Tech-KNOW Topic: Get to the Point PowerPoint!!

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1 Tech-KNOW Topic Get To The Point PowerPoint! Christina School District Network Users: Log in and save today s work in your My Documents folder. Objectives: Participants will be able to: Begin a new document and choose a slide Insert a picture from Clipart Insert a Text Box Insert a new slide Insert WordArt Use animation on bullets Use Slide Sorter View Use Slide Show View Directions will also be given on how to insert a picture from a file, although participants will not be able to do this during the workshop. New Document/Choosing a Slide: When you open the program a PowerPoint window will appear. 1. Under Create a new presentation using click on the circle next to Blank presentation. 2. Click on the OK button. 3. The New Slide window will appear. To choose a slide: 1. Under Choose an AutoLayout: click on the slide you want to use. 2. It will become outlined in blue. 3. Click the OK button. 1

2 Insert a Picture from ClipArt: 1. Click on Insert in the toolbar 2. Put your mouse on the word Picture in the drop down menu. 3. Click on Clip Art. 4. The Clip Art window will pop up. Search for the clip art you want to insert. 5. Click on the clip art you want. Click on the Insert clip icon. 6. Close the Insert ClipArt window. Insert a Picture From File : 1. Click on Insert in the toolbar 2. Put your mouse on the word Picture in the drop down menu. 3. Click on From File. 2

3 4. The Insert Picture window will open. Browse to the picture you want to insert. 5. Click on the file name of the picture you want. Click on Insert. Insert a Text Box: 1. Click on Insert in the top tool bar. 2. Click on Text Box. 3. Move the cursor over to the slide you re working on. It will 4. look like this: Click on the space where you want the text box to appear. Without letting go of the mouse button, drag diagonally until your text box is a large as you would like. 5. Let go of the mouse button and type in your text box. Insert a New Slide: 1. Click on Insert in the top tool bar. 2. Click on New Slide. 3. The New Slide window will appear. 4. Click on the slide you d like to use so that it becomes highlighted by a blue square. 5. Click OK. 3

4 Insert WordArt: 1. Click on the WordArt icon. 2. The WordArt Gallery window will appear. Click on the type of WordArt you d like to use. It will become outlined in black. 3. Click on OK. 4. The Edit WordArt Text window will appear. 5. Type your text. 6. Click OK. 4

5 Custom Animation (on bullets): 1. Click on Slide Show in the top tool bar. 2. Click on Custom Animation. 3. The Custom Animation window will pop up. 4. Under Check to animate slide objects: click on the object you want to animate. In this case Text 2 (the bullets). 5. Click on the Order & Timing tab. Here you ll be able to choose your animation order and when the animation will start. In general you ll want to start your animation On mouse click. 6. Click on the Effects tab. Here you can choose: How your bullets will enter the screen Sound effects Effects that will occur after the bullet has appeared on the screen How your text is introduced 7. Click on the Preview button to see what your animation will look like before you click OK. 8. You can do all of the animation you ll need for each slide right in this window. There is no need to click OK after each one. When you re completely satisfied with how your slide will work, click OK

6 Slide Sorter View: 1. To view all of your slides at the same time, click on the Slide Sorter button at the bottom, left of the screen. 2. In this view you can click and drag your slides to change their order. Slide Show View: 1. To view your slides as a slide show click on the Slide Show button at the bottom, left of the screen. 2. Your slide show will begin. Click the mouse, anywhere on the screen, to move to the next slide. 6

7 Skill Rationale: Personal Computer Use (PCU) Open House presentations for parents Professional Development presentations Classroom Application ideas: Students organize research notes, from an informative writing piece, into a PowerPoint presentation to summarize their findings and present their findings to an audience. As an assessment, students demonstrate understanding of key ideas from a Social Studies or Science unit by creating and presenting a PowerPoint presentation. NETS (National Educational Technology Standards): DOE Professional and Curriculum Standards: Computer Skills Growth Chart: LoTi (Level of Technology Implementation): 7