PowerPoint Unit

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PowerPoint Unit

• Arnie Jordan
• Computer Studies
• January 2007

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Objectives

• You will have basic knowledge of the PowerPoint
  user interface
• You will create a slide presentation
• You will discuss working with slides
• You will use design templates
• You will print using various options
• You will open and edit presentations
• You will apply on-screen presentation techniques

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What is PowerPoint?

• Software that can help you organize and present
  information and procedures in an effective way.
• You can
• Organize your presentations for maximum
  educational value
• Insert hyperlinks to create interactive
  activities
• Easily update presentations
• Print handouts to compliment speech
• Use presentations for both instruction and
  assessment
• Convert slide shows to HTML for use on the web

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Versions

• PowerPoint 4
• PowerPoint 7 Win95
• PowerPoint 97
• PowerPoint 2000
• PowerPoint 2002 --XP (Current Douglas Ver)
• Powerpoint 2003
• Powerpoint 2007

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Launch PowerPoint

• Click Start
• Click Programs
• Click Microsoft PowerPoint
• or
• Double-click your desktop shortcut
• You can even make a shortcut to your own
  presentation

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Create a Desktop Shortcut

• Click Start
• Click Programs
• Right-click Microsoft Powerpoint
• Click Send To
• Click Desktop (create shortcut)

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Standard Screen Elements

• Resize/Close Menu
• File Name
• Resize/Close Buttons
• Menu Bar
• Toolbar
• View Buttons
• Drawing Toolbar
• Status Toolbar

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Standard Screen Elements
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PowerPoint Help Menu

• In the menu bar, click on Help
• Click on Contents and Index
• Click on Find Tab
• Enter a word or phrase, e.g., button
• Use the scroll bars or up/down arrows to find
  Adding a Button to a Toolbar
• Click the Display button

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Six Ways to View Slides

• Normal View
• Outline View
• Slide View
• Slide Sorter View
• Notes Page (on menu bar)
• Slideshow View

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Six ways to view slides

• Normal View  Expands each frame so that all
  sections can be viewed
• Notes Page View menu. Shows slide and room
  for notes
• Slide View  Full slide appears in the window
• Outline View  Text on the slides appear in
  outline form
• Slide Sorter View  All slides are visible in a
  miniature format and in the order in which they
  were created
• Slide Show  Command to run presentations

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PowerPoint definitions

• Presentation - A PowerPoint file.
• Objects - building blocks for slides. Includes
  title, text, graphics, tables, charts,
  drawings.
• Attributes - properties of characteristics of an
  object (format).

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PowerPoint Definitions

• Bulleted Slide - most common slide consisting of
  a list of paragraphs, each preceded by a bullet.
• Title Slide - first slide in a presentation.

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Readability

• Enhanced by manipulating 5 key elements
• Font (Typeface) - collection of letters, numbers,
  symbols, punctuation with a particular design.
• Point Size - how large or small the font appears
  on a slide (1 point 1/72 of inch in height).
• LETTER CASE - use one case consistently in
  presentation (all lowercase, all uppercase, or
  all mixed).
• Print Attributes - special formatting with text
  (bold, underline, italics, shadow, color).
• Line Spacing - space before after a line or
  paragraph of text.

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Your PowerPoint Projects

• You will make two PowerPoint presentations

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First Presentation

• Personal Powerpoint
• The Day I was Born Project
• Personal Photos
• Original Creative Background
• Factual Information

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First Presentation

• At least 15 slides
• At least one graphic per slide
• A practiced presentation of 4 minutes
• Logical outline
• Logical conclusion
• Graded by rubric

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Second Presentation

• TBA

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