Lecture 7, Term 3 - 2007 COD12 Computer Literacy for Teachers Presentation Software

Lecture 7, Term 3 - 2007

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Presentation SoftwarePresentation Software


Presentation Software

• Presentation software provides all often tools you need for combining text, graphics, animation and sound into a series of electronic slides.

• You can display the slides on a monitor for one-to-one presentation or use a computer projector device for group presentation


What is PowerPoint• PowerPoint is one of the most useful and

easy Applications for making audio-visual presentations.

• It is a Presentation package that can be used to produce with ease a series of slides or overhead transparencies.

• Graphics, charts, animation and movies can be introduced in presentations.


Different Types of Presentations

• On-screen presentations – With your computer, you can use the animation features of Power Point. You can use sounds, animation and movies.

• Overhead transparencies – You can print your slides as black-and-white or colour transparencies


Different Types of Presentations

• Paper printouts – You can print your slides on paper in black-and-white or colour

• Notes, handouts and outlines – You can give the audience notes or speaker notes of your presentation

• Presentations on the Web – PowerPoint allows you to design presentations specifically for Web.


Creating a PowerPoint

Presentation• PowerPoint dialog box offers 4

ways to start creating a presentation:Using the AutoContent WizardUsing a Design TemplateUsing a Blank SlideOpen an Existing Presentation


Create Presentation dialog box


Design Templates• Design templates contain colour schemes,

slide and title masters with custom formatting

• When you apply a design template to your presentation, the new template replaces the slide master, title master, and colour scheme of the original presentation

• After you apply a design template, each slide has the same look


Design templates in PowerPoint


Building a Presentation using Auto Layout

slides• PowerPoint offers about 24 types

of Auto Layout slides to choose from the New Slides dialog box

• It offers a combination of text, pictures, charts, tables, organization charts and other objects


Auto Layout Slide


Different Views of a Slide

• Normal View• Outline View• Slide View• Slide Sorter View• Slide Show View


View Icons on Scroll bar

Normal

Outline Slide

Slide Sorter

Slide Show


Outline View


Slide Sorter View


Slide View


Modifying the Impacts of Slides

• Adding design elements to your slides can enhance the presentation

• PowerPoint offers many design options:Adding objectsAdding graphical bullets Using animation Inserting sound and video Creating transitions


Adding Objects using Insert Menu


The ClipArt Gallery• Clip Art Gallery is like a library of

pictures• Insert ClipArt dialog box has

several options for pictures• The picture clips are arranged in

categories to make it easy to select desired clip from the category


Pictures from Clip Art Gallery


Inserting Tables• Statistical data can be displayed in slides

using the Insert Tables options from Insert menu

• This produces the Insert Table dialog box


Inserting Charts• Microsoft Office allows you to create

charts using either MS Excel.• If you have a graph in Excel, you

can copy it and link it to your presentation slide

• A graph can also be created using Insert menu & selecting the Chart option


Graphical Bullets• PowerPoint offers several Graphical

bullet options from the Characters & Picture buttons in the Bullets & Numbering dialog box

• Every Font selected offers different Character bullet options

• Picture bullets can be created from Picture files


Character Bullets


Picture Bullets


Transitions• Transitions are special effects used

to present a slide in an electronic show

• Transitions can be used to set the way each slide appears on the screen

• The speed of a transition can also be varied


Slide Transition dialog box


Animations• Animations are special sound or

visual effects added to text or objects on a slide.

• For example a slide may first appear on screen with only Title displayed. Each bulleted point can appear one after another gradually on the slide.


Animation options


Printing in PowerPoint


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Lecture 7, Term 3 - 2007 COD12 Computer Literacy for Teachers Presentation Software