Lecture 5 PDF
Lecture 5 PDF
Lecture 5 PDF
Microsoft PowerPoint
First Stage
Basics:
Presentation/ Power point presentation
Effective power point presentation
Power point layout (The Ribbon)
The File tab
Creating a new presentation
The Home tab
Inserting Elements
Slide Design
Transitions and Animations
Slideshow
Review and View
Design Tips
Presentation:
A presentation is a collection of data and information that is to be delivered
to a specific audience. (means of communication which can be adapted to
various speaking situation, such as talking to a group, addressing a meeting or
briefing a team.)
A PowerPoint presentation is a collection of electronic slides that can have
text, pictures, graphics, tables, sound and video. This collection can run
automatically or can be controlled by a presenter.
“POWERPOINT” refers to Microsoft PowerPoint, a program that allows the
user to design a presentation that consists of multiple slides.
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Keep It Simple (Text):
Do not have Too many colors Too Many Fonts and Styles
Follow the 6 x 7 rule
No more than 6 lines per slide
No more than 7 words per line
Make It Clear:
ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ARE DIFFICULT TO READ.
Upper and lower case letters are easier.
Italics are difficult to read on screen.
Normal or bold fonts are clearer.
Underlines may signify hyperlinks.
Use contrasting colors.
Light on dark verses dark on light.
Use complementary colors.
Be Consistent:
Differences draw attention.
Differences may imply importance.
power point layout (The Ribbon):
The ribbon is the panel at the top portion of the document It has 9 tabs: File,Home, Insert,
Design, Transitions, Animations, Slide Show, Review and View.
Each tab is divided into groups. The groups are logical collections of features designed to
perform function that you will utilize in developing or editing your PowerPoint slides.
Commonly utilized features are displayed on the Ribbon. To view additional features within
each group, click the arrow at the bottom right corner of each group.
File Tab:
The File Tab Allows you to open a saved presentation, start a new one, save,
save as, print , Print, Share, Export, Close. Account & Options.
Use the File tab to do all of your housekeeping work.
Always save presentations frequently .
o Microsoft's recover feature doesn't always work properly.
Create a new slide:
Use the File tab to create a new presentation.
When Power point starts up, a blank presentation will be shown.
You can use this blank presentation or access other options under the File tab.
Create new presentation
Use a template
Home Tab:
Home tab is main screen.
Allows you to
add new slides
change slide layouts
change fonts, font colors, add bold/underlined/italics
insert bullets
Slide Navigation Pane
Status Bar
a. Notice the words “Click to add notes” has appeared above the status
bar. This is called the
Notes pane.
b. The Notes pane is used for adding notes to a slide that only the
presenter can see. These
notes are not visible during the
slide show, but they can be printed.
c. Click the Notes button again
to hide the Notes pane.
Status Bar
a. Notice the pane on the right. This is called the Comments pane.
b. Comments allow you to write messages to the other people who
are editing the
presentation (or even to yourself). They are useful for collaboration.
Comments are not
visible during the slide show.
c. Click the Comments button again
to hide the Comments pane.
Entering content
Let’s enter a title into the first slide of our presentation.
1. Click in the text box that says Click to add title. This is called a
placeholder. We will talk more
about placeholders later.
2. Type Travel Destinations in Europe.
Insert Tab:
Insert Tab is used to insert different features such as
Pictures/clip art, Shapes
Tables and charts
Video and audio clips
SmartArt/WordArt
Links , Header & footer, Symbols
Insert Elements add to a presentation and keep your slides from being dull.
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Design Tab:
Design tab gives you plenty of options to give your presentation a theme.
Themes gives presentations color and styling .
Themes also preset each slide's design and layout, along with font options and
colors.
These can be changed if you don't like the theme's choices.
This tab also lets you adjust margins and slide orientation.
Transitions and Animations Tabs:
Transitions: How slides appear on the screen. Effects that are in place when you
switch from one slide to another.
Animations: Predefine special effects that use for, How text, graphics, etc appear
on each slide.
Transitions and animations can give your presentation a polished look, but they can
also be a distraction.
This tab provides options for presenting the Slide Show to the audience.
Narration for the show can be recorded. Decisions can be made as to where to
start the presentation. In addition, custom shows can be created.
Review and View:
Review: This tab is used to check the spelling in the presentation, to add comments
to different slides within the presentation, and to protect the presentation so that
others cannot make revisions. Include other different groups/buttons.
View: This tab is used to view the presentation in different formats. It is also used to
view more than one PowerPoint window at a time, or to decide whether to display the
ruler within the window.
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