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Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
PowerPoint is currently the most common software used for making visual aids for presentations. It
has been redesigned for the 2007 release with a much more user-friendly and intuitive layout than its
predecessors.
This tutorial will teach you the basic tools for making a PowerPoint presentation and familiarize you
with the new PowerPoint 2007 workspace.
Basic Tips
It is best to outline your entire presentation before working too much on the style and layout
of your presentation. When left to the end it is much less time consuming to work on the style
and format of your slides. Keep in mind the content of your presentation is the most important
part of it!
Keep your points short and straightforward. Points should be complimentary to your oral
presentation.
PowerPoint allows you to add a lot of distracting sounds and excessive animations to your
presentation. It is best to keep all animation as simple as possible and only use sounds if
absolutely necessary.
Stay away from unusual fonts. If you are presenting on an unfamiliar computer the font you
have chosen may not work. Arial and Times New Roman are common fonts.
Think of contrast. If you use a dark background use light-coloured text and vice versa.
Refrain from using backgrounds that will obscure your text colour
Microsoft Interactive Online Demos
Microsoft has developed a series of online demo programs to assist people with the transition to
Office 2007.
Start the Guide for a program by clicking on that phrase on the webpages listed below
A new window will open in your web browser showing Office 2003
Use the familiar Toolbar from Office 2003 to find a Tool
A second window will appear to show you how to use the same Tool in Office 2007
The web address for the PowerPoint Guide is:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101490761033.aspx
MS PowerPoint 2007 New Interface
When you open Powerpoint 2007, you will notice that it looks quite different from PowerPoint 2000 and PowerPoint 2003. The same tools are all there, but they are arranged very differently and new features have been added.
If you are already familiar with PowerPoint 2000 or 2003, it may take you a while to adjust to this new arrangement of tools. This tutorial uses PowerPoint 2007 and you can use it as a quick reference guide for most of the common tools.
Arrangement of Tools in PowerPoint 2007
The MS Office Button contains the main file functions New, Open, Save, Save as, Print, Print Preview, etc.
The Quick Access Toolbar contains shortcuts to Save, Undo, and Repeat
Each Ribbon Tab displays a Ribbon that provides a set of Tool Groups. The Ribbon Tab and the Tool Groups in the Ribbon correspond to the Menu and Toolbar in Word 2000 and 2003 The Name of each Tool Group is listed at the bottom of the Group o Example - In the Home Tab , the third Tool Group is named Font o The name "Font" is under the Font Tool Group
To change the Tool Groups being displayed in the Ribbon Click on the appropriate Ribbon Tab Example - The Home Tab contains Tool Groups for the most commonly used Tools o ClipBoard, Font, Paragraph, and Style tools in Word
Some Tool Group boxes have a small arrow in the bottom right-hand corner. If you click on this arrow, PowerPoint will open a Dialog Box which offers more options and settings related to that Tool Group
In PowerPoint 2007, you will find that tools with similar uses are organized so that they are usually found within the same Tool Group or at least within one Ribbon. If you do not find a tool in the Ribbon you think it should be in, try exploring the other Ribbon Tabs.
Add a new slide Home Tab >> Slides >> New Slide
Click on New Slide button. It adds a new slide in the default layout "Title and Content.” Click on the arrow at the bottom corner of the New Slide button. You can select the slide layout from the Default Design pallet. Click Layout button. You can select and change the slide layout. Click Delete button to delete the current slides.
Viewing Slides in PowerPoint 2007 Workspace
Layout of frames in “Normal View”
When you first open a new presentation in PowerPoint the main window has three frames: The right biggest frame shows the Current Slide. The left frame has two tabs: o Slides tab displays the slides as thumbnails o Outline tab displays a written outline of each slide of your presentation. The bottom frame is for Notes to remind you of points for each slide.
The View tab
Different views allow you to manage different aspects of your presentation.
View Tab >> Presentation Views Normal View - A window splits into Slide, Notes, and the left frame where you can choose either Slides Thumbnails or Slides Outline. Allows you to focus on a slide and see everything about the slide at once. Slide Sorter - Gives thumbnails of all the slides in the presentation. Lets you see the big picture. Allows you to sort, move, add and delete slides easily. Useful near end of a project Notes Page - Displays a page layout of the notes and the slide. Allows you to rearrange the notes and compare them to the content of your slide. Slide Show - Plays the presentation from the beginning.
Turn on/off visual guides View Tab >> Show/Hide >> Ruler
View Tab >> Show/Hide >> Gridlines Gridlines and rulers are used to measure and line up objects on a slide.
View Tab
Inserting and Formatting Text and Objects
Add text with text boxes Home Tab >> Drawing >> Text Box In PowerPoint all text is contained in Text Boxes. Click on Text Box button >> Click anywhere in the slide. Drag circle corner points or square side points of the text box to change its size. Click within the box to type text.
Move text box (^) Bring the cursor over the text box borders. Cursor changes to the move icon (Cross with arrowheads). Hold on the mouse and move the text box. You can also Nudge a Text Box by selecting it and pressing the keyboard arrow keys. Rotate the text box: o Bring the cursor over the green circle to rotate the text box. NOTE : You can move all the objects in a slide in the same way described above.
Format text box
Select the text box. The Drawing Tools Tab appears. Click on the Format tab. Format the selected text box in Shape Styles: o Shape Fill -- Changes the fill color o Shape Outline -- Changes the color, width, line style of outline o Shape Effects -- Applies visual effects (shadow, bevel, etc.) to the text box
Format text in text box (^) Select and highlight the text in the Text Box. Click on the Home Tab In the Font Group and Paragraph Group, you can format the Font, Size, colour, and style of the selected text.
Add WordArt -- fancy text Insert^ Tab^ >>^ Text^ >>^ WordArt Click on the WordArt button >> Select the style you like A WordArt Text Box appears in the slide.Type in.
Insert Tab
Format an image and Clip Art
Formatting process is basically the same as formatting "text box," "WordArt," or "Shape."
Select objects (image or clip art). Picture Tool Tab appears. Format objects using Adjust Group , Picture Styles Group and Arrange Group. Move objects: See the instruction of "Move Text Box"
Formatting Slide Design
Change the background Design Tabs >> Background >> Background Styles Click on the Format Background button at the bottom. Format Background window appears. o You can set the color, solid or gradient, transparency or choose picture/texture fill o Click on Close button to apply changes only to the current slide o Click on Apply to All to apply changes to all the slide
Change the theme Design Tabs >> Themes Move the cursor over the theme buttons to preview different themes on your current slide. Click on any theme button to choose the theme, which will be applied to all the slides in your presentation. Colors -- Changes the color scheme of the current theme Fonts -- Changes the font of the current theme Effects -- Changes the effects of the current theme
Formatting Presentation in Slide Master The Slide Master acts as a template for your entire presentation. Altering anything on the Slide Master will change it for all the slides in your presentation.
Open the Slide Master View Tab^ >>^ Presentation Views^ >>^ Slide Master Slide Master Tab appears on the left-hand side of Home Tab
Design Tab
View Tab
Edit the Slide Master (^) Click on Slide Master Tab provides a set of Slide Master formatting groups : o Edit Master o Master Layout o Edit Theme o Background o Page Setup o Close -- Click on Close button to go back to Normal View.
Objects and Animation
Create custom animation effects for objects
Animation Tab >> Animations >> Custom Animation
Custom Animation panel appears on the right-hand side of the current slide. Select the object you wish to apply animation Click the Add Effect button and choose the animation style. o Frequently-used effects are found in " Entrance " styles in the menu Click the Play button to preview the animation.
Modify Animation effects and order of animated objects
Customize animation effects under Modify in Custom Animation panel. o Start -- how to start the animation o Direction -- direction of animation o Speed -- speed of animation
Change orders of animated objects: o Select the object in the list under Modify o Hold on the mouse and bring up or down to change the order of objects
Create a slide transition Slide transitions are animation effects that appear between slides. While they look fancy, these transitions can be distracting if overused. It is often good to keep this kind of animation to a minimum.
Animation Tabs >> Animations >> Transition to This Slide Mover the cursor over the transition buttons to preview the effects. Click on the Transition effect button to apply the slide transition effect. Click on Transition Sound button to apply sound effect for transition. Click on Transition Speed button to adjust the speed. Click on Apply to All to apply the same transition effect to all the slides.
Animation Tab
Additional notes
If you require technical help with getting your presentation ready (i.e. hooking up a laptop to the video data projectors found in most classrooms) give Audio/Visual services a call (721-8292) and ask for a demo. If you are giving a presentation in the computing facilities, you can test your presentation in one of the classrooms in the facility. Confirming ahead of time that the equipment works with your laptop or CD and is ready to go relieves a lot of stress on the day of your presentation.
To avoid confusing technical problems it is recommended to keep large sounds, pictures and video files in the same folder as your presentation file. PowerPoint will look in the same folder as the presentation file or the exact folder the file was originally kept for any files linked to the presentation (this includes drive letter).
Thank you for attending our Microsoft Office tutorial series.
This tutorial series was originally developed by the E-Learning Systems Group (ESG) at UVic and has been expanded and re-written for use in the Student Computing Facilities.
