This document provides an overview of creating effective presentations in PowerPoint. It covers using built-in slide layouts and design templates, adding images, charts and other objects to slides, and applying text effects, transitions and animations. The presentation recommends keeping designs simple with limited use of animations and transitions, and provides tips for finding images online for inclusion in slides.
2. OVERVIEW
In this session we will cover:
Using the built-in slide design/layout tools
Adding pictures and other objects (charts/graphs,
tables, media) to slides
Adding effects to text and objects
Transitions and animations
3. SLIDE DESIGN/LAYOUT
The first thing to remember about creating ef fective
presentation slides is that PowerPoint has a number of built -
in tools to help you
On the DESIGN tab, you can choose from a library of pre -
formatted design options.
Customize these using the Colors, Fonts, and Effects buttons
Hover over an option to see how it would affect the slide contents
Click on an option to make the change
On the HOME tab, select the Layout button to make a change
to the current slide or the New Slide button to choose a layout
for the next slide to be created
4. MAKE POWERPOINT DO THE WORK
If you look at this slide in
normal view, you will see
there is an empty box to
the right
Press “ESC” to view
This is a pre-formatted
content box that allows
you to easily add text or
objects to your slide
Hover over each of the
icons to see what they do,
or click on the bullet
point to add text
5. LAYOUT
OPTIONS
To t h e l e f t i s a
s c r e e n s h ot
showing the
d i f fe r e n t s l i d e
l ayo ut o p t i o n s
Fr o m h e r e yo u
can choose the
most
a p p r o p r i a te
o p t i o n f o r yo u r
c o n te n t
7. PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS
Using PowerPoint’s pre -formatted content boxes makes
adding pictures, graphs, charts, media, and other elements
pretty easy
It is best to have pictures saved somewhere before adding
them to the PowerPoint. Copy and paste is possible, but may
make formatting dif ficult
Once you have a picture, use the picture tools menu to add
enhancements like a frame or drop shadow to the picture
8. PICTURE EXAMPLE
The image to the left
has a white border
and a drop shadow
that was added simply
by using the Picture
Tools menu
In normal view, click
on the picture to see
what other changes
can be made
9. PICTURE ADJUSTMENTS
Reduced saturation: Pencil Sketch Ef fect:
select Color Saturation from Use the Artistic Ef fects menu
the Color menu
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the chart and
click the Chart
To o l s m e n u f o r
editing options
13. CALLING ATTENTION TO TEXT
One of the most effective text effects is the Drop
Shadow
To create this, click on the S button in the font menu
You can also highlight important words with color
M aking the first letter of a word larger will also create
impact
15. TRANSITIONS
Transitions are the animations that occur between slide
changes
The different options are found on the Transitions tab
From this tab, you can change the transition type, the
duration of the transition, and the action controlling the slide
change (on mouse click or after a specified amount of time)
A rule of thumb is to stick with one or two transition types for
a short presentation, and no more than four for a long one
16. ANIMATIONS
Animations refer to any actions applied to the slide content
The different options are found on the Animations tab
From this tab you can choose how you want the slide contents
to appear on the slide
For instance, this text can Float in
And this text can Bounce in
It even works on pictures
As with the transitions, keep the
number of dif ferent animations to a
minimum, otherwise they lose their
impact
18. REMEMBER
PowerPoint has a lot of cool features to add style to your
presentations, BUT the best advice is to keep it simple
Avoid overusing text on slides and space out the bullet points
Pictures can add interest to your slides and make text more
powerful. Some useful sites are:
Flickr – www.flickr.com
Stock.XCHNG (free stock photos) – www.sxc.hu
Creative Commons – www.creativecommons.org
TinEye Multicolor Search Engine – labs.tineye.com/multicolr
E-mail me with questions: riedjess@my.dom.edu