Creating Your Slides

Insert elements and animations to create your individual slides.

Six Steps to Creating Slides

#2. Type Text and Titles

#3. Insert Elements

#5. Preview Slide#6. Save Changes

#4. Add Animations

#1. Insert or Select a Slide

Each slide involves the following six steps.

What are Slide Elements ?

An element is any object on a slide. Examples are:

Pictures and PhotosTitles and Text BoxesShapes and Lines Charts and GraphsSounds and MusicVideo Clips and Animations

Slide Elements & Objects Elements are objects that can be inserted and animated.

Pictures and Photos Shapes and Lines Charts and Graphs Sounds and Movies WordArt and Text

Music

Sounds

Slides

Movies

Photos & Graphics

Charts & Graphs

Add Elements with Insert Menu

Hyperlinks: http://www.yahoo.ca

AutoShapes & Text

Add Elements with Insert Menu

Slides

Pictures

Text Boxes

Movies and Sounds

AutoShapes

WordArt, etc..

Inserting Pictures

Go to … Insert Menu / Picture

Find a picture in your files or

Use the Clip Art Gallery

ClipArt Gallery

ClipArt Gallery is a database of design objects.

Insert / Pictures /Clip Art Gallery …or

Insert graphics from the Microsoft Online Gallery

Insert / Picture / ClipArt Gallery / Clips Online

Inserting the Text

Insert your information by typing directly on the slide.

Insert new Text Boxes with the Insert Menu

Go to…Insert / Text Box

Adding Hyperlinks

Type a URL and <Enter> to insert a hyperlink -- http://www.tdsb.on.ca

Highlight text - Insert / Hyperlink / Type in the web address

Linking to Other Slides

Go to Insert / Hyperlink /Place in this document to add a link to another slide in the presentation

Click here to go to slide 16

Click here for next slide.

Animating Elements

For a tutorial on animating elements go to…Animating Your PowerPoint Presentation Use the back button on the browser to return.

Click here to continue viewing the current slide show

Presentation Viewing

For a tutorial on viewing your presentation go to…Viewing Your PowerPoint Presentation Use the back button on the browser to return.

Click here to continue viewing the current slide show

Preview the Active Slide

To preview the slide you are working on: Slide / Custom Animation / Preview Use the slide preview tool in the outlining toolbar

Save Your Presentation

Go to …File + Save As tosave your presentation as“filename.ppt”

Use Ctrl + S to save your changes after every slide.

Review Tips

Preview your active slide after every change. Save your slide show after every slide change.

Balance Consistency with Flare Add elements that enhance your message Use consistent fonts, titles and transitions

Review Creating Slides

#2. Add Text and Titles

#3. Insert Objects

#5. Preview Slide#6. Save Changes

#4. Add Animations and Sound

#1. Add or Select a Slide

There are six basic steps to creating a slide.

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