PowerPoint Menus

To add another slide:

-INSERT

-New Slide

 

To add a text box:

-INSERT

-Text Box

-Use tool to draw a rectangle from upper left corner to lower right corner

 

To insert clip art:

-INSERT

-Picture ---from Clip Art

 

To insert a Digital Photo:

-INSERT

-Picture---from File

-Navigate to the A: drive (or wherever your photos are saved)

-Click on the right one, re-size using the handles on one of the 4 corners

 

To Import a photo from the Internet:

From google images (or any internet site with photos), right click on the desired photo and slide mouse down to COPY

Go back to your PowerPoint presentation and the appropriate slide, right click to PASTE the photo.

Go back to the original internet site, highlight the URL and copy it.

Select the photo by clicking on it once.

Click on the globe icon which has a chain link icon over it. Click in the box called:”Type the file or web page name:  and paste the URL. Click on OK.

When the presentation is being viewed, the web site will appear as the mouse is being rolled over the image.

 

To change one slide to another:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Random (or which ever you choose)

-Select the button for the speed you wish

 

To create timing from one slide to the next:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Advance  Click on box next to: Automatically after

-Type in # of seconds

 

 

 

To add sound to the slide transition:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Slide Transition

-Pull down Menu of Sounds Choose one and

-Preview

-Click on Apply for 1 slide or

-Click on Apply To ALL to have same slide for all slide transitions

 

To create movement of text or graphics on each slide:

-SLIDE SHOW

-Custom animation

-Click on Timing Tab–Choose one object (It will jump to upper box on left)-Click on Effects Tab-Choose one or RANDOM Use PREVIEW-Sound-Choose one

-Try preview

REPEAT THIS PROCESS FOR EACH OBJECT ON EACH SLIDE

 

To add a Background photo to a slide:

-Format menu

Background

Go to pull down triangle at bottom of box

Click on Fill Effects

Click on Picture Tab

Select Picture button

Insert Button

OK

(This will apply to ALL the slides unless you choose “Apply”)

 

Adding Buttons to navigate to a different slide, not just the NEXT slide:

-Slide Show menu

-Action Buttons, slide mouse over one box to choose the type of button

-Click the mouse where you want the button and drag to draw the button

In MOUSE CLICK tab:

Hyperlink to:

Slide…( and choose the title of the slide you wish to move to with a mouse click)

Add a sound to that button navigation as well if you wish