Story Time

1. Story Time Fun with clip-art

2. Let’s Explore Graphic Objects See that picture of a tree over there? It is a graphic object. A graphic object shows its handles when it is activated. You may activate the graphic by clicking on it (a single-click). Go ahead, try it. Now, let’s observe the cursor (the thing you move by moving the mouse). RESIZE-CURSOR: When the cursor sits over a handle it appears as a double-arrow. You use this cursor to move the handle and change the graphic’s size or shape. Try that now. Go ahead and experiment. WARNING: This slide uses too much text!

3. Graphic Objects Can Be Moved WARNING: This slide uses too much text! There is another important cursor shape that is used with graphics. MOVE-CURSOR: The other important cursor looks like a 4-headed arrow. This shape is used to drag the graphic object to a different position. When does this cursor appear? On some objects it appears when the cursor is over the visible part of the graphic. See if you can move the frog over to the lily pad using the move-cursor.

4. Graphics Can Be Stacked in Layers OH NO! I don’t want my frog to hide! This is an example of graphic objects being stacked in layers. Let’s find out how to fix it. Click on the frog object to activate it. Look for the “Picture Tools - Format“ ribbon, and click it. Look for the section called “Arrange” Click on the command “Bring to Front” WARNING: This slide uses too much text!

5. Text Boxes Are Graphic Objects In PowerPoint we often include text in our slides. The primary way of doing this is with a graphic object called a text box. The words that you’re reading now are in a text box. If you click on part of the text, you will activate the object. Go ahead. Do it. See the handles? Now use your resize cursor to change the shape of the object. Text boxes can be fairly smart in PowerPoint. They adjust the size to keep the text visible. What about the move cursor (4-headed arrow)? With a text box, this only appears when the cursor is over the line that connects the handles (but not on the handles). Use the move-cursor to place this text box on the left side. WARNING: This slide uses too much text!

6. Rotating Graphic Objects THE ROTATE-CURSOR: In Microsoft Office many graphics display an extra handle when you activate them. It is a green circle above the top middle resize handle. When you put your cursor here it changes into a circular arrow. If you click-and-drag right, left, up and down, you will make the graphic rotate. Ready? Try it! WARNING: This slide uses too much text!

7. Let’s Do Clip Art Boy Girl Dog Cat River Boat Monster Mushroom Earth Balloon Snake Chipmunk Castle Falcon Shoe Smile Cane Night Sunshine Thread The point of this lesson is to let you have some fun with clip art. So, let’s get started. Click on the “Insert” ribbon In the “Illustrations” section, click on the “Clip Art” command You should see the “Clip Art task pane” on the right To make life easier, we would like Search into say “All collections” and Results should beto say “All media file types” For this to happen, we will click on the downward triangles

8. Let’s Do Clip Art (cont’d) Boy Girl Dog Cat River Boat Monster Mushroom Earth Balloon Snake Chipmunk Castle Falcon Shoe Smile Cane Night Sunshine Thread If necessary, check the “Everywhere” box under Search in Then click on a blank area of the task pane If necessary, check the “ All media types” box under Results should be Then click on a blank area of the task pane

9. Let’s Do Clip Art (cont’d) Boy Girl Dog Cat River Boat Monster Mushroom Earth Balloon Snake Chipmunk Castle Falcon Shoe Smile Cane Night Sunshine Thread Now we’re ready to type something in the Search for box.I’ve given you a helpful list of words to choose from Type a word and hit <Enter> (or click on Go) The last step is fairly easy. Scroll up and down with the scroll bar. Then click in the middle of a picture you like(Do this on the next slide.)

10. Let’s Do Clip Art (cont’d) Boy Girl Dog Cat River Boat Monster Mushroom Earth Balloon Snake Chipmunk Castle Falcon Shoe Smile Cane Night Sunshine Thread Wasn’t that fun?

11. How To Start a Presentation If you start PowerPoint by double-clicking the icon on the desktop (or by single-clicking its icon in the Start Menu or Task Bar), you will have a new, blank presentation. To start a new presentation after PowerPoint is already open, you give the “New” command: • In PowerPoint 2003: File > New • In PowerPoint 2007: The round Office button (in the upper left corner) > New • In PowerPoint 2010: File > New

12. How To Start a Presentation (cont’d) A new presentation starts you out with a Title / Subtitle slide. After you type in the two text boxes, you must add a new slide. NOTE: The most frequently used slide layout in the majority of PowerPoint presentations is the Title and Content layout. After the Title slide is done, when you click on the New Slide command (on the Home ribbon), this is what PowerPoint usually gives you. There are other layouts, though. To use one of them, click on the little downward triangle under the New Slide command.

13. Story Time – Fun With Clip Art • Now we’re going to play a game • Start a new presentation

14. Story Time – Fun With Clip Art (cont’d) • Make up a story • Using the list of twenty words that I gave you • You don’t have to use them all

15. Story Time – Fun With Clip Art (cont’d) • You get extra points for using as many slides as you can • Method 1: Very few words (or sentences) on each slide • Method 2: Use clip art to fill the space

16. Story Time – Fun With Clip Art (cont’d) • Work with a partner • Have FUN! • It’s just a game