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How to prepare a

PowerPoint presentation First, launch PowerPoint

The Project Gallery window should

open.Make sure Blank Document is

highlighted in the Groups column at theleft and click OK

If the Project Gallery window does notopen, go to the File menu and chooseNew Presentation


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Next steps...

You will have a presentation with oneslide. You can change the layout of thisslide by going under the Format menu

and down to Slide Layout. Choose alayout that you like and click on Apply

Type the title of your presentation andwhatever else you want on your first

slide


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Changing templates and format

If you dont like this template, you can change

it. Go to the Format menu and select Slide

Design.

Make sure the design you choose has a DARKBACKGROUND with LIGHT FONT. For

example, a dark blue background with bright

yellow font looks good.

For coherence in group presentations, allmembers should use the same design.


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Adding new slides

To add more slides, go to the Insert

Menu and select new slide

Type the information you

d like on yoursecond slide

Continue adding slides as necessary


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Adding graphics

Important: only add graphics that will

enhance your presentation!!

Go to the Insert menu, down to

Picture and select picture from file.

Find the image file you want, open it

and click insert.

Clip


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Choose a new slidewith a graph format

In the area for the

chart, double click to

input the data foryour chart.

When you do this a

new program called

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Enter the data for yourchart in the spreadsheet

that opens.

Practice doing this by

double clicking on thechart at the right. Make

some changes to the

chart.

When you are finishedgo the the Graph menu

and select Quit and

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Animating text

This is how you make each bulleted point of

your slide appear on the screen one at a time

when you click the mouse during the

presentation

First, go to the Slide Show menu and down to

Preset Animations

Next, where you see Off, scroll until you see

the animation style you want e.g. fly in


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Viewing Animations

You can see the effect of animations by

choosing Animation Preview under the Slide

Show menu

Try a few different animations to see which oneyou think is most effective


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Important Note about Sounds

PowerPoint sound effects are very distracting.

DO NOT USE THEM.

To turn off the sound effects, go under the

Slide Show menu and choose CustomAnimation.

In the Animation order window, choose the

effect and click on Effect Option

In the Sound menu scroll up to [No Sound]


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Notes

When your slides are finished, you can addnotes under each slide

These notes are the points you want to makeduring your presentation while the audienceviews the slide on the screen

You can see the notes on the computer bychoosing Notes Page under the View menu

Look at the notes for this slide now

Print your slides with the notes and you wont

have to look at the screen during yourpresentation. Instead you can look at youraudience and just refer to your notesoccasionally.


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Thats really all you

need to get started!

The best way to learn a program is

to use it, so experiment for

yourselves but remember: simpleis best!

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