Introduction to how to make a powerpoint presentation

Introduction to how to make a powerpoint presentation

1. Introduction to
Mid-Fi Prototyping with
PowerPoint

2. What PowerPoint will not do
It will not replace having to think
It will not eliminate the need for planning and
designing with paper and pen
It will not make the students ‘smarter’
It will not take over from the teacher’s many roles
It is not indispensable
It will not make your world dissolve if you do not
use it
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3. Mid-Fidelity Prototyping (MFP)
Please read the following text as an
introduction in mid-fi[delity] prototyping using
PowerPoint [URL]
Example-1: Dr Health Hospital [URL]
Example-2: E-Commerce [URL]
Example-3: CD-player [URL]

4. New presentation (1)
To open an existing Presentation:
1 Open MS PPT
2 Select Open an existing presentation
3 Select the presentation and press OK
Click in the area “Click to add title” to add Title to add title
Click in the area “Click to add text” to add Text

5. Use this to start a
new presentation
This is where you will
open a presentation
you have already
saved
Choose OK when
finished
When you open PowerPoint this is what you
will see….

6. New presentation (2)
Inserting a new Slide:
1 Select New Slide from the Insert Menu
2 Select the Bulleted List Slide Layout
Formatting Text Using Outline:
1 Select The Outline View and Type
2 Use the Promote, Demote icons to indent and create new slides

7. Slide Layout
Choose Your
Slide Type:
Bullet List
2 Columns
Of Lists
With or Without
Chart
With or Without
Picture or other
variations
Title Slide
Selected
Choose a slide layout
from the “New Slide”
dialog box

8. What are Auto-layout slides?
PowerPoint provides users with a choice of
some commonly used slide formats
Each slide is made up of one or more frames or
boxes
There are text frames, pictures frames, chart
frames, etc.
These frames are pre-formatted to certain fonts,
sizes and alignments, but they can be changed
to suit the user
Each time a new slide is required, go to the
Insert menu and choose New slide

9. Title Slide
Blank Slide Slide Description
When Power Point begins it will ask what
type of auto-layout slide to insert first

10. Practice: Getting Started
Open Microsoft PowerPoint.
Choose “Template” from opening dialog box.
You will see a series of menu tabs.

11. Practice: Select a Template
To use a template, click on the tab labeled.
“Presentation Designs” and choose a template.
To choose a blank presentation, click on “Blank
Presentation” under the “General” tab.
File > New > General

12. Design Templates
Select Design Template:
1 Select Template
2 Select Slide Layout
PowerPoint Views:
Normal View, Slide Sorter, Slide show view, Notes
Pages.

13. New
open
print
Font Font sizeBold
Italics
Underline
Whenever you see a double arrow you can click it
for additional buttons that you don’t see on the
toolbar.
Save

14. These are other helpful tools
Cut: This is used to cut things out of your project
Copy: this is used to copy from one portion of
your project to another
Paste: When you cut or copy something from your
project, it is put on an “imaginary” clipboard. The
paste button retrieves it from the clipboard and
places it in your project

15. New Slide : This button on the toolbar will allow us to
add more sides to the presentation
Most of the other buttons are towards the bottom
of the screen
Various Shapes line arrow rectangles oval text box text art clipart
Fill Color Line Color Font Color Line Width Line Type Arrow Type Shadow 3-
D

16. If forget what the icons are:
If you move your cursor over any icon
on the screen and leave the mouse
there for a second, the name of what
the icon represents will appear.

17. Slide View
Lower left buttons.
Highlight words and then delete or cut and
paste.
Use right scroll bar to move from slide to
slide.
You can change font size, style, and type just
like you would in Microsoft Word.
You can insert clip art or graphics that you
have scanned.
You can also insert sounds, movies, and
animation.

18. Working with Text
It is basically like a word
processor
Various fonts and sizes
Font colours
Word Art
Alignments
Bullets and numbering
Tables
Examples:
Show card, comic
sans
RED, PURPLE
Left, centred, right,
justified

19. Working with pictures and sounds
PICTURES
Go to the INSERT menu
Choose Picture from…
ClipArt or File
Clip Art gives you a
selection
File…you have to find the
picture file you want to
use
SOUNDS
Go to the INSERT menu
Choose Movies and
Sounds (in PowerPoint
2000) from…
Sound Gallery gives you a
selection
Sound file…you have to
find the sound file you
have recorded or saved
and want to use

20. Format Background
Click on the
drop-down
menu and see
the set of
colors
suggested for
your scheme
Choose
“More Colors”
for more solids
or “Fill Effects”
for patterns
Format > Background . . .

21. Practice: Background
Go to Format > Background.
Click on the down arrow on the drop-down list
box to choose a new color.
Clicking on “Apply” modifies a particular slide;
“Apply to all” modifies the entire presentation.
Note: Some templates use background
graphics. If you can’t see changes, click on
“Omit background graphics from master.”

22. Slide background colors
The default background color of your slide is
white
You can change this to a different color, a
pattern or a design template
Go to the FORMAT menu and choose
Background…
Click on the down arrow button next to the
narrow box for a selection of colors

23. Background colors
The FORMAT menu – Slide Color Scheme, has
some pre-set options for background and text
colors
The FORMAT menu – Apply Design Template,
gives you some picture designs for the
background of the slides
WARNING !! Removing and/or changing a
Design Template is almost impossible! Choose
wisely

24. Editing Style and Color
Choose Format > Background to change
background color and shading.
Click the down arrow on drop-down list box
for color and fill effects options.
Click on “Fill Effects” to customize the
background with lighting, textures, and
patterns.
The “Preview” button allows you to try out
your changes before you commit to them.
Format > Slide Color Scheme to change text,
accent, and line colors and to create
shadows.

25. Format Color Scheme
Click on the
“Custom” tag to
select alternate
colors for standard
features. You can
apply these
selections to all of
your slides or just
the active one.
Format > Slide Color Scheme

26. Practice: Color Scheme
Click on Format > Slide Color Scheme.
Click on the “Custom” tab to alter colors for
individual elements; choose the “Standard”
tab to select pre-defined schemes.
Double-click on the colored square labeled
“Text and lines.”
Choose a new color.
Click on “Preview”; then click on “Apply”
to accept.

27. Action Buttons
Use Action Buttons if you want the viewer to be
able to move backward and forwards between
slides
Go to the SLIDE SHOW menu and choose Action
Buttons
The forward and backward buttons act like
hyperlinks
This means that when you click on them, the
action will take you back to the previous or next
slide

28. Moving Through Presentations
Use the down arrow or “Enter” key or a mouse
click to move forward through a presentation.
Up arrow returns to the previous slide.
Type a number followed by the “Enter” key to
jump to a particular slide.
The “B” key temporarily blacks out the screen.
The arrows in the lower left corner of the
screen provide menu options such as a pen to
highlight particular points in your presentation.

29. Practice: Adding Content
Add points to each of your slides by
clicking in the text area and typing.
–To Add text, choose Insert > Text Box, draw
the box boundaries, and begin typing.
When you hit return on a list slide, a
new bullet will appear.
–Use the tab key if you want to create a
sub-entry like this one.
Use This Button
to quickly add
a text box.
Use This Button to
add Clip Art

30. Inserting Objects
Use Insert > Picture for a graphic.
Choose Insert > Picture > Clip Art.
Choose Insert > Object for other MS objects.
For scanned images, select “Adobe
Photoshop Image” from the dialog under
Insert > Object.

31. Manipulating Objects
To move, click in the center of the object to
select, hold and move.
To resize, click on one of the handles and
resize.
To delete, click to select and hit the delete
key.

32. Practice: Manipulating Objects
Resize or scale the object on your title page.
Move the object to the place on the page you
want it to be.
Your image
must show the
white squares in
order to move or
resize. Click on
the center of the
image to make
these appear.
To keep the
proportions of the
shape, only resize
by clicking and
dragging the
corner markers.

33. Layering Objects
To control the layering of objects, choose
Draw (lower left button) > Order > Send to
Back or Send to Front.
To rotate, choose Draw > Rotate or Flip.
Tip: Right click
(or Control click
on MAC) to see the
order menu

34. Conclusion
There are many other features available
in this program
Trial and error – although very stressful -
is a very good teacher
Necessity is the mother of invention
GOOD LUCK!
Once again...