TIPS FOR CREATING A DYNAMIC POWERPOINT

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TIPS FOR CREATING A DYNAMIC POWERPOINT

• PPT is a useful collection of slides used as
  visuals to aid a presentation.
• PPTs can enhance presentation but may also
  detract from your presentation if not done
  effectively!

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PowerPoint Views

• Normal view displays 3 panes
• Outline view expands the outline pane
• Slide view expands the slide view
• Slide Sorter view displays miniature slides
  that may be reordered
• Slide Show full screen presentation

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Useful wesites

• Useful tutorials
• http//www.techtrainteam.com/services/olt/office20
  00/ppt.html
• http//www.actden.com/pp/
• http//www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/
• http//gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/
  ppt/sound.html

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Normal View
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Formatting Features

• AutoContent Wizard
• provides templates and ideas
• Design Template
• provides many templates with different
  backgrounds and text formatting
• AutoLayout
• layouts include bulleted lists, graphs, and/or
  images

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Action Buttons

• Action buttons can be added to presentation. For
  example, a link button to another document or a
  button to return to beginning may be useful.

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Animations and transitions

• Transitions the way the slide changes to the
  next slide
• Animation the way the items move onto the slide
• Be cautious about how you use transitions and
  animations!

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Adding Sound

• Sounds can be added to your animations or to your
  slides
• Wav and MIDI are two types of sound files
  recognized by PPT
• Songs from a CD can be played

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Graphics

• This cat is having a bad hair day!

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Pointer Options

• During a presentation it is sometimes useful to
  use a pointer of some time to emphasize items.
• Ctrl P pen pointer
• Ctrl E - erase

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Maneuvering during a presentation

• Next Slide click mouse, N key, pg. Down or
  space bar
• Previous slide p key, pg. Up
• End show Esc. Key, right click and end show
• Specific slides right click go by title

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Printing Slides

• Options
• Slides one per page
• Handouts 6 mini slides per page
• Outline as it appears in outline view
• Notes pages useful for presenter to refer to
  and practice

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Design Tips

• Use contrasting colors for the text and the
  background so the text will be easy to read.
• Use font size large enough to be seen from the
  back of the room where the presentation will be
  held. A font size of 24-point or larger is
  recommended.
• Use short phrases and sentences to convey your
  message.

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Design Tips Contd

• Avoid cluttering the slides with too much text or
  graphics. Your audience should hear what you have
  to say and not be distracted by a busy screen.
• Keep text simple and easy to read by not using
  many different text effects such as bold,
  italics, underlining, larger font size for
  emphasis within a sentence, or a different font
  all on the same slide
• Use simple slide transitions. Too many different
  transitions will distract your audience from the
  subject of the presentation.