The Presentation in PowerPoint

PowerPoint: The Presentation

Slide 1

Set up and running the show

This is a "To Do" page. You will be working through some of the steps covered in the previous lessons to produce a small slide show. If you don't remember how to do a step, click on the "Lesson" link and return to that section.

Open the presentation you started in the "Starting a Presentation" lesson entitled "My Very Own Slide Show" or open another or a new presentation. Lesson

Apply a design to the whole presentation. Lesson

Add at least 3 more slides using the New Slide button.

Using the "autolayout" menu, select one slide with clip art, one with two columns of text, and one that is blank. Lesson

Clip Art Slide

a. Insert a graphic from Word's clip art into the appropriate box. Lesson

b. Insert a bulleted list of four things (whatever you want) into the other text box.

c. Select one item in the list and highlight it. Animate the text so that it does something. Lesson

Hint: you may need to click on the slide to make it come in, or you can set a timer.

2 Column Slide

a. Put a bulleted list in one box and a paragraph into the other.

b. Select the text in the paragraph and change its color to whatever will show up on the background. Lesson

If the bullets are automaticaly applied, figure out how to remove them from the paragraph.

Blank Slide

Insert a Text Box from the Drawing Toolbar. Fill it with some text. Add an arrow to the slide using the Drawing Toolbar. Lesson

Throw in some Word Art too, if you feel creative.

Now that you have at least four slides, select the Slide Control Buttons in the bottom left of your screen. Lesson

Select the "Outline View" button and see what happens to the display on your screen. Do the same for the "Note View" button.

Now select the "Slide Sorter" view. Personally I find this the most useful. Use this view to:

	Change Slide Order	a. Click and hold on a slide. Drag it before or after another slide. This will be its new position in the slide show. b. Double click on a slide and go directly to slide view.
	Hide Slide	Note that one of the choices in the menu is "*Hide Slide*." Hiding the slide will allow you to customize the same presentation for multiple audiences without deleting and recreating slides.
	Apply Transition Animations Set Up Show	The Right click menu will also "*Apply Transition." Try applying a transitional animation to a slide. Lesson* You can also apply "*Preset Animation" and preview the animation that is already applied to each slide. Lesson* Will be used in detail in the next screen. Click on the Right Arrow above to continue.

[Click on the Right Arrow above to continue.]