Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint: A Comprehensive Guide

1. Chapter Twenty-Two Using Presentation Software

2. Chapter Twenty-Two Table of Contents • Maintaining the Proper Focus: It’s a Speech, Not a Slide Show • Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide

3. Using Presentation Software • Many presentation software packages can provide effective visual aids. • Speakers who rely on electronic presentations run the risk of snafus because of technical errors.

4. Maintaining the Proper Focus: It’s a Speech, Not a Slide Show • Although electronic aids can ease your anxiety, your primary goal is to communicate with the spoken word, and through your physical being.

5. Using Microsoft PowerPoint:A Brief Guide • PowerPoint will allow to you to create slides with text, artwork, photos, charts, tables, graphs, video, and sound. • This very slide show was created using Microsoft PowerPoint, and it was very easy!

6. Using Microsoft PowerPoint:A Brief Guide • Toolbars • Presentation Options • Views and Masters • Text Transition and Animation Effects • Entering and Editing Text • Inserting Objects into Slides • Running the Presentation

7. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with the Toolbars • The toolbar allows quick access to the programs most frequently used functions.

8. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint’s Presentation Options • The dialog box asks you how you will create a new presentation or revise an existing one.

9. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint’s Presentation Options • The AutoContent Wizard is best for those who aren’t familiar with PowerPoint. • The Wizard sets up an index of slides with preloaded titles, points, and designs.

10. UsingMicrosoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint’s Presentation Options • Template Options provide a medium amount of flexibility in designing graphics. • Choose from 48 templates to organize your own points, subpoints, and design.

11. UsingMicrosoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint’s Presentation Options • The Blank Presentation option offers the most flexibility. • Users customize every aspect of the design.

12. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint Views • PowerPoint 2000 provides three ways to view your aids: • Normal view • Slide sorter view • Slide show view

13. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint Masters • PowerPoint creates a set of master slides for each slide you create, consisting of a: • Slide Master • Title Master • Notes Master • Handout Master

14. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Becoming Familiar with PowerPoint’s Text Transition & Animation • Transition effects add motion and sound as you move from one slide to another. • Animation effects allow you to decide how to reveal slides during presentation.

15. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Entering and Editing Text • Other than with a blank layout, when you choose a slide layout you replace the sample text in a placeholder with your own text.

16. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Inserting Objects in Slides • PowerPoint allows you to create or import pictures into your slides: • Clip art • Charts • Tables and worksheets

17. Using Microsoft PowerPoint: A Brief Guide:Running the Presentation • You can run an onscreen show by following these steps: • Open presentation • Choose View • Choose View Slide Show or Slide Show • Choose All in dialog box • Choose Manual Advance or Slide Timings • Choose Show