Increasing Your PowerPoint Skills

Objectives

Apply effective presentation design guidelines Get the most out of working with:

Text and graphics Templates and slide designs Custom animations and interactions Multimedia objects Charts

Publish and distribute presentations

Upon the completion of this course you will be able to:

Agenda

Introduction 9:00 – 9:15Review 9:15 – 9:30Presentation Design Guidelines 9:30 – 10:00Text and Graphics 10:00 –12:00

Lunch

Templates and Slide Designs 1:00 –2:00Custom Animations and Interactions 2:00 – 2:30Multimedia Objects and Charts 2:30 – 3:30Publishing and Distributing Presentations 3:30 – 4:00

Let’s Review the Basics…

Creating a New PowerPoint Presentation

Adding New Slides

Adding Text and Graphics

Viewing and Saving Your Presentation

Effective Presentation Design Guidelines

Readability

Visual Clarity

Consistency

Readability

Keep your words large enough---at least size 24.

Limit the number of words on a page: Avoid paragraphs Use bullet points Use succinct phrases instead of sentences Limit each slide to six bullet points

Visual Clarity

Limit your graphics to 1-3 per page. Too many graphics can be distracting.

Slides are designed to supplement your presentation, not to be your presentation.

Basic rule of presentations Avoid unnecessary “bells and whistles”

Consistency

Fill out a storyboard before you begin to put your presentation together.

It will help you stay organized, and things will get done faster.

Proofread and spell check!

Examples

Let’s discuss some examples…

Working with Text

Moving Text Boxes

Moving Text within a Text Box

Formatting Text Boxes

Copying Formatting Attributes

AutoCorrecting Text

Correcting Style Inconsistencies

Working with Graphics

Modifying AutoShapes

Using Flowcharting AutoShapes

Positioning Graphical Objects

Working with the Stack Order of Graphical Objects

Layouts and Slide Designs

Applying Designs

Modifying Slide Masters

Applying Layouts

Modifying Backgrounds

Custom Animations and Interactions

Animating Text and Graphics Animating Bulleted Lists Applying Slide Transitions

Adding Hyperlinks and Action Buttons

Multimedia Objects

Adding Sound

Adding Video

Working with Charts

Adding Charts Selecting Chart Types Working with Datasheets

Modifying a Pie Chart

Summary

In this course we have reviewed how to:

Apply effective presentation design guidelines Get the most out of working with text and graphics Work with layouts and slide designs Work with custom animations and interactions Work with multimedia objects Create and modify charts Publish and distribute presentations