Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
Begin Here - 5 Steps to Getting Started On your  Desktop  screen double click and open the - My Documents Folder Go to - File  Then - New Then click on - Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Name it -  Pick a Person  & then double click on it to open it
Creating Project Slides Next click where it says –  Click on Add First Slide 2.  Then from the toolbar go to  Insert  or  New Slide  – click on it 8 more times 3.  Now you should have a total of 9 blank sides created 4.  Go back up to the toolbar & click on  File  and  Save .  Remember to Save your work occasionally.
From the toolbar, select  Insert  or click  New Slide
Remember to save your work!
Be careful adding text – use 5 to 15 words per slide
Navigation - Click the slide thumbnail
To design your slideshow From the toolbar, click on F o rmat, choose slide design
Pick an image to copy, then right click on the image and select copy Then go back to your slide Next right click again and select paste Adding pictures from different sources Note:  You may also add pictures from Clip Art Go to  Insert,  select  Picture , and then  Clip Art
From the toolbar, select  Slide Show , and  View Show
Please do not printout your final product.  Remember we are conserving paper.   Select - Handouts (6 slides per page)
Remember to make sure your work is saved in you’re  My Document Folder  as  Pick a Person “ We must use time creatively.”  “ Whatever your life's work is, do it well.” Martin Luther King, Jr. quote

Power point teaching for pick a person 2009 copy

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    Begin Here -5 Steps to Getting Started On your Desktop screen double click and open the - My Documents Folder Go to - File Then - New Then click on - Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Name it - Pick a Person & then double click on it to open it
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    Creating Project SlidesNext click where it says – Click on Add First Slide 2. Then from the toolbar go to Insert or New Slide – click on it 8 more times 3. Now you should have a total of 9 blank sides created 4. Go back up to the toolbar & click on File and Save . Remember to Save your work occasionally.
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    From the toolbar,select Insert or click New Slide
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    Remember to saveyour work!
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    Be careful addingtext – use 5 to 15 words per slide
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    Navigation - Clickthe slide thumbnail
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    To design yourslideshow From the toolbar, click on F o rmat, choose slide design
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    Pick an imageto copy, then right click on the image and select copy Then go back to your slide Next right click again and select paste Adding pictures from different sources Note: You may also add pictures from Clip Art Go to Insert, select Picture , and then Clip Art
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    From the toolbar,select Slide Show , and View Show
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    Please do notprintout your final product. Remember we are conserving paper.  Select - Handouts (6 slides per page)
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    Remember to makesure your work is saved in you’re My Document Folder as Pick a Person “ We must use time creatively.”  “ Whatever your life's work is, do it well.” Martin Luther King, Jr. quote

Editor's Notes

  • #7 Adding text to slides – be careful don’t add to many words to any slide – try and be brief – 5 to 15 words per slide
  • #10 Locate the toolbar and use E dit to cut and then paste your image or use I nsert to insert image using clipart collection To optimize an image, use the Compress Pictures button and the options it offers.
  • #11 Opening, viewing, and escaping slide show view.   To open slide show view, select the first slide, and then click the Slide Show button. (Or just press F5 to always start on slide 1.)   The computer screen here shows slide show view, with the Slide Show toolbar appearing on the lower left. This toolbar has two navigation arrows and two menus.   If you don't want to click through all the slides, press ESC to return to your last view in PowerPoint.
  • #12 In print preview, choose from the types of printouts in the Print What box. Your handout can include up to nine slides per page. The Handouts (6 slides per page) option includes lines for audience notes.   A preview of the handout that has three slides per page.