1	How to Create a Basic Presentation using Power Point Computers IA Mrs. Mulhern
2	What will you learn? How to start PowerPoint How to choose a slide layout How to apply a slide design How to insert clip art/pictures How to save your presentation How to apply slide transition How to apply animation schemes How to apply custom animation
3	To start PowerPoint Click Start > Programs > Computer Lab programs PowerPoint should open with a blank slide on the screen that is in the Title-Slide layout.
4	Title Slide Click in the box that says “Click to add title” and type the title of your presentation. Click in the box that says “Click to add subtitle” and type your name and period number. Click the New Slide button on the formatting toolbar. Choose Title and 2-column Text from the slide layout task pane.
5	Contents Slide The content for the summary slide should contain a list of all the titles (topics) of your presentation. Use this slide to briefly introduce the topics you will be discussing in your presentation. Think of this as a table of contents slide. Some people prefer to complete the other slides and come back to this one when they are finished. Add a new slide to the presentation and choose an appropriate layout.
6	Slide Layout View
7	Slide Layout Slide layouts include: Text layouts, content layouts, text and content layouts, and other layouts. You may choose one that meets your needs or you can choose a blank slide and draw textboxes on the slide to hold text using the Text Box tool from the Drawing toolbar. See the Next slide for a sample of a Title, Text, and Content Slide which I have added a text box below the picture.
8	Bill Gates BASIC MS-DOS Windows
9	Slide Design Continue to add slides and complete the text content according to your outline. To apply a Slide Design, click the Design button on the formatting toolbar. Scroll through the designs in the slide design task pane until you find one you like. Click the design, and your presentation will apply this design to all slides.
10	Save Your Document! Choose File > Save from the standard menu. Save the file to your student z: drive on the Garfield network. Name the file the last name of your inventor!
11	Slide Design View
12	Illustrating Your Slides Now that you have entered all your text in your slides, it is time to add clip art and photos to illustrate your topic. The following slides will show you how to insert clip art and pictures. Once all the slides have been illustrated, you will learn to add animation to your slide show.
13	Inserting Clip Art Choose Insert > Pictures > Clip Art to get the clip art task pane to show. Type in a search keyword then click Search. Animated ClipArt is marked with a star in the bottom right corner!
14	Clip Art View
15	Inserting Pictures Choose Insert > Pictures > From File then browse to the folder where you have the pictures saved. Hint: Find a picture on the Internet you want to use. Right-click on the picture. Choose > Save Picture As> Browse to your folder and click Save! Be sure to give it a name that you will remember what it is!
16	Picture from the Internet
17	Slide Transition The slide transition tool applies a special effect for the slides when they switch from one side to the next. Choose Slide Show from the menu bar, then choose Slide Transition. The Slide transition task pane will appear on the right. Choose a transition and click the apply to all slides button. Use transition with caution! Some can be distracting!
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19	Animation Choose Slide Show > Animation Schemes to apply an animation theme There are pre-designed animation schemes which are easier to use as it makes all the animation the same on every slide. You may also apply separate animation to each object by choosing Slide Show > Custom animation but this can be rather time consuming. Avoid Over-Use of animation. Just enough to get your point across!
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21	Animation Hints Typically you will want one line to come in at a time so you can elaborate on the topic. You will want to make sure the animation is set to advance on “click” rather than “timed” at this point. Try to add custom animation to graphics and pictures so that they enter with the sentence they are illustrating. See next slide for an example!
22	Bill Gates, Author The Road Ahead Business @ the Speed of Thought
23	Practice Presentation Now that you have all the content, illustrations, and animations finished, it is time to practice speaking with your presentation! Go to view > Notes Page to add speaker notes to your slides. Here you can write out your speech for each slide of your presentation!
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25	Reminders Your presentation should be an informative speech that tells us about a famous inventor in the area of computers. Slides should be illustrated to help keep the listeners engaged in your speech. Don’t forget to include a reference slide that lists all websites and sources used in your presentation (including images). Practice your speech with the person sitting next to you. Critique each other’s presentations!