Power Point Tips

How to

With Wasting Time

Follow Each Step

Create A Folder for This Project

Go to My Computer > My Documents

Create a New Folder

Name Folder Topic + Your Name

All elements of Your Power Point must be saved in this folder

This includes

Saved PicturesAnimationsMusic Files

Etc

How to Save Pictures To Your Folder

Always Select See full size image

Right – Mouse – Click(RMC)

Select Save Picture As

Select Your Project Folder

Select folder > open > save

Open Power Point Program

• File > Save As > My Documents > Find Project Folder > Name your Power Point as your first name and last name project title > OK

Adding A Video to Your Presentation

• If you are required to have a video in your Power Point project you will need to use an online service to retrieve your video and convert the video so you can use it.

• First, find a video that is related to your topic. If you are using Google as your search engine, type the word “video” after your topic search – here is an example

Cherokee Video

Video

• After finding your video, copy the url address – to copy: click on the address and right-mouse-click (RMC) – select copy

• To convert – go to www.zamzar.com

1 - Paste the url address in step 12 - Select wmv in step 2

3 -use your school email address in select convert step 34 - check your email in 5-10 minutes

5 - save the download file into your project file folderproject file folder

Ready To Go to Work

• Do not copy and paste text or pictures

• Paraphrase

• Copy the URL Address from all source locations and paste in the last slide of your presentation – Describe what information you used from the web site– Here is an example:

• Crow Indian Picture - http://www.old-picture.com/indians/pictures/Crow-Indian.jpg

If You Need Help

• How do you… Click here for help – expand all and click on what you need to learn)

• Username – bowlinggcs• Password – school• Scroll down the page until you see what

you need to learn to complete your project• Always refer to your rubric for

requirements.

Record Narration• Inserting Narration • With PowerPoint 2003, you can record your own narration and select the slide

to which you want the narration applied.• NOTE: In order to record narration, you must have a microphone. • View the appropriate slide in Normal view• From the Slide Show menu, select Record Narration...

The Record Narration dialog box appears.• If this is the first time you are recording narration, click SET MICROPHONE

LEVEL...The Microphone Check dialog box appears.

• Follow the directions on the Microphone Check dialog box and click OK• To begin recording, from the Record Narration dialog box, click OK

A slide selection dialog box appears.• To have the recording start on the current slide, click CURRENT SLIDE

ORTo have the recording start at the first slide, click FIRST SLIDEThe slide show automatically starts at the selected slide.

• As you go through each slide, add appropriate narrationNOTE: At the end of the show an alert box appears asking if you want to save slide timings.

• To save the slide timings, click SAVEORTo save only the narration, click DON'T SAVE

Presentation Made using2003 / 2010 Power Point

• Save!

• After you save, let’s save as a powerpoint show – file>save as> change file save as type to powerpoint show!