The+Basics

=Introduction= PowerPoint is an application for creating and delivering presentation. It was originally developed for public speaking and not specifically for teaching and what works in a boardroom may not necessarily work in a classroom.Its use in teaching and learning situations should provide a better way of communicating information to your students. Used thoughtfully, PowerPoint can enhance your teaching sessions by providing a roadmap, reinforcing what you say and allowing you to use graphics and other multimedia to clarify understanding and to support different learning styles.

=Toolbars and Menus= The Menu Bar, Standard toolbar, and Formatting toolbar from PowerPoint are shown below:

The Drawing Toolbar is also present in Word and Excel, but it is not shown by default. You will find the drawing tools very useful in creating labels and diagrams for your PowerPoint presentations.

This tiny toolbar is unique to PowerPoint. The icons allow you to switch between 5 different modes of viewing your work. The views include Normal View |Outline View | Slide View | Slide Sorter View | Slide Show

=Using Templates and Changing Slide Layouts=

=Navigating Different Views=

=Shortcut Keys= =media type="custom" key="3784071"= Create Additional Slides: ** 1. Choose **__I__nsert: __N__ew Slide **from the menu bar** 2. Select a layout from the “Apply slide layout:” box on the right hand side of the screen 3. Click in the “Click to add title” box type //**desired title** // 4. Click in the “Click to add subtitle” box type **//desired subtitle//** press the //Enter// key to move to a new line 5. Double Click on the “Double click to add clip art//”// box - Select //desired clip art// - Click OK

=Printing a Presentation/Exporting to Word=
 * Should you encourage students to take notes while you speak, should you give them your notes, or both? And how can you use your PowerPoint presentation o help students study later? Asking students to listen without taking notes works best when your lecture covers basic concepts. But if the lecture consists mostly of facts students will need to recall later, having them take notes is the better strategy. There are three options within PowerPoint to consider.

Option 1 – Have students take notes as you speak, and provide them with lecture notes afterward. This is easy if the teacher has used the Notes pane in PowerPoint to print out Notes Pages. Option 2 — Distribute a handout made up of each of your slides printed with lots of white space alongside for note-taking. This option is helpful if students are tending to omit items the teacher considers important. The handout gives students a skeletal outline of your main points for later review. And the more white space you give them, the more notes they will take. Option 3 — Transfer the presentation into a word-processing file. In PowerPoint, from the file menu, select send to microsoft office word. In the Send to Microsoft Office Word dialog box, choose the Blank Lines Next to Slides option. The main advantage of this approach is that within Word, you can modify the handout's layout easily. For example, you can insert a page break at the end of the last line of each slide so each slide will print on a separate page. (You can also add more lines.) **

=Changing Text, Word Art, and Bullets=

=Pictures and Autoshapes=

Cropping an image
 * Click the Crop button on the Picture toolbar. You see bars on each side and on the corners of the image. Drag a bar inward on any side or corner until you get the results you want.**

Autoshapes
 * [[image:http://www.guidesandtutorials.com/image-files/autoshape-03.gif width="514" height="354" caption="AutoShapes"]]PowerPoint has its own drawing tools that you can use to create your graphics. You can fill them in with a solid, a gradient or a picture - or no fill at all. You can choose an outline color or use no outline. You will find the autoshapes on the Drawing toolbar.**

Display a PowerPoint presentation to an audience on one screen whilst viewing my notes and controlling the slide show on another monitor? **PowerPoint can display your presentation on one screen, or projector, to an audience, whilst allowing you to read notes, and control your presentation from another screen without your audience seeing what you are reading. In order to achieve this your system hardware must support dual monitors.

Open the presentation you wish to show on one of the monitors, screens, or projectors, connected to your computer.

Select "Set Up Show..." from the Slide Show main menu option. The Set Up Show dialog box appears.

If you wish to use a projector, click the Projector Wizard button. In the pull down menu option under "Show on:" Choose which monitor, screen, or projector you wish to display your presentation on. Select “View” in the main menu, and select “Notes Master” Select "Set Up Show..." again from the Slide Show main menu option. This time select which monitor, screen, or projector you wish to display your presentation notes on. Your presentation will now appear on one monitor, screen, or projector, and your presentation notes will appear on another monitor, screen, or projector.

**A ssignment 1** – create a short presentation of 5 -10 slides to introduce yourself and/or course to your students. Include one picture, two font styles and/or colors, a bulleted list, one auto shape and one example of word art.