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Working with PowerPoint
Just some basics
What is PowerPoint
• A flexible visual environment for presenting
information visually
• You can present slides in linear fashion or nonlinear through links
• Slides can contain text, images, sounds, and
video
• PowerPoint features some limited animation
and effects
When you open up
PowerPoint, it automatically
gives you a new blank
powerpoint document to
work with.
There will be just one slide
with the generic white
background.
From here you could start
adding content to your slide
show or change the design of
the slides.
To change the design to one
of the built in themes, go to
the design tab and look at the
various themes available.
You can also download
themes from other places or
design your own.
When working with text in
PowerPoint, just click in the
text box and type. The place
holder text will go away.
You can move these text
boxes around by clicking on
the edge. It can be a pain to
target the edge exactly.
You can also resize the boxes
by dragging any of the resize
handles in the corners or on
the sides.
You can easily add more slides by clicking the New
Slide button from the home tab.
The sidebar will stack up with slides. The one at
the top is the first in the show, and they each
come sequentially after that. You can change side
order by just dragging them up and down in the
list.
You can set the background of the slide to be a
different picture by going to the Design tab and
click on background styles.
Tell it to be a picture and click the file button to
select the picture file.
You can set all the slides to that same background
image by clicking apply to all.
You can set an animated transition between
slides by placing different animations on each
slide, or you can set them all to be the same by
selecting all the slides in the sorter on the left.
Then you can go to the animation tab and pick
the type of transition you want between slides..
You can see on the slide sorter, that the
transition has been applied to each slide.
The insert tab allows you to insert all types of
media into your slides. You can add images,
charts, text, movies and sound.
Mess around with it and see what you can do. It
is Microsoft’s most flexible environment for
media.
Technical Considerations
• Powerpoint can behave unpredictably
• There are many different versions of
Powerpoint
• Keep your file sizes as small as possible
• Test your presentation on the presentation
computer if possible
• Have a backup plan in case it does not work
Learning Powerpoint is the Easy Part
• Becoming a good presenter is tougher
• Great presentation is a performance
– Its about you and the audience
– Its not about the technology – EVER!
• Keep the following graph in mind…
Important Presentation Components
Skills to develop
• You may be surprised to note that knowledge is only 20% of
the presentation equation
• Confidence is the toughest part, but comes with time and
practice
– Be yourself. Nervous is normal and your audience can empathize.
• Restraint is tough too, and comes in many forms…
– Keep info on slides to a bare minimum
– Avoid unnecessary details
– Avoid stupid presentation tricks
• Until you get a good sense of timing, practice your
presentations
– You will be surprised at how little in-depth information you can fit in
them