--Basic PowerPoint

• Open PowerPoint
• Check “blank presentation”
• Click “OK”
• Highlight “title slide” - (This will show in the gray box in the bottom right corner)
• Click “OK”
• Click on “click to add title”
• Type in the title for your presentation
• Click on “click to add sub-title”
• Add other opening information - this may include your organization, degree, presenters names, etc.
• Click “insert”
• Click “new slide”
• Highlight “bulleted list”
• Click “OK”
• Click on “click to add title”
• Type in title
• Click on “click to add text”
• Add information about the title to discuss
• BE BRIEF – these are like notes
• Repeat steps under line until all desired slides have been created
• When you have created all your slides click “tools”
• Click “options”
• Click the “view” tab
• Make sure “end with black slide” is checked
• Now you can view your show

To insert clip art pictures:

• Click “insert”
• “picture”
• “clip art”
• The clip art library will open
• Choose the picture you want and click on it
• a blue box will appear around it
• Click “insert”
• You can make the picture smaller or larger by clicking on one of the corner boxes and dragging it in or out.
• You can move the picture by clicking in the center of it and dragging it where you want it.
• To take a picture out, click on it so a box appears around it.
• Click “edit”
• “cut”

To change the background color:

• Click “format”
• “background”
• There is a down arrow at the bottom of the “background fill” box, click on it
• Click “more colors”
• Click on the color dot you want
• Click “OK”
• Click “apply”
• “apply to all” will change all the slides in your program to this color
• “apply” will change only the current slide

To make transitions from one slide to the next

• Click “slide show”
• “Transition”
• Click the down arrow under the picture and choose the transition you want
• “random transition” will choose random transitions throughout your presentation for you, you will need to “apply to all” in the next step
• Click “apply”
• “apply” will apply the transition to the current slide only
• “apply to all” will apply the transition to all the slides in your presentation

• You can see all your slides by clicking on “view”
• “Slide sorter”
• This will also let you edit slides
• double click on the slide you want to edit and it will go to the big screen of the slide where you can type in and change information
• To watch your slide show click “view”
• “slide show”
• click the mouse to go to the next slide

To save picture from the internet:

• Create a folder called “pictures”
• Find a picture on the internet
• Right click on it
• Click “save image as…”
• A “save as” box will open
• Click the down arrow beside the “save in” box
• Choose the C drive (C:)
• Choose your pictures folder or wherever you want to save it
• Type a name for your picture in the “file name” box
• Click “save”

To insert pictures from a file:

• Click “insert”
• “picture”
• “from file”
• An “insert picture” box will open
• Click the down arrow beside the “look in” box
• Choose the C drive (C:)
• Choose your “pictures” file, or wherever you saved you pictures
• Highlight the name of the picture you want to insert
• Click “insert”
• Make your picture the size you want it and move it where you want it located on the slide

To create a folder:

• Click “start”
• “programs”
• “windows explorer”
• A box will open
• Highlight the C drive (C:)
• Click “file”
• “new”
• “folder”
• A folder will appear in the right window of the box
• the words “new folder” will be highlighted in blue
• Start typing to name it – whatever you want to name it
• in this case “pictures”
• Hit enter

To change font color:

• Click “Format”
• Click “font”
• Click the down arrow beside the box labeled “color”
• Click on a color shown or choose “more colors”
• Click on the color you want
• Click “OK”
• ** You can also change font style, size, and make letters bold or italicized here.
• These things can also be done using the buttons at the top.

To use a picture for the background:

• Click “format”
• Click “background”
• Click on the drop down arrow under the slide example
• Choose “fill effects”
• Click on “picture” tab
• Click on “select picture”
• Find the file where you saved your picture
• Click the down arrow beside the “look in” box
• Choose the drive where it is saved (A:, C:, etc)
• Choose the folder where it is stored
• Choose the file
• Click “OK”
• Click “OK”
• ** You can also add gradient, texture, and pattern to your background in the “fill effects” option.

Adding a Midi File in PowerPoint

•  If you do not have a Midi (.mid) file, download one from the Internet. Remember http://www.hoxie.org/oldies/title.htm has Midi files available for free downloading.
• Click on the Insert menu.
• Select Movies and Sounds.
• Select Sound from File. 
• In the Insert Sound Dialog Box, select the appropriate disk/drive and file.
• Click on the Slide Show menu.
• Select Custom Animation.
• In the Custom Animation Dialog Box, click on the Timing tab.
• Select the Media Item.
• Click on the Play Settings Tab.
• Click in the box Playing using animation order. Note: You can view the Animation Order in the upper-left portion of the dialog box. If you want the midi to begin playing immediately, you can move the media file to the top of the list.
• Click on Continue slide show.
• In the Stop Playing section, click on after ______ slides.
• In the box, enter the number of slides in your presentation. In doing so, you are telling PowerPoint to continue playing the audio throughout the presentation.
• Click in the box Hide while not playing. If you do not place a check in this box, the speaker icon will appear on the screen before and after it plays.
• Click the button More Options.
• Click in the box Loop until stopped. If the audio ends before all of the slides have been shown, PowerPoint will replay (loop) the audio.
• Click on OK to close the Play Options dialog box.
• Click on OK to close the Custom Animation dialog box.
• Save the changes to the presentation.
• View the slide show to see hear the midi.