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307 Powerpoint Tips

This document provides tips for improving PowerPoint presentations and presentations. It includes tips for previewing slides, splitting slides into two slides, adding hyperlinks, formatting pictures, creating templates, customizing slides using the slide master, and creating automated presentations. Some key tips are how to split a slide into two slides using the AutoFit options, customize every slide by adding elements to the slide master, and create an automated presentation that automatically advances slides after a set time.

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307 Powerpoint Tips

This document provides tips for improving PowerPoint presentations and presentations. It includes tips for previewing slides, splitting slides into two slides, adding hyperlinks, formatting pictures, creating templates, customizing slides using the slide master, and creating automated presentations. Some key tips are how to split a slide into two slides using the AutoFit options, customize every slide by adding elements to the slide master, and create an automated presentation that automatically advances slides after a set time.

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PowerPoint 2007 Tips and Tricks

These tips and tricks are divided into two groups. Production tips how to make better
PowerPoint presentations, and Presentation Tips how to do a better presentation of material
with PowerPoint.
Tips with an * are unique to PowerPoint 2007, other tips are available in earlier versions of
PowerPoint.
1. Preview a slide
a.
Hold down the Control Key and Click on the Show Slide (Screen) button and
PowerPoint will open a small window that will display the slide as it will look in presentation
mode. You close the preview window by clicking the Esc key. You will see the editing window;
by clicking in the editing window, you can make changes. This is much easier than running the
show and going back to edit mode.
b.
You can start the slide show from the current slide by clicking on the Show Slide
/ Screen button in the bottom right of the window.
2. *Splitting a slide into two slides
a. Its best to input all of your text content at once, concentrating on the content, not the
look of the slide. Using this technique, its easy to put too much information on a slide.
Its easy to split a slide in PowerPoint 2007.
i. Click on the Text Box on the slide
ii. Notice the AutoFit Options box that appears in the lower left hand corner of the text
box
iii. Click on the down Triangle to open the options
iv. Click on the Split Slide option
v. PowerPoint 2007 will create a new slide with all of the information forward of the cursor.
PowerPoint will title the new slide the same as the original

3. *Other AutoFit Options


a.
AutoFit to placeholder
b.
Stop Fitting text to this placeholder

c.
d.
e.
f.

Split Text between two slides


Continue on a New Slide
Change to Two Columns
Control Auto Correct Options
i. Auto Format Options
ii. Auto Correct Options

4. Adding a Link / Hyperlink


a. Hyperlinks are connections to web sites, other files or other slides. You can use
PowerPoint as the center point of your instruction and use it to go to other resources
with Hyperlinks
i. A hyperlink is connected to an object text or graphic.
ii. Select the text or graphic you want to be the trigger for the link
iii. Click on the Insert Tab
iv.
Click on the Hyperlink button
v.
A window opens, you can type in a web address or select a file to open with the
hyperlink
1. If you want to use a web site, you have to enter the complete
web address starting with http://

5. *New Format Picture Options


a.
b.
c.

1
2

Select a picture on a slide


Right Click to get the contextual Menu
Click on Format Picture last option

i. Default option is size not new


ii. 3D Rotation new
1. Rotate the picture in 3 dimensions
iii. 3D Format new
Apple 3D effects
Control Bevel, Depth, Contour and Surface attributes
iv.
1.
v.

Shadow new?
Create and control a shadow effect around picture
Line Style & Line Color new
1. You control a border around picture

6. Creating a Template
a. If you have a slide design you like or one youve customized to your liking, you
can save that design as a Template for future use.
i. If not already open, open the slide show you want to create the template
from
ii. Delete any slides with content or delete the content from your slides. You
want to only have empty slide formats to create the template
iii. Click on Slide Master under the View tab.

iv. After you are done making changes to the slides you can then save by clicking on the
Office button, then Save As. In the file name box type a file name you want and then In the
Save as type list, click PowerPoint Template, and then click save.
You can save you templates to the Templates folder at C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Templates\ to make them easier to locate

7. Customizing your Slides Slide Master


a. The Master Slide contains all of the elements that will appear on your slides. By
modifying the Master Slide, you change every slide in the show.

b. Adding a logo to every slide an easy way to personalize a standard design / template
i. From the View Tab, click on Slide Master to display the Master Slide
ii. There may be several Master Slides one for each layout contained
in this template.
iii. Pick the layout you want to edit. The most common layout is the bullet /
content layout
iv. Once the proper Master Slide is selected, you can click on the Insert tab and
insert your logo onto the Master Slide

v. Resize and locate the logo where you want it to appear on your slides. You
may want to Send to Back to make sure the logo is behind any content
placeholders on the slide.

vi. You can add any elements to the Master Slide. Remember anything
on the Master Slide will appear on every slide.
8. Create an AutoRun presentation.
a. Make your presentation run without you doing anything! Great for Open Houses,

Parent Conferences, etc.


i. Switch to Slide Sorter view

ii. Click on the Animation Tab


iii. Under Advance Slide on the far right, click the Automatically After
check box and set a time
iv. Click on Apply to All

v. Notice that the time you set will appear under each slide. Later you can adjust
the timing for each slide as necessary
vi. It is recommended to run the show to test the timings
vii. You will probably want to customize individual slide timings. Not all slide
need the same display time. You can change individual slide timings by
selecting the slide (slide sorter view), clicking on the Animation Tab and
changing the timing setting in the toolbar right side of toolbar.
9. Blank the screen
a. B or W key will turn screen Black or White hiding your presentation for
uninterrupted discussion.

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