Tips & Tricks of PowerPoint Presentation: How Much Better We Can Do?

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Montarat Rungruangthum17/06/2010

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Technical Issues: How to?

Design PowerPoint Template and BackgroundCreate PowerPoint Presentation from WordSet up Font SizeConvert PowerPoint to WordInsert SmartArtUse AnimationsCite References

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I. Design PowerPoint Template and Background

1. Choose “Design Tab”, you can select available templates and themes or you may directly download from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates.

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2. For “Theme colors”, this will result in graphic colors, background, picture, and everything.

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3. You may also set “Theme Fonts”, making overall features consistent.

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4. To create a new slide, just click “Ctrl + M”5. To change background, right click anywhere in the slide, and

choose “Format Background”, Select “Solid fill” (สี�เติ�มแบบทึบ) or “Gradient Fill” (สี�เติ�มแบบไล่ ระดั�บ)

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II. Create PowerPoint Presentation from Word

1. You can use an existing Microsoft Word document to create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. To set up, you need to format “heading styles”. Heading 1: Topic and Heading 2: Sub-heading, or content

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2. Then click “Home tab” and then select “Slides from

Outline”

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3. Insert file and then click “Insert” button

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Example

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III. Set up Font Size

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If your text consists of Thai and English, sometimes the font size is not compatible. You can set up the font size by1. Click “Design bar”2. Choose “Create new theme font”3. For English language, choose “Latin Text”4. For Thai language, choose “Complex Script”5. Make sure that you choose the same font for heading and

body font.

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IV. Convert PowerPoint Presentation to Word1. Click “office button”2. Choose “Publish”3. Choose “Create handouts in Microsoft Word”

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V. Insert SmartArt

1. Click “insert SmartArt icon” on choose from the “insert bar”

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2. Select diagram that you want.

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3. Select “SmartArt Tools” for changing color but if you want to change the diagram, just click “SmartArt Styles”

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VI. Animations1. Select the text box or the slide that you want to

use animations. Then choose “Animations Tab”2. Click the animations that you want to use.

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VII. Cite References Zotero is an add-on program available on Firefox, can help

you import and export references based on any style and it’s a kind of freeware. So if you use Firefox web browser. You can directly download from the website.

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Successful installing

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You can directly import reference list from OPAC and online database by clicking the folder icon, or the book on address bar.

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Choosing reference list from online database

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Checking the list by click “Zotero”

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Export references1. Select reference list that you want2. Right click and choose “Create Bibliography from Selected

Item”3. Click “save as RTF”

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Output Style

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Adrianson, L. (2001). Gender and computer-mediated communication: group processes in problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 17(1), 71-94. Althaus, S. L. (1997). Computer-mediated communication in the university classroom: An experiment with on-line discussions. Communication Education, 46(3), 158–174.

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Q & A

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Thank You

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