PowerPoint Power Tips

1. PowerPoint Power Tips If you are not a PowerPoint user, you can skip this part of the lecture.

2. There will come a time when the only difference between you and some of your colleagues is how well you can use Microsoft Office!

3. Advanced features Basic features PowerPointLabs 1990 2012 2016

5. Advanced features Basic features PowerPointLabs 1990 2012 2016 • Death • by • bullet • points • Death • by • bullet • points • Death • by • bullet • points • Death • by • bullet • points More dynamic More visual More engaging • Death • by • bullet • points • 1. Quick overview of some useful features • 2. Try/learn features on your own

6. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

7. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

8. Use the outline view to edit text of the entire slide deck.

9. Use slide sections for easier organizing.

10. Add ‘you are here’ signposts with the Agenda Lab feature

12. Add ‘you are here’ signposts with the Agenda Lab feature

13. Assertion-evidence formatis better than topic-content format. Assertion Evidence

14. PowerPoint Power Tips • Outline view • Slide sections • Agenda Lab • Assertion-evidence format • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

15. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

16. Use the slide masterto control the appearance of the slide deck.

17. Use the slide masterto control the appearance of the slide deck. Calibri

18. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations Use Slide master

19. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

20. Use advancedimage search to locate pictures for your slides. Don’t copy paste the thumbnail

21. Use the remove background feature to reduce clutter from images.

22. Croppictures to remove unnecessary parts. Crop Remove background Crop to shape

23. Use picture slides for presenting a ‘linear’ talk more visually

24. Use picture slides for presenting a ‘linear’ talk more visually

25. Use picture slides for presenting a ‘linear’ talk more visually

26. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations • Advanced search • Crop • Remove background • Crop to shape • Picture Slides Lab

27. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

28. Convert text to SmartArt when it helps. Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

29. Keep Shift key pressed todraw perfect shapes

30. Keep Ctrl key pressed while draggingto duplicate shapes

31. Use F4 to repeat the previous action on a new element Circle Circle + fill color  Square Square + F4

32. Use Combine shapes feature to create custom shapes

33. Use Edit shape feature to create custom shapes

34. Use format painter to copy formatting between objects text Square Square  Oval Oval  Text box Text box 

35. You can align/distribute things automatically Step 3 Step 1 Step 4 Step 2  Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4

36. Save frequently used features to the quick access toolbar Ribbons Quick access tool bar

38. Use Shapes Lab to save content for later reuse

39. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations • Text to SmartArt • Perfect shapes • Repeat last action • Format painter • Align/distribute • Quick access bar • Shapes Lab

40. PowerPoint Power Tips • Organizing text • Tweaking overall design • Using pictures • Using shapes • Emphasizing content • Adding animations

41. e.g. white background, black text, +1 bright color Highlight using a bright color.

43. Long slide title sentence with keyword. ? • Level 1 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Important phrase • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point

44. Long slide title sentence with keyword. ? • Level 1 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Important phrase • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point

45. Long slide title sentence with keyword. ? • Level 1 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Important phrase • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point

46. Long slide title sentence with keyword. ? • Level 1 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Important phrase • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point

47. Long slide title sentence with keyword. ? • Level 1 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Important phrase • Level 2 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 3 bullet point • Level 2 bullet point

48. Use the spotlight feature to draw attention to an area of the slide.

49. Use the spotlight feature to draw attention to an area of the slide.

50. Use the spotlight feature to draw attention to an area of the slide.