PowerPoint - All About Me
Directions for
Using PowerPoint

Goal: To create a PowerPoint presentation with 6 slides including text, graphics, word art, backgrounds, custom animations, and slide transitions.

Slide 1

Title/Name

Slide 2

My Family

Slide 3

Future...

Slide 4

Favorites

Slide 5

Share a Story

Slide 6

Your Choice

(Do not print.)

Online Project 4 Example
(Note: the online example does not show you slide transitions or custom animations)

Directions:


Each of your slides will need the following:

  • 3 complete sentences about the given topic; Each sentence should be next to a bullet.
  • Word Art titles
  • A Graphic (one per slide -  6 total)
  • Colorful Backgrounds
  • Custom Animations
  • Slide Transitions

Creating 6 slides:

Click on the Home Tab: touch New Slide to add slides
Using the Layout Button you can format each slide; for slide 1 you should choose Blank, and for slides 2-6 you should choose Two Content

Designing Word Art:

For all of your titles, click on the Insert Tab and  touch the Blue "A" WordArt
There are MANY ways to format your WordArt using the buttons provided at the top of the page

Adding Graphics:

On your slide layout, by clicking on the 'Insert Picture from File' button you can add saved Pictures, OR you can insert Clip Art by clicking on the 'Clip Art' button

Adding Colorful Backgrounds:

Click on the Design Tab
Use the pull down under Background Styles and select Format Background to add a colorful background

Setting up Custom Animations:

Click on the Animations Tab and touch where it says Custom Animation (a Custom Animation Window will appear on the right side of your PowerPoint window)
Click on your title, bullets, or graphics (whichever one you touch is the one you will be animating)
Click on Add Effect: Entrance to assign an entry effect to your item

Create Slide Transitions:

Click on the Animations Tab
In the section provided titled 'Transistion to This Slide,' you can choose to have different transitions on each slide or one transition for the entire presentation by choosing Apply to All

View your presentation:

Click on the Slide Show Tab
You can choose to view your show 'From Beginning' or 'From Current Slide'


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