11/19: Microsoft PowerPoint

• What is PowerPoint?

• Why use PowerPoint?

• How do I use PowerPoint?

What is PowerPoint?

• A tool for presentations.– slide shows.– allows images, charts,

movies, sounds, and more to be embedded in the file.

• A basic layout editor.

Why use PowerPoint?

• To create presentations– class presentations– sales

presentations– etc.

• As a basic layout editor– simpler for

organization of images, etc.

The AutoContent Wizard

• topics

• presentation style

How do I use PowerPoint?

• Inserting images– clip art– other images– from the WWW

• Inserting movies– know your file types

• Inserting charts & graphs

• Inserting hyperlinks

Changing the look

• slide master

• design templates

• color schemes

Changing the order

• slide sorter

Printing choices

• slides

• outline

• handouts

Using PowerPoint: Saving a File

• Saving as a PowerPoint presentation ( *.ppt )

• Saving as a PowerPoint show ( *.pps )

• Saving as a webpage

Using PowerPoint: Style Issues• Liven it up

– Using Presentation Designs– Using Animation Effects

• Don’t distract from your purpose–Don’t use too many effects–Don’t use an inappropriate presentation design–Don’t use irrelevant images

• Don’t create difficulties for your viewers– hard-to-read fonts– too much on one slide

Happy Thanksgiving!