Lab: PowerPoint
Objectives
- Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint
- Create a presentation
- Use drawing tools in PowerPoint
- Add animation to your presentation
What is Microsoft PowerPoint?
Microsoft PowerPoint is an application used to create presentations.
Instead of the older method of using overhead slides and projectors,
PowerPoint is a flexible, fast way to create professional-looking visuals
for many different types of presentations. If you haven't already used
PowerPoint for school projects, you will very likely need to use it
soon.
Assignment
You are to create a Power Point presentation on some topic you
are interested in.
You
will only need to find enough information for 7-10 slides. Since this lab
is more about learning to use PowerPoint than the information/material that is
presented,
don't worry too much about that portion.
Slide Layout and Style
Start up PowerPoint, and you'll want to start with a blank template. The
first slide will be your title slide. You can pick any layout you want.
Just click in the boxes to add text.
To add a new slide, go to Insert -> New Slide. Again you will be asked to
select a layout. Pick anything you want.
If you ever want to change the layout of your slide, go to Format -> Slide
Layout. You can now select a new slide layout.
In addition to layout, you can set the style of your slides. Go to Format
-> Apply Design Template or Format -> Slide Layout (it depends on what
version of PowerPoint you're using). By clicking on the different styles
in the left list, you should see a preview of the style on the right.
Select whatever style you like. You can always change it later.
Office PowerPoint 2003: Try Format -> Slide
Design to change the style of your slides.
Inserting a Picture
From within PowerPoint: To insert an image from the files that
PowerPoint already has, go to Insert -> Picture. You can then select
"Clip Art", which is provided by Microsoft. Other options for graphics
and images inside of PowerPoint are also on the Insert menu. Some
examples are Word Art, Autoshapes, Organization Chart, and Word Table.
From the Internet: Many images, graphs, and charts on the Internet
are available for use. First they must be saved onto your computer. For
Windows, you do that by left-clicking on the image, selecting "Save
Picture As", and then putting the picture onto one of your disks. For
Macs, you hold down the apple button, click, and then choose the "Download
Image to Disk" option. Once the graphic is on your computer, go to Insert
-> Picture -> From File and then select the image.
Other: You can also use images from a scanner or digital camera.
This varies according to the products, but you will go to Insert ->
Picture -> From Scanner or Digital Camera on the menus within PowerPoint.
You can also use charts or graphs created using Excel in your
presentation. This is done by selecting Insert -> Chart or Insert ->
Table, and then selecting which file contains the desired chart or graph.
Once you insert your image into your slide, you can resize it and move it
around. To resize an image, click on it. This should make little boxes
appear around the parameter of the image. By clicking and dragging on the
squares, you can change the size and shape of your image. By clicking and
dragging on the inside of the image, you can drag it around the slide.
Animating the Presentation
You can animate your text, inserted objects (like pictures and graphs) or
slide transition. We'll show you a few basics.
Animating Text
The most common animation effect for text is to have each line or bullet
appoint appear one at a time. Select a slide with bulleted text. Go to
Tools -> Build Slide Text. This will present you with several animation
choices. First try "Fly from Left". Now let's see what it looks like.
Go to View -> Slide Show. Each time you hit the space bar or click with
your mouse, another bullet point will fly in. A more subtle and probably
more professional choice is Dissolve. Go to Tools -> Build Slide Text ->
Dissolve. View the slide show again.
Office PowerPoint 2003: Select a slide with
bulleted text. Go to Slide Show -> Animation Schemes. The Animation
Schemes task pane will appear on the right side of your PowerPoint window.
First try "Unfold" in the Moderate section. A preview of the animation
shows immediately, and you can "run" the slide show again by going to
Slide Show -> View Show. If you don't see it on the menu right away,
hover your mouse over the menu for a moment and it will appear.
Animating Pictures
This will be similar to animating text. Find a slide with pictures or
graphs on it. Click on the picture/graph to select it. Go to Tools ->
Animation Settings. A pop up window should appear. If the Build Option
is set to No Build, change it to Build. Under Effects, there will be a
pulldown option with different animations for how you want the picture to
appear. You can test the different animations styles by going to Slide
Show view.
If you can't find "Animation Settings" under "Tools" try looking
under "Slide Show"
Office PowerPoint 2003: Click on the picture or
graph you want to animate. Go to Slide Show -> Custom Animation. The
Custom Animation task pane appears on the right side of the window. Click
the "Add Effect" button and choose one of the animations on the "Entrance"
menu. If you want the animation to run as soon as the slide is shown,
change the "Start" drop-down to "With Previous"; otherwise, your picture
will remain hidden until you click the mouse during the slide show. If
you don't like what you see, click on the animation effect in the list
below "Speed", click the "Remove" button, and then try again.
Slide Transition
You can also animate the way the next slide appears. Go to Tools -> Slide
Transition for your options. Go to Slide Show view to see what it looks
like.
Office PowerPoint 2003: Go to Slide Show ->
Slide Transition. The options appear in another task pane.
And A Whole Lot More
Obviously, there's a lot more you can do with animation. You can even add
sound effects! But we'll leave that for you to discover on your
own.
Drawing in PowerPoint
You can draw in PowerPoint the same that you can draw in Microsoft Word.
To make the drawing toolbar show up, go to View -> Toolbars, and select
Drawing. The drawing toolbar allows you select some basic shapes
(rectangle, oval, line) to make it easier to create drawings. You can
even do free-form shapes, but drawing with a mouse can be rather
difficult. If you want to include text in your drawing, you should use
the special textbox (the button with an A) to add text.
The best way to learn how to draw in PowerPoint is to try it out!
Submitting your Presentation
You are to put your presentation in your public_html directory
on your icarus account and create a link to it on your icarus
homepage.
You are also to email your presentation to the i100@cs.uic.edu
account.
Your PowerPoint presentation should include:
- Data from your research of a computing-related topic [15 points]
- Design and layout of slides (theme, flow, appearance, readability)
[10 points]
- A slide with a visual created with the drawing toolbar [15 points]
- A slide with animated text [15 points]
- A slide incorporating a picture, graph, chart, etc. from a source
besides PowerPoint (ex. Internet, Excel, Photoshop, Digital Camera,
Scanner) [15 points]
- A slide with animated picture(s) [15 points]
- A slide transition [10 points]
- 7-10 slides TOTAL, turned in with correct file name [5 points]