MS PowerPoint Help

PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft Office suite of programs for Windows and Mac OS. It is similar to Apple Keynote.

General Tips

• Using a black or gray background will display images to their best advantage

• Use good quality jpeg files for color depth and a small file size

• You can always adjust a large image to make it smaller on the slide, but you cannot make a small image larger

• Inserting media clips (video, audio) will increase your PowerPoint file size dramatically. Use links to media on the web or elsewhere on your computer instead

PowerPoint 2007 for PC Basics

• OpenPowerPoint

• Under the Home tab choose a Layout

• Under the Design tab go to Background Styles and choose a style with a black background OR choose a Theme with a dark background

• Under the Home tab choose New Slide to add a slide

• Under the Insert tab choose Picture and navigate to a picture on your computer. Click Insert

• Save the presentation by going to the Microsoft Office Button > Save As > PowerPoint Presentation

• Play the presentation by going to the Slide Show tab and choosing From Beginning

For more information, see:

Electricteacher.com. "Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorials." electricteacher.com. http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm (accessed May 17, 2010).

Fry, P. Eileen. "Guide to Creating Effective Image Powerpoints." Indiana University. http://www.libraries.iub.edu/secure/defiles/Image%20Powerpoint%202006.ppt (accessed May 17, 2010).
 

PowerPoint 2006 for Mac Basics

• Open PowerPoint

• Open the Formatting Palette if it does not do so automatically by clicking the Formatting Palette button on the main tool bar

• Under Change Slides choose a Slide Layout and color scheme with a dark background. Click Apply to All

• Under Add Objects choose a new slide to add a slide

• Under Add Objects choose the Insert picture button and navigate to a picture on your computer

• Save the presentation by going to File > Save As

• Play the presentation by going to Slide Show > View Show

For more information see:

Microsoft Corporation, .. "Learning Roadmap for PowerPoint 2011." Office:mac. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/powerpoint/getting-started-with-powerpoint (accessed September 23, 2011).

 Simic, Julia. "PowerPoint for Macs: Building Image Intensive Presentations." University of Oregon. http://www.uoregon.edu/~jsimic/instruction/ppt_for_macs.ppt (accessed May 17, 2010).