• You can import digitized audio and video.
• You can create an outline in a word processing program and create slides automatically from the outline.

• You can choose Save as HTML from the File menu, and put your PowerPoint on the web. Each slide will be made into a web page, with buttons for navigation.
• The newer versions of PowerPoint have ìhyperlink buttonsî which can move to slides other than the next one.

• PowerPoint Viewer is available free of charge for Mac and Windows 95/98
• This program will ìplayî a PowerPoint presentation, but does not editing
• Both versions are available from Microsoft