Make a PowerPoint File

If you know how to use Word, you already know many of the techniques to use Powerpoint. Highlighting text, changing font, and its size, inserting images and resizing them are all very similar.

Rules:

Your Powerpoint slide will be returned to you if:

(1) it is saved in a format more recent than Powerpoint 2003 (this is default on the microlab servers). If you use your own machine make sure before you start that you can save in Powerpoint 2003 format or older. So PowerPoint 2003,2002,98,95 are ok. Otherwise use the student labs. We will not entertain any exception;

(2) or if there is more than one slide in the presentation.

Opening the example file

This slide was made from information using the example scenario,

If your browser invites you to open the file, click the open radio button. Otherwise, you will be invited
to save it or pick an application to read it. In that case, choose the Save option and write the file to disk.

If you saved the file to disk, open it by choosing Microsoft PowerPoint application ( Start , Programs, All Programs, Graphics, Microsoft Powerpoint
in the microlabs).

Then hit File on the top toolbar, followed by Open in the drop down menu, or hit Ctrl-O. Then select the saved file.

If your browser loads the Powerpoint file in the browser window, hit File and Save in the subsequent drop-down menu.

Creating a New Powerpoint Presentation

You may edit the example file to change the information to refer to your own sequence. Alternatively,you might learn more about using Powerpoint by writing a new presentation from scratch.

In that case, either hit File in the top menu bar, followed by New in the drop down menu or hit Ctrl-N.
In the dialogue box that comes up, choose "Blank Presentation".
A dialogue box appears, entitled "Apply Layouts", which contains a number of icons showing slide formats. Click the blank one, the first icon in Content Layouts.A blank slide should appear.

Writing text on the slide and changing the font size

To write some text, choose from the Draw Tool bar the icon showing a letter "A" embedded in a page of text.
Click where you want the text to begin and start typing.

To change the size of the font, first select the text. Click the text box by depressing the left mouse button when the mouse is over the text.
Anchor points should appear at the corners and middle edges of the text box. Then select the text that you want to change by depressing the left mouse button when the mouse is at the start of the text to be changed, dragging the mouse to the end, and then releasing the mouse button. The text to be changed should now be inverted to white on black. Then in the top menu bar, select Format and then Font in the drop down menu. In the Font dialogue box that results, choose a new font size by either typing a number explicitly in the size box or by choosing a size from the selection below this box.

Drawing a line

To draw a line, choose from the Draw Tool bar the icon showing a line at 45 degrees. Start the line by left clicking the mouse and hold it down while drawing the line out. End the line by releasing the left mouse button.

Inserting a picture

Hit Insert in the top menu bar. Hold the left click button down and drag the mouse on top of Picture, then drag it on top of "From File". Release the left button and choose the file name from the dialogue box. To move the picture into position, depress the left mouse button when the mouse is over the image and drag it to where you want it. Then release the left mouse button

Getting an image from a web page

Right click the image and hit "Save Picture/Image as". Download it to disk and import it as described above.

Inserting an image captured using "Print Screen"

Simply hit Paste or Ctrl-V and the image appears.

Cropping an image

To crop an image, click with the left mouse button when the mouse is over the object. Then "anchor" points appear in the corners and at the middle edges of the object. Click the crop icon

. Select a corner anchor point and keep the left mouse button depressed. Drag the mouse until the correct size is attained and then release the left mouse button.

Scaling objects to size

To resize a line, text box or image, click with the left mouse button when the mouse is over the object. Then "anchor" points appear in the corners and at the middle edges of the object. Select a corner anchor point and keep the left mouse button depressed. Drag the mouse until the correct size is attained and then release the left mouse button.

Saving your file as PDF

Save your file frequently either by hitting the File on the top menu bar and dragging the mouse down to Save, or hit Ctrl-S. " " For submission save as Type PDF

Important. Save your file as a simple file name such as "proj". Do not include spaces or characters other than letters or numbers, otherwise the website will not read your file. Do not worry that we will not be able to identify your file unless your name is in the filename. When you submit, your work goes to a personal directory that already exists for you on the website and we will not confuse your work with anyone else's.

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