Graphic Presentation Tools: PowerPoint

When: 
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 9:00am
Where: 
COM-3114 (multimedia room near lecture halls, third floor)

Making the Most of Microsoft® Office PowerPoint

Death by PowerPoint from Alexei Kapterev

Workshop Description|Making the Most of PowerPoint

Using PowerPoint

Creating new templates & modifying existing ones for slide masters; handout master; notes/comments

Building your PowerPoint presentation

  • Hyperlinks & Programming “actions”: Creating or modifying

  • Comments: How to create and use

  • Inserting AV objects: audio & video files, charts (adding, modifying with Excel; graphics from Visio)

  • Building & Modifying Smart Art – using in other applications, saving as jpg’s or png’s

  • Creating/inserting photo albums and clipart

  • Slide layouts: Set up; orientation; using; modifying o Structure: When and how to use “Sections”

  • Design: How to choose the right design (color, fonts, effects; background styles); quick styles

Slideshow presentation features

  • Showing/hiding slides

  • Animations (entry & exit; timing; duration; auto/click play)

  • Page transitions

  • Rehearsing timings 

  • Incorporating audio narration 

  • Presenter view v. presentation view 

  • Setting resolution for monitors 

  • Broadcasting presentations (Windows Live ID) 

Interfacing PowerPoint & Visio with other applications:

  • Microsoft® Office Visio, Microsoft® Office OneNote, Adobe (PDF conversion), Poll Everywhere, Mobile App: Haiku Deck

Print options  

Materials

Participants will receive a guide to assist them in practicing these skills at work. Visit the SOS Guides page on this site. Links to external Tutorials below, including a SlideShare tutorial entitled, Death by PowerPoint, by Alexei Kapterev.

Related Resources

Workshop Descriptions Tutorials Death by PowerPoint