PowerPoint

An Introduction to the Good Stuff

Shapes & Drawing Tools
 Make sure the drawing toolbar is visible
 View → Toolbars → Drawing

 For more drawing tools go to:

 Insert → Picture → Autoshapes

 Or go to the autoshpaes button at the bottom of the screen

Cool Drawing Examples

Volume Added Total Added

area radius

height
Shapes & Drawing Tools

Impact measuring device.

Ziploc barrier will be placed so

that the bumper makes contact

Drop height

This diagram was made using the drawing objects in PowerPoint.

Shapes & Drawing Tools

Contact Felt tip pen

Bumper
Wooden block with hole Spring

Dowel Paint mixing stick for marker

to record spring stretch

This diagram was made using the

drawing objects in PowerPoint
Connectors & Flowcharts

Flow charts and mind maps

can help clarify or illustrate
complex procedures or
relationships
Connectors & Flowcharts

 Connectors can be used to

make links between objects
to create flowcharts or mind
maps
 Insert → Picture → Auto
shapes
 Click on the connectors
button to select a connector
type.
 To start your connector, click
on the connection point for
the first object
 Then click on a connection
point for the second object to
complete the connector.
Alignment & Layering
To change whether an object is on “top” or
“bottom”:
Highlight the object/s
Use the order commands from the draw
button on the drawing toolbar
Alignment & Layering

To align objects
Highlight the objects
Use the order commands from the draw
button on the drawing toolbar
Grouping & Rotating
To group or rotate objects Before
Highlight the objects
Use the group and rotate commands from
the draw button on the drawing toolbar
Note what happens when you group before
you rotate

After
Saving Images From The Internet
1. Right Click on the image you want 2. Select Save
Picture As

3. Tell the
computer where
to save the image
 Images

1. Choose Insert -> Picture -> From File

2. Locate the picture

on your computer
and hit OK.
Images

When you click on a picture a picture palate with all

sorts of tools.

Try using the crop tool to isolate a part of the picture.

When you resize a picture it is best to drag from the
corners, this keeps the picture in the correct
proportions
Animation
 Animation is used to
“stagger” elements of
a slide to reveal
certain pieces of
information after other.
 Slide Show → Custom
Animation
 Pick which items you
want to animate and
specify the order and
effect
Hyperlinks
 To create a hyperlink:
 Highlight the text or object you want to make into a hyperlink
 Insert → Hyperlink
 Specify the website, file or slide you want to link to.
 To create a hyperlink to another slide
within a presentation
2. Select which
slide to link to 3. Click OK
1. Click place
within document
Action Buttons
 Action buttons perform
actions that you specify.
 Insert → Picture →
AutoShapes → Action
Buttons
 Choose the blank button
 Drag out the area you
want the button to occupy
 The action settings
window will then appear.
Choose the hyperlink
option pick the
appropriate option
Presentation Templates

 Templates add a little

flair to your
presentations.
 Pick templates that are
appropriate to your
show
 Format → Slide Layout
or Apply design
template
 Choose the template
you want and hit OK
Working on the Master Slide
 The slide master's purpose is to let
you make a global change that is
reflected on all the slides in your
presentation.
 To access the master slide:
 View → Master → Master Slide

 Add buttons, pictures or text that

you want to appear on every Slide.
 Click the close button on the master
toolbar to return to the slideshow
 Working with the Master Slide

Any objects or
hyperlinks
placed on the
Click the
Master Slide
close
will appear on
button on
every slide in
the master
the
slide
presentation
toolbar to
return to
presentatio
n design
mode
Creating Kiosk Presentations
Saving As A Show
When you save a presentation as a show it creates a
separate file that automatically opens in presentation
mode.
Cool Idea
 Duplicate a slide with an image on it.
 Use the crop tool to isolate a part of the image.
 Resize the image so that it is larger
 Go back to the original slide and create a shape
that covers the area of the image that you
enlarged.
 Make the shape transparent and hyperlink it to
the other slide.
 This way you have an image that can zoom in
on sections.