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Tuesday, January 01, 2008

MS Power Point

Power Point

PowerPoint is a presentation package we can present a good presentation about particular topic. Presentation contains information in slides we can insert object in slides to prepare beautiful application .
Objects we can insert in a slide as follows

· Textbox
· AutoShapes
· Frames
· WordArt
· Clip Art
· Picture
· Background Settings
· Audio
· Video

By using this application we can design animation, cartoons, notes and seminar applications etc.
Start à Program à Microsoft PowerPoint
(or)
Start à Run à Powerpnt à then press à Enter

Pack and Go:
This tool helps to pack all the slides of a presentation stores in a folder so that it can be accessed by any user whose system is connected to LAN. It means that “pack and Go” tool sends the presentation to all the users.
File à Pack and Go à next à Active presentation à next , choose destination à browse à select a folder à next à next à finish.

Slide sorter :

In slide sorter view you can see entire presentation (all slides )
Displayed in miniature . you can add slide transitions an preview slide transitions, animations, and timings . we can move slides form one place to another place in a presentation and also move or copy slides . this tools will be displayed at the left bottom of the screen in view menu .

View à slide sorter .

To return, view à Normal




Notes page :

By using this command we can add notes to a slide . it will be useful to the user to remember the things at runtime . notes page is found below the slide titled “ add notes “ .

Slide master :
PowerPoint comes with a special type of slide called the slide master . the slide master controls text characteristics ---- such as font type, size, and color --- called “ master text “ as well as background color and certain special effects such as shadowing and bullet style .

View à master à slide master .
Make some changes in the font style, font color , background, etc .
Finally close it .

Slides from files

This command option is mainly used to embed slides from other files in the current document .
To open slides from other files .
Click insert menu àselect “slides from files “
A slide finder “ window appears and select “ find presentation “ àbrowse
à select a file à click “ open “ you can find some slides inserted in the box of selected à click on “ Add to favorites “
select the List of favorites “ tab à select the filename
à click on “ insert all “ à close .

Design templates

Design templates contain color schemes , slide and title masters with custom Formatting , and styled fonts, all designed to create a particular look .
When you apply a design template to your presentation , the slide master
Title master and color scheme of the original presentation.After you apply a design template each slide you add has the same custom look

Open the presentation you want to apply a different design on the formatting toolbar, and then click Apply Design template .
Find and select the design you want to use ---- or any presentation whose design you want to use ---- and then click Apply .




Rehearse timings

You can set timings for your slides before you rehearse , or you can Set them automatically while you rehearse . if you set them before you rehearse you find it easiest to work in slide sorter view where you see miniatures of each slide in your presentation .
You can also set a different timing for each slide.
slide show à rehearse timings à after few seconds go on for the next slides .

Action buttons

PowerPoint also comes with some ready made action buttons you can insert in your presentations and define hyperlinks for . Action buttons contain shapes
Such as right and left arrows . use them when you want to include commonly understood symbols for going to next previous first and last slides .
First select the slide you want place button on .
To place button every slide .
Go to slide show à action buttons
Ex : home, back, next, forward, end, or return .

Custom Animation

This option is used to animate text and object

1. In normal display the slide that as a text or objects you want to animate.
2. On the Slide Show menu Click Customer Animation, and click Effects Tabs.
3. If you animating a Chart created in Microsoft Graph, Click the chart effect tab.
4. Under Check to animate slide objects, select the check the check box next to the text or object you want to animate.
5. Under Entry animation and sound and Introduce text (if you are animating text),select the option you want.
6. Repeat step 3 and 4 for every object you want to animate.
7. Click the order and timing tab.
8. To change the order of animation select the object you want to change under animation Order and then click one of the Arrows to move the objects up or down in the list.








To set timing, select the object and then do one of the following :

1. To start the animation by clicking the text or object, click on mouse click .
2 . To start the animation automatically, click Automatically, and then enter the numbers of seconds you want to elapse between the previous animation and the current one .

To preview animations click preview .

Animation preview :

Display the slide you want to preview.
1. On the Slide Show menu, click Animation Preview.
2. The transition and animation play in the Animation Preview window that appears. To replay the effects, click the Animation Preview window.

Slide Transition
A Special effect used to introduce a slide during a slide show. For example, dissolve from one slide to another. You can choose the transitions you vary the speed of each.

1. On the Slide Show menu, Click Slide Transition.
2. In the Effect box, select our required transition effect from combo box then Click on Apply (or) Apply All Button then
3. Run the Slide (F5)

Custom Show

A presentation within a presentation. When you create a custom show, you group slides in an existing presentation so that you can easily show that section of the presentation to a particular audience.

To create a custom show , Click Custom Shows on the Slide Show menu
Custom Show
Under Slides in presentation, select the slides you want to include in the custom show, and then click Add.
To select multiple slides, hold down CTRL as you click the slides.
To change the order in which slides appear ,select a slide, and then click one of the arrows to move the slide up or down in the list. Type a name in the Slide show name box , and then click Ok.

Important Questions
1. Write about features of PowerPoint
2. Explain about pack and go wizard and slide Sorter
3. Explain about Slide Master and Handouts
4. Meeting Minder, Rehearse timings, and Design Templates.
5. Explain about Custom Animation and Preset Animation.
6. Explain about slide transition and custom show.

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