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Logistics of File Transfer
Your teacher will ask you to use one or more
method of transferring the completed project to him. Methods may include
the following:
- Use your teacher's
Drop
Folder
- Burn your presentation to a CD
- Use a Flash drive (usb memory stick)
- Email the presentation
Excel
- Instructions for
using
Excel for a timeline
- Color printer access - LS Lab, US #220,
and Science building
- Information on Image size and type in
the PowerPoint section below, also apply to Excel
PowerPoint - Images
- Don't copy and paste images from the
Internet into PowerPoint. Right-click images when you find them and use
SaveAs instead; otherwise you may be pasting a linked image rather than
just the image.
- Inserted images should not be
.bmp files. Use .jpg or .gif.
- How can you
tell?
If you save the file from the
internet, right-click it and choose Save As. In the file type
choose jpeg (or jpg)
- Mac users must use the Insert
menu rather than copy/paste to have their pictures show up on another
machine.
Image Editing Software
- PhotoShop Elements and IrfanView are
installed on all student machines, if you need to do additional image
editing.
- You can also use the Picture tab to edit
photos in PowerPoint. Click on the picture and the tab will appear. Use
the Compress button if you edit your images in PowerPoint.
You can download IrfanView
http://www.irfanview.com/ on your home computer, if it is a PC. It
is a very good free, small program.
Image in the Background
- Right-click a blank area in your slide,
choose
Format Background, Picture, and the button Insert from: File...
There is a wonderful new option in PowerPoint 2010 to set the
Transparency of your background image. You will want to set the
number high (try around 80%) so that the image does not fight with the
text on top of it.
Insert a Textbox on top of the image, if
needed, and make sure your text size and color are readable.
If you have inserted an image that is not
part of the background, and you also put a text box in, you may need to
change the order. Right-click the image, choose Send to the Back or
Bring to Front.
PowerPoint - Sound
- Insert tab, Media, Audio. Locate and
click on your file.
- Click the new Audio Tools, Playback tab
that appears when your Sound icon is selected.
- In the Audio Options group,
choose Start - Play Across Slides.
- Choose Hide During Show so your
sound icon will not show on the screen.
- You can also trim your audio clip and
choose whether to Loop it.
- Try the new Fade in and Fade out
options.
Important note: You will need to be sure
that your sound files are correctly packaged with your presentation.
There are two ways to do that. I will list one way.
When you have completed and saved
your PowerPoint, you must use the Package for CD option to move any
media along with the PowerPoint. Go to the File tab, Save and Send,
Package Presentation for CD.
Additional Formatting Ideas for Your PowerPoint
- Insert tab - Shape or SmartArt.
- Once a shape is inserted and
selected, a new Drawing Tools tab appears with options that used
to be on the Drawing Toolbar.
- Right-click a blank space on the slide and choose
Format Background and choose a color for your
background
- Click the Design tab and choose a prepackaged Design Template
- Remember to use the undo button
 if you make a mistake.
Bulleted Points - Animation
- Remember the 6x6 rule of thumb (no more than 6 words across, 6 words
down)
- After entering all bulleted points,
choose the Animations tab for options on entrances and exits..
- Pick your effects (and sound, if needed)
judiciously
- Don't have text cross other text or images, if possible
- Consider having your bulleted point dim after you are
through talking about that point. To do so, in the Animations tab,
Animation group, click the
down arrow for More options. Under Exit pick Fade.
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