PowerPoint Basics

“Just what are we trying to do with this software anyway?”

Objectives

• State the role of PowerPoint slides in a presentation

• Understand the “less is more” concept for PowerPoint

• Use features that maximize effectiveness

Topics in PowerPoint Basics1. Presentation basics:

2. Creating your title slide

3. Adding new slides

4. Adding bulleted text

5. Changing slide layouts

6. Inserting clip art and images

7. Hyper linking to other slides, other files, or the Internet

8. Slide designs, colors and backgrounds

9. Basic animations

10. The Slide Master

A Visual Aid

Right

Wrong

Less is More

This is My Title Slide

And here is my Subtitle

Adding New Slides

or

Adding bulleted text

• Click, type, press Enter key

• Use Tab and Shift+Tab to indent

Practice Adding Bullets

Click various layouts to explore

Inserting Clip Art

Searching for clipart

• Type a Search for: word in the clip art panel

• Click GO

• Scroll down to view, click the image to insert

Always consider

This Clip Art Doesn’t Work

• Be sure the object enforces your message

Inserting My Own Image

Manipulating Images

Move arrow

Resizearrow

Practice adding images

Hyperlinks – Method 1

• Linking To Internet

(for example http://www.gtc.edu)– Simply type full web address on the slide and

press ENTER key

Hyperlinks – Method 2

• Select the word or image to make into link, then choose Insert->Hyperlink

Hyperlinks – Method 2

• A dialog box opens asking what to link to– Web page– A computer

file– A slide in this

PowerPoint– more…

Hyperlinks – Method 2

• Type the full web address into the Address bar,

• Or click on the browse button in the upper right, and surf to the site

To link to a slide within this presentation

• Choose:– Place in

this document

– Click the slide title to choose it to link to

– Click OK

Practice adding hyperlinks

Slide Designs

Slide Designs 2

Practice choosing slide designs

Basic Animations

• Select Slide Show -> Animation Schemes

Animation Schemes

• Choose an animation from the right-hand pane

Animation Schemes

• Bullet point 1

• Bullet point 2

• Bullet point 3

Animation Schemes

• Bullet point 1

• Bullet point 2

• Bullet point 3

Practice with Animation Schemes

Color

• Background color: Choose Format -> Background

Select More Colors… (for more choices)

Think about the impact of color

• Some audiences prefer light text on dark background

Changing Font Color (1)

• Select the text you wish to color

• Choose Format -> Font

Changing Font Color (2)

• Select from the drop-down Color menu

• Choose More Colors, if desired

More Colors dialog

Think about the impact of color

• Some audiences prefer light text on dark background

Practice with color

The Slide Master

• To CONTROL them ALL heh heh heh

Choose View -> Master -> Slide Master

The Slide Master

Play with Slide Master

• I usually space out my bullets more

• People like to change bullets

• Can add logo that appears on every slide

Play with Slide Master

• I usually space out my bullets more

• People like to change bullets

• Can add logo that appears on every slide

• I usually space out my bullets more

• People like to change bullets

• Can add logo that appears on every slide

Practice with Slide Master