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To
copy a picture from the Internet:
Point to the picture with
your mouse and right click.
Choose "Save Image As"
and in the dialog box that appears, choose where you want to save
the file. More than likely you will save to a 3 1/2" Floppy
disk or to your hard drive if you are on your home computer.
When you are ready to use
that image in a PowerPoint presentation or a Word Document go
to "Insert - Picture - From a File" - and go and find
the saved image on your floppy or your hard drive.
Right click on the image and
choose "Copy"..
Go immediately to the PowerPoint
presentation or the Word Document that you need the image and
position your cursor where you want the picture to be. Right click
again...but this time choose "Paste".
When you open PowerPoint you will see this screen.
Choose Template and click OK.
You will then get a screen with Presentation Designs on
it. Choose a design that you like and click OK.
The next screen you see will look like this. It is the Auto
Layout screen that helps you organize your slides without having
to make so many decisions when you are a PowerPoint beginner.
Choose the first layout for your title screen by either double
clicking on it or click and then click "OK". You will
come back to this box each time you add a new slide. You will
probably use the second one on the first row and all of the slides
on the bottom row more than any others. Experiment with the different
formats to see which one suits your needs the best.
After you click the title slide you will see something that
looks like this.
Depending on the design you chose, the
background and type will be different.
From here you will fill in the boxes with your information.
You can use the same commands and actions that you use in Word to Format the Font. You may change, size, color, or font if you don't like the choices that the template made for you. You can also resize the text boxes by grabbing your handlebars and clicking and dragging.
Use the INSERT menu that you see below to add a new slide,
pictures, a text box, etc.
To Insert a Picture that you have scanned, choose the option
"From a File" and then click the "3 1/2" Disk"
option, choose your picture and click "Insert". You
will follow the same procedure for a digital picture you have
taken with a digital camera, or a picture you have saved from
the Internet onto a disk.
To Insert Clip Art you will choose "Picture" then "Clip Art" and the Clip Art Gallery will open. You will click on the clip art that you want then click "Insert".
To Insert Word Art, you will choose "Picture" then go down to "Word Art" and click. Create your Word Art then click "OK". Your Word Art will be placed right in the middle of your PowerPoint slide so you will have to resize it by grabbing the handlebars and clicking and dragging and clicking in the center to get a four headed arrow and picking up the entire Word Art and moving it.
Use the Slide Show Menu below to establish your Slide |Transitions,
choose your Custom Animations and Set Up the Show to Loop Continuously.
A slide transition is how each individual slide moves from one to the next.
Custom animation is how each individual element within a slide moves onto that slide.
You can attach sounds to both the slide transitions and the Custom Animation commands if you wish.
Below you will see the Slide Transition Menu.
The drop down menu under the picture gives
you lots of choices of transitions. You may chose to make those
transitions slow, medium or fast by clicking the round buttons.
For the purposes of this class we want our slide transitions to
advance "Automatically after ____ seconds" Remove the
check mark next to "On Mouse Click" by clicking in the
box. You will have to judge how fast your want your slides to
progress depending on the amount of information on the slides.
Try starting out with 2 or 3 seconds and see how that works. If
you want a sound attached to the transition, do it here. Don't
forget to click Apply. You must do this for each slide in your
presentation and all of the transitions you choose should be different.
Below you will see the Custom Animation Screen.
Each element on your slide needs to be
animated for this assignment. The individual elements will be
listed in the Timing box at the bottom of the window. You should
click on the element, then click on "Animate" and "Automatically
0 seconds after previous event." You have to do this for
each element.
Then go to the top box and make sure the elements are in the order you want them to appear on the screen. IF they aren't click on it and then click on the up or down arrow to the right to change the order.
Next click the "Effects" tab that you see below.
You are ready to choose an "Entry Animation" and "Sound" for each element. In this box you have the choice of your text entering "All at once, by word, or by letter." You can also preview your choices before clicking "OK." But don't forget to click OK or all of your hard work will be forgotten by the computer.
To View your slide show chose "View Show" under the Slide Show Menu at the top.
Preview your PowerPoint presentation in
its entirety. Make sure that you have all of the required elements
for this assignment. If you see a slide that needs changing while
your are in the Slide Show mode, just hit the Escape key and it
will take you to the slide view to allow revisions.
To set your PowerPoint Presentation to Loop continuously click "Set Up Show" from the above menu and you will get a box that looks like the one below.
Click in the box that says "Loop continuously
until 'Esc". Then click "OK".
Don't forget to save your PowerPoint on the "S" Drive of the computer in the lab with your name. Don't forget to save frequently as you build your presentation, just in case.
This is just scratching the surface as to what you can do with PowerPoint. There are so many other features to this program that make it an excellent teaching tool as well as presentation tool.
Don't forget that there are much more extensive tutorials for PowerPoint on the Microsoft site. Click that link if you need more comprehensive help.
