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How to Create a PowerPoint

Presentation

ELI Student Workshopby Laurie Miller

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Starting PowerPoint

• In the LDC – Double Click the PowerPoint Icon on the desktop

• On other Windows XP PCs

– Start

– All Programs

– Microsoft Office

– Microsoft PowerPoint

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The First Slide

When

PowerPoint

starts, you

will see a

window like

this one.

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Typing in Text

1) Move your mouse to

the rectangle that says

Click to add title, clickonce, then start typing


rectangle that saysClick to add subtitle,

click once, then start

typing

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Adding a New Slide

Move your mouse to right end of the toolbar at the

top of your PowerPoint Window and click New Slide,

once … a new slide will appear

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Inserting Pictures

From Microsoft Clipart -1

1) Move your

mouse to the InsertMenu and click once

to activate the menu

2) Choose Picture

3) Choose Clip Art

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Inserting Pictures – From Microsoft Clipart - 2

The Clip Art Tool Will Show up on the right edge

of the window.

1. Type in a keyword for the picture you

want in the “Search for” box

2. After the search is done, click on picture

you want to adda) The picture will be placed on your

slide

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Inserting Other Pictures

– Pictures must be files saved on a local disk

• C: hard drive (My Documents, My Pictures)

• A: floppy

• D: CD-ROM

• F: memory stick

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Inserting Pictures

From File -1


the Insert Menu andclick once to activate

the menu

2) Choose Picture

3) Choose From File

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Inserting Pictures

From File -2

1) When the Insert

Picture dialog box

opens

2) Choose the locationof your file, for

example, the floppy,

by clicking once on

the down arrow at

the end of the “Look

in” rectangle

3) Click on the picture

you want to add and

it will appear on

your slide

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To move the picture on

the slide

1. Click on it until the

four-sided arrow

appears

2. Don’t lift your finger

from the mouse

button and drag

the mouse –and

the picture – to its

new location on the

slide

To adjust the size of

the picture

1. Click on its lower

right corner until

the resize double

arrow appears

2. Don’t lift your finger

from the mouse

button and dragthe mouse to

resize the picture

(“in” to make it

smaller; “out” to

make it bigger”)

Changing Picture Size & Location

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Changing Slide Design

– You can change the background and colors on all

your slides

1) Move your mouse to the

Format Menu and click once toactivate the menu

2) Choose Slide Design …

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More Slide Design

1) The Slide Design Tool will now be open on

the right side of your PowerPoint window.

2) Scroll down to see the different designsavailable for use.

3) Once you find the design you want to use,

click on it once and it will become the slide

design on all your slides.

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Adding Animation

• Separate your text into different text boxes

if you want it to appear

in different ways or

at different times.

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How to Add the Animation -1

1) Move your mouse to the Slide

Show Menu and click once to

activate the menu

2) Choose Custom Animation …

After adding the text boxes and pictures you want on the slide:

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1) Click once on theobject you want to

animate to activate it


the Custom Animation

tool that appears onthe right side of the

window and click on

Add Effect

3) Choose the type of

effect you want in thesubmenu that appears

4) Choose the specific

effect in the next

submenu

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1) Add animation to allthe objects you want

animated using the

steps outlined.

2) When you are done

you will see numbersnext to the animated

objects

3) You can put them in a

different order by

clicking and draggingthem in their list

4) You can change how the animation occurs by clicking on the “down arrow” at

the end of each effect a new submenu will appear from which you can

make more choices.

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Other Advice

• Use keywords and phrases – not sentences

– Use slides to guide your presentation not give it

• Keep plenty of “white space” on your slides

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More Advice

• Keep your slide design and animation simple

• After your last slide, add a “Credits” slide to cite

your sources

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More Advice

• There is a great deal more you can do in PowerPoint!

– Experiment with the toolbar buttons and see what happens

– Visit on-line websites with PowerPoint advice

• http://www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint03.htm

• http://office.microsoft.com/en-

us/assistance/CH790018081033.aspx

• http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm

• http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

http://www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint03.htm

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH790018081033.aspx


http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm

http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm




http://www.uwec.edu/help/ppoint03.htm

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Credits

George Mason Statue picture from

http://condor.gmu.edu/photofile/rights.html

Other clip art from Microsoft

– In MS Office Suite Clipart

– On-line at http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/

PowerPoint screenshots by Laurie Miller


http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/

mailto:[email protected]




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Credits

George Mason Statue picture from


Other clip art from Microsoft

– In MS Office Suite Clipart

– On-line at http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/

PowerPoint screenshots by Laurie Miller

Creation date: September 2005 by Laurie Miller





