how to make a powerpoint
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Presentation created for SPCH1000 Class How-To demonstration- Lakeland Community College Summer 2011TRANSCRIPT
How To Make A Basic PowerPoint Presentation
Christopher Novak
What is PowerPoint?
Slideshow program Microsoft Office 2007
Used to make presentation Speeches Tutorials Information
Starting PowerPoint
Must have Microsoft Office Explorer
Start > Programs > Microsoft Office > PowerPoint
The First Slide
When PowerPoint starts, you will see a window like this one.
Typing in Text
1) Move your mouse to the rectangle that says Click to add title, click once, then start typing
2) Move your mouse to rectangle that says Click to add subtitle, click once, then start typing
Adding a New Slide
Under the home tab, in the slide category- click New Slide, once … a new slide will appear
Inserting Pictures
1) Click on the Insert tab on the top of the toolbar.
2) Choose Picture
Inserting Pictures Cont.
1) When the Insert Picture dialog box opens
2) Choose the location of your file, for example, a pictures folder.
3) Click on the picture you want to add and it will appear on your slide
Resizing PicturesTo move the
picture on the slide
1. Click on it until the four-sided arrow appears
2. Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse –and the picture– to its new location on the slide
To adjust the size of the picture
1. Click on its lower right corner until the resize double arrow appears
2. Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse to resize the picture (“in” to make it smaller; “out” to make it bigger”)
Changing Slide Design
You can change the background and colors on all your slides
1) Click on the Design tab and hover the mouse over the slide design you want.
2) If you like the preview of the slide, click the Design style that you want to change the slide.
Slide Animations
Separate your text into different text boxes
if you want it to appear
at different times.
Adding Animations Cont.
1) Hit the Animation Tab on the top toolbar
2) Choose Custom Animation …
After adding the text boxes and pictures you want on the slide:
Adding Animations Cont. 1) Click once on the
object you want to animate to activate it
2) Move your mouse to the Custom Animation tool that appears on the right side of the window and click on Add Effect
3) Choose the type of effect you want in the submenu that appears
4) Choose the specific effect in the next submenu
Other Advise
Use keywords and phrases – not sentences
Use slides to guide your presentation not give it
Keep plenty of “white space” on your slides
Other Advise
Keep your slide design and animation simple
After your last slide, add a “Credits” slide to cite your sources