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Slide1
PowerPoint
Quick Start Guide
(
Comprehensive Training Here
)
Slide2Today’s Quick Start Topics
Interface
Look and Feel
Working with Text
Graphics
Tables and Charts
Drawing
Multimedia
Slide Show Packaging
Tips and Tricks
Slide3Interface
A central
Ribbon
Contains tools on
tabs
Tabs include tool groupsQuick Access toolbar Place to put favorite toolsSome toolsOffer drop-down galleries of selectionsOpen dialog boxes for making detailed settingsThe LauncherSmall arrow expands icon contents
File Menu Commands Here
Slide4Look and Feel
Slide Layout
Themes
Standard
Templates
Design Tab
View Tab
Click on View tab
Select options to set
In this case the slide master
1 On the
Home
tab, click
New Slide
, below the slide icon.
2 Click a layout to insert a slide with that layout.
Slide Layout
Slide Layout
Themes
1 Rest the pointer over a theme thumbnail
2 The preview appears on the slide.
3 Click the
More
arrow for a full theme gallery
Slide Layout
Themes
Standard
Templates
1 Click on the Office Icon2 Select “New”3 Select Themes from listings
Slide Layout
ThemesStandard TemplatesDesign Tab
Page orientation
Built-in themesTheme color, font and effectsBackgrounds
Slide LayoutThemesStandard TemplatesDesign TabView Tab
Ways to Make It Your Own
Slide5Text
In general
Sized and formatted based on the Template or Theme
Overflow
Wrapped inside text container
Will reduce in size when overflows to fitResize container to increase sizeStandard WYSIWYG iconsHome Tab
Slide6Graphics
SmartArt
WordArt
Photos and Images
Inserting
EditingClip Art
Slide7Tables
1
2
3
Note the use of
SmartArt
!
To import
from
Excel
Slide8Charts
Slide9Drawing
Click on desired shape
Drag to size on slide
Double-click
to bring up
shape editing optionsMake it blue…
Slide10Multimedia
We have been using it throughout this tutorial
You can insert
Video
Audio
“Canned” soundsTransitionsAnimationsThe REAL questions areHow manyHow oftenShould I?
OR
Slide11Show Packaging
Display “live” with a lap top
Your lap top “dies”
Display from an Internet site
Internet access?
Forgot to upload linked files?Package on CDPlay on any windows computerAll files in one place
Slide12Tip #1
Use “Outline” tab to quickly enter slide titles and bulleted lists
Slide13Tip #2
“Less” IS “More”
Remember the Marbles!
A
pplies to EVERYTHING in your presentation
Overuse = ConfusionOver stimulation = No recognition
Slide14Tip #3
Use images and photos selectively
Follow a “theme” in art also
Color
Faces
Nature…
Different
?
Can
? Emphasize
OR
?
Can
? Distract
Slide15Tip #4
BEFORE
you do anything think about your:
Audience
Purpose
GoalTime limitHW/SW limitationsTHEN start designingAND ONLY THEN add content
Slide16PowerPoint
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Mel Regnell (4217)
Colby Academic ITS
Technical Training
On the Web at: http://web.colby.edu/technicaltraining