Powe
er Point 2010 Po
ower Point iis a powerfu
ul tool for cre
eating visuall presentatioons to enhan
nce oral pressentations. Presentationss can be used for whole group lessons or at learrning station
ns as study to
ools to supp
port small grroups or individual students. G
Getting starte
ed 1. Op
pen Power P
Point from yo
our applications folder
2. Po
ower Point w
will automatiically open u
up with a staarter Title sliide 3. Click on the Design tab rib
bbon to selecct a “Themee.” Use the p
pull down arrrows to seee more themes. 4. Yo
ou can click o
on “Colors” o
or “backgrou
und styles” tto alter the d
design. A
Adding Slidess 1. From the hom
me tab, click o
on “New slid
de”. You cann also click o
on the “New
w Slide” down
n arrow to select different styles o
of slides. A
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Adding Graph
hics 1. From the “Insert” tab ribbon, click on “Cliip Art”. In thhe search wiindow, writee a key word
d and click o
on “Go”. 2. In the Clip Art win
ndow, right cclick on the d
down arrow
w by the grap
phic you wan
nt, and click on “inserrt” to paste it on your slide. Tip: Frrom the Inseert Tab, you can also inseert Pictures or Photos yoou have saveed in a graph
hics folder, in
n your My Do
ocuments folder or on a USB drive. You ca
an also add SShapes, Sma
art Art (grap
phic organizeers) or Chartts. V
Viewing yourr slides 1. On the
e toolbar at the bottom right of you
ur screen, yoou will see icons you can
n click on to q
quickly changge your views: Normal – Slide Sorterr – Reading V
View – Slide show. You ccan also change magnification. OR yo
ou can click o
on the “View
w” tab ribbon at the top of your screeen for otheer viewing op
ptions. A
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Tip: In
n the Slide So
orter view, yyou can click and drag too change thee order of your slides. Use th
he Slide Show
w view to prreview and p
present your Power Pointt presentatio
on (Use the spacebar, Enter, tthe down arrrow, the Pag
ge Down keyy or mouse cclick to advan
nce slides; use th
he up arrow, the “P” key or the Pagee Up key to ggo backwardds; press ESC
C to exit yourr slide sshow. A
Adding Slide Transitions 1. Click o
on the Animations tab riibbon, and yyou can selecct different sslide transitiions. Click o
on the down arrow to see additional slide transittion optionss. On the “Anim
mation” ribbo
on, apply tra
ansitions to iindividual sliides, or “App
ply to all.” Tip: O
You ca
an set the sp
peed, apply ssounds, selecct how you w
want the sliddes to advan
nce (mouse click o
or automaticcally timed.) A
Adding Recorrdings Yo
ou can add vvoice record
dings to narrate text on individual sliides. This is a strategy that helps students ovvercome decoding barriiers so that tthey can com
mprehend teext at their aability level. On the
e “Insert” tab
b ribbon, clicck on the “so
ound” down
n arrow, and
d then select “Record Sou
und.” Use thhe recorder to narrate teext on your slide. You wiill see a speaaker icon addded to your slide. Click o
on this to plaay the recorded sound. Or Import “S
O
Sound from ffile” by brow
wsing to
o a folder orr a USB devicce where you have stored aa sound file ((e.g., avi, mp
p3) A
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Print Handou
uts 1. Click o
on the File taab, and scroll down to Print. In the print window
w, you can sselect “Hand
douts”, “gray scale” or “black and white”, and the
e number off slides per p
page. Click P
Print. (Settin
ng options m
may vary dep
pending on yyour printer..) A
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