Wednesday, May 3, 2023PowerPoint Tips 1

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023PowerPoint Tips 1

• AIM: Introduce PowerPoint in context & changing backgrounds

• PowerPoint is part of Microsoft’s Office programmes and is a very popular (and powerful) tool for making presentations for screen or individual pcs.

• If you have used Word before then many of the tools for working with text and drawings will look familiar.

• The most effective PowerPoint presentations are simple and clear. Their appearance can be incredibly varied.

• Follow these steps to change the background:

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Right click on ablank area of theslide to get thismenu then leftclick onbackground

In the background fill menu click onthe arrow and explore thePossibilities.Or you could use one of our owntemplates (like the one thispresentation was made with)Look in Intranet / StaffRoom /Resources / PowerPoint Templates

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• AIM: Make your presentations look good using Design Templates.

• Design templates are built-in to PowerPoint and can be found by clicking on Design in the Formatting toolbar (View / Toolbars / Formatting). It should look like this:

If you can’t see it then: tick formatting in the view /toolbars menu Choose a template.

When you point to itClick on the arrow that appears to see some options

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• AIM: To insert an image as a background

• The file size (memory) of your image is important as it will affect how quickly your presentation loads, saves and transfers.

• If you know how to compress photographs then a JPEG at under 1Mb would be a rough guide. More on images in a later ICTAC tips instalment).

To change the background image:R Click / Background / Fill Effects

Select the picture tab and thenSelect Picture.Navigate to the picture you want and click insert