An Interactive Introduction to PowerPoint

Microsoft’s Presentation Software

© 1997, 1998 by Eric S. Rabkin

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Slides

Outlines

Slide Sorter

Notes

Slide Shows (including multimedia)

Presentation software allows you

to create one file useable for slides, outlines, sorter, notes, and slide

shows

• WordArt

• Graphics

• Sounds

• Video

PPT uses insertable objects

Use PPT as a word processor to put text on slides

• Titles (heading level one) such as the above are made large by default

• Subcategories (heading level two) such as this are somewhat smaller

• But of course you can override the defaults, for example, – change the type color,

– change the font style and size, and

remove or add a bullet

IN ADVANCE OR ON THE FLY

Use PPT as an outliner to organize written information• Heading text appears on

the outline, but• Text inserted with

drawing tools does not

Outline view

Outlining tools

(These words are not on outline)

Use PPT as a slide sorter to develop slide shows

Slide sorter view

Slide show development tools, including transition and build effects options

Use PPT as a note-taker to annotate slides

Copy of slide

Notes

Notes view

Use PPT as a drawing program to create shapes on slides

The black writing above is heading level one, and the arrow on the right calls attention to it. Since this blue writing was inserted with the drawing text tool and is not a heading at all, it does not appear on the outline.

Use all of PPT’s toolbarsLet’s create this slide again...

Slide 9

Use PPT’s helper programs

Use PPT to print in many modes

Choose toprint whatever you chooseto see

Use PPT to make transparencies

Hi!

Hi!

Stop!

We interrupt this introductionfor an important announcement...

Public Service Announcement

If your cow sounds like this

may we suggest the fish?

If your cow sounds like this

then fire up the barbecue.

How to determine if your cow has mad cow disease...

Public Service Announcement

Use PPT to present a self-timed slide show

Presentation

Click the screen to branch

Use PPT to display individual slides by number

Slide 16

Darth Vader

Switch to any other slide and then return here:

Use PPT as an electronic blackboard

Use master views

Use wizards and templates

Use PPT to run a meeting

Slide 20

Put PPT presentations on

the web

Special PPT 97 & 98 Features - I

• Record (Voice) Narration for each slide• Hyperlinking to slides, files, and websites• Custom Slide Shows as subsets of a master• Summary Slide and Expand Slide commands• Title Master• Common Tasks toolbar

• Custom Soundtracks

• New types of Lines and Connectors

• Action Buttons

• Save as PowerPoint Show

• Presentation Conferencing

• Improved WordArt

Special PPT 97 & 98 Features - II

• 3-D Effects (plus add-in)

• Animation Player add-in

• ActiveMovie Streaming Format (ASF) add-in

• RealAudio add-in

• Numbered Bullets add-in

• Comments

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Special PPT 97 & 98 Features - III

Any Questions?