Presentation created for SPCH1000 Class How-To demonstration- Lakeland Community College Summer 2011

1. How To Make A Basic PowerPoint Presentation Christopher Novak

2. What is PowerPoint? Slideshow program Microsoft Office 2007 Used to make presentation Speeches Tutorials Information

3. Starting PowerPoint Must have Microsoft Office Explorer Start > Programs > Microsoft Office > PowerPoint

4. The First Slide When PowerPoint starts, you will see a window like this one.

5. Typing in Text 1) Move your mouse to the rectangle that says Click to add title, click once, then start typing 2) Move your mouse to rectangle that says Click to add subtitle, click once, then start typing

6. Adding a New Slide Under the home tab, in the slide category- click New Slide, once … a new slide will appear

7. Inserting Pictures 1) Click on the Insert tab on the top of the toolbar. Choose Picture

8. Inserting Pictures Cont. 1) When the Insert Picture dialog box opens Choose the location of your file, for example, a pictures folder. Click on the picture you want to add and it will appear on your slide

9. Resizing Pictures To move the picture on the slide Click on it until the four-sided arrow appears Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse –and the picture– to its new location on the slide To adjust the size of the picture Click on its lower right corner until the resize double arrow appears Don’t lift your finger from the mouse button and drag the mouse to resize the picture (“in” to make it smaller; “out” to make it bigger”)

12. Adding Animations Cont. After adding the text boxes and pictures you want on the slide: 1) Hit the Animation Tab on the top toolbar 2) Choose Custom Animation …

13. Adding Animations Cont. 1) Click once on the object you want to animate to activate it Move your mouse to the Custom Animation tool that appears on the right side of the window and click on Add Effect Choose the type of effect you want in the submenu that appears Choose the specific effect in the next submenu

15. Use slides to guide your presentation not give it