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February 15, 2006---Powerpoint
I don't know if you have Microsoft Powerpoint.
I've played a little with it.
I would like to set down what I have learned, which isn't much.It is but a bare start.
If you have ever received an attachement in an email with the extension .pps, and have opened it to find a panorama of pictures following one another with words and music, you have probably asked, as I did:"How do they do that?"
Once I've asked such a question, I want an answer, so I go and try to find out.
This is what I know:
Open Powerpoint.
Click File/New
Go to View/toolbars; make sure the following are checked:
standard, formatting, drawing and task pane.
OK. On the left-hand side, you have slide 1.
That is the slide you are working on.
In the center, you have a large workspace, and on it you have "click to add title" and "click to add subtitle".
Click on the Title one.
At the top (or bottom) of your workspace choose your font, the size, the color.
For color, the choice is limited unless you click on "more colors".
If you click there, you will have much more choices.
Also, check out all the buttons at the bottom and see what is available.
You can add lines, emoticons, shapes, pics from the collection or your own.
There is practically no limit to what you can do.
If you want a pretty background, right click and choose background. Click on the little arrow and click effects.
There are different titles at the top;look through them all before you decide what you want.
Once you have made your choice, you can choose apply or apply to all slides.It's up to you.
Ok, if you are done with your title page, then go to insert/ new slide.
You now have "click to add title" and "click to add text".
You can remove the title one by dragging it off the page.
You may just want a picture here and some words.You can do that.
Maybe you want your picture to be the whole page.
Make it your background as we did before, except this time you will choose picture for your background;
or maybe you want to add smaller pictures; you can do that by clicking on insert picture at the bottom, and you can do that as often as you want.
You will probably want to add words.
Add them in the text area, making all the font changes,etc.
While it is still highlighted,right-click, click custom animation, and add effects; also, adjust start, direction and speed.
Then click outside to finish the text.
You also need a slide transition; right click your first slide and choose "slide transition".
Choose one; adjust all the other items that are there, to your right, ie,start, speed etc.
And you will want sound.
Go to slide 1; choose insert/movies and sounds/sound from file and insert your midi or .wav sound.
Right click sound icon; choose custom animation; click arrow directly to the right of sound in right hand pane;
select effect option and on effect tab click radio button beside "stop playing after". Put 999 there instead of XXX.
Check settings in timing tab; make sure it is set to "start after previous" with a 0 second delay.
Close.
Drag sound icon off the slide. Choose yes for play automatically;
Anytime you want to check your presentation, click at the top, slideshow/ view show.
If you have to save your presentation and have not completed it, go to File/save as; give it a name and save it as a .ppt extension.
If you want to save it to send to someone, go to File/ save as, give it a name and make sure you have the .pps extension.
This is just a simple introduction to Powerpoint.I know that if you are interested, you will ask questions.
Ciao for now. . | | |
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