PowerPoint

PowerPoint allows you to create presentations. The presentations are made of slides and may contain text, images, sound and movie clips. Special effects can be added such as slide transition; slide animation and presentation timing may be added.

PowerPoint presentations can also be saved as web pages so your students can review the presentation from home.

POWERPOINT TIPS

To create a new presentation

File > new > Template Design > Pick a Template > OK > Choose Auto Layout > OK

To create a new slide

Insert > New Slide

To See Slide Show

Slide Show > View Show

(Touch space bar or click mouse to go to next slide – hit <esc> to cancel show)

To Change the Slide Transition

Slide Show > Slide Transition > Click on Drop Box Choice seconds > Choose Apply (current slide) or Apply to All (all slides)

To Change Order of Slides

View > Slide Sorter (Drag Slides to place in order you want)

View > Normal (will return back to normal viewing)

To insert a picture

Insert > Picture > From File > Browse to file and double click

(Pictures can be resized and moved)

To Save Presentation

File > Save As > Save To Teacher Directory (as YOUR LAST NAME)

To make presentation run automatically (i.e. each slide is timed)

Slide Show > Slide Transition > Click “automatically after” > Enter number of seconds > Choose Apply (current slide) or Apply to All (all slides)

Using the Internet to get information and pictures

adamscott.ca > click on “World Fact book” near the bottom right

(Use the drop box to pick a country of your choice)

To save the pictures from a web page as files

Place the mouse over the picture and click the right mouse button.

To copy text from a web page

Hi-light the text. Choose file copy. Open the PowerPoint presentation and choose edit/paste