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Powerpoint
Instructions
Use the following instructions
to create your PowerPoint presentation. When asked to select
an option from the dialog box, you can click on that option
and then click the OK button or you can select the option by
double-clicking on it.
After completing any
slide you may review your work by clicking on the Slide Show
button to view the current slide or see the whole presentation
by returning to slide 1 before clicking on the Slide Show button.
Click the left mouse button to advance slides or the right mouse
button to retrieve to the previous slide.
Getting Started
- Open the PowerPoint 97 software.
- In the opening dialog
box, click "Blank Presentation" and click OK.
- Select the first
option (title slide) from the new dialog box and click OK.
- Save your file
Designing your First
Slide
- Click in the Title text box and type your title.
- Click in the sub-title
text box and type your subtitle.
- Save your file by
simply clicking on the floppy disk icon.
Creating a Bulleted
Slide
- Click the New Slide button located on the "Common Tasks"
toolbar. (If the "Common Tasks" toolbar is unavailable, select
View / Toolbars from the Menu Bar and turn on the checkbox
next to "Common Tasks")
- Select the second
option (bulleted list) from the new slide dialog box and click
OK.
- Click in the Title
text box and type the title for your slide.
- Click in the bulleted
text box and enter your information, pressing Enter after
each entry.
- To Demote or Indent
a bullet press the TAB key or the Demote button, type the
next line of text, and press Enter.
- To Promote a bullet
press Shift + TAB or the Promote button, type the next line
of text, and press Enter.
- Save your file.
Creating Text
Animation
- Click inside the bulleted text box to select the bulleted
area.
- Select Slide Show
/ Preset Animation from the Menu Bar.
- Select the animation
effect (also called build effect).
- With the bulleted
text box still selected, select Slide Show / Custom Animation...
- In the "Introduce
text" section, change the "Grouped By" box to however many
levels of bullets there are.
- Click OK.
- Run the Slide Show
and click the mouse to view the effects.
- Save your file.
Running the
entire presentation
- Switch to Slide Sorter View.
- Click or double click
on Slide 1.
- Click the Slide Show
Viewer.
- Press the left mouse
button to advance the slide show presentation and the right
mouse button to return your presentation to the previous slide.
- Press ESC at any
time to exit the slide show and return to slide view.
Working With Text
- Click the New Slide button.
- Select the AutoLayout
option you desire from the new slide dialog box.
- Click in the Title
text box and type the title.
- Click in the Text
box and type the text shown.
- Select the text to
be formatted by clicking at the beginning and then dragging
the mouse to the end.
- From the Format menu,
choose Font.
- In the Font dialog
box select font, font style, font size, font color, etc.
- Save your file.
More Custom Animation
- Click in the Text box you would like to animate.
- Select Slide Show
/ Custom Animation... from the Menu Bar.
- In the "Entry Animation
and Sound" section, select the text transition and an appropriate
sound effect.
- Click OK. Save your
file.
Applying a
Presentation Template
- Press the "Apply Design" button located on the "Common Tasks"
toolbar.
- Choose from the available
templates. Click Apply.
- Note: If you change
templates, be aware that fonts, font sizes, font colors and
font styles may change, as well.
Working With
Graphics
- Click the New Slide button.
- Select one of the
clip art layouts from the new slide dialog box.
- Click in the Title
text box and type the title.
- Double-click in the
clip art box to bring up the PowerPoint Clip Art Gallery.
- Scroll down and click
on a category.
- Scroll down until
you see the Duck Smashing Computer clip.
- Double-click on the
clip to select it.
- Save your file.
Sizing and Moving
an Object
- Size the object (duck smashing computer) proportionally
by dragging one of the four corner handles while holding down
the Shift key.
- Move the object by
dragging the object with the pointer positioned within the
object area.
Even more custom
animation...
- Note: Another method to reach custom animation...
- Right click on the
object and select "Custom animation..."
- Select the Timing
tab and set the object to enter the slide automatically after
a certain number of seconds.
- Select the Effects
tab to choose an animation and sound effect. Save your file.
Working With Sound
- Click the New Slide button.
- Select the appropriate
auto layout from the new slide dialog box.
- Click in the Title
text box and type the title.
- From the Insert Menu
choose "Movies and Sounds / Sound from file".
- In the Insert Sound
dialog box, select the drive and directory in which the sound
file is located.
- With the speaker
icon selected, choose Slide Show / Custom Animation.
- Select the Timing
tab and set the sound to play either on mouse click or automatically
after a given number of seconds.
- Select the Play Settings
tab and select "Hide while not playing" and "Continue slide
show".
- Run the slide show
to hear the sound effect. Save your file.
Adding a Transition
to your presentation
- Switch to Slide Sorter View.
- Select Edit / Select
All from the Menu Bar.
- Select Slide Show
/ Slide Transition... from the Menu Bar.
- Select a transition
effect and speed.
- Click Apply.
Run the Slide Show
in its entirety
ENJOY!!!
Created by Kate Dibben, Open
Access College, South Australia, Australia
email:
kdibben@oac.sa.edu.au
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