This document provides a tutorial for maximizing the use of graphics in PowerPoint presentations for social media. It demonstrates how to download and install a new font called Aku & Kamu, create pictographs by inserting text and images onto a blank slide, and remove backgrounds from images. The tutorial contains step-by-step instructions and examples for designing slides with combinations of text and images to create graphics for social media.

1. Maximizing
PowerPoint for
Social Media Graphics

2. What is a PowerPoint
Presentation?
It is a software
program commonly
used as a digital aid
in presentations
that consists of a
number of different
slides that utilizes graphics, text,
pictures, sound, movies.

3. Microsoft PowerPoint Screen

4. Learn to use
PowerPoint
graphics
using a new
font.

5. And STANDOUT!

6. We start
with the
download.

7. From Desktop, click either
Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
CLICK

8. And this screen will open.

9. We will use a new font.
Aku & Kamu

10. Type Aku & Kamu in Google.
Aku & Kamu Font

11. It opens to this screen.

12. Click Aku & Kamu Font
1001 Free Fonts
CLICK

13. This screen opens.

14. CLICK DOWNLOAD

15. Notice the small screen pop up.

16. CLICK the OK button on the small
screen.
CLICK

17. Now, the application is
stored in Downloads.

18. Double CLICK this tiny arrow
inside the circle.

19. This small window will pop up.

20. CLICK this.

21. You are directed to this
window.

22. Click encircled Aku & Kamu
below.

23. Click Install.

24. Viola…. Find the downloaded
Aku & Kamu Font now installed!

25. You now have successfully
installed a new font,
Aku & Kamu in
Microsoft PowerPoint.
Ain’t that COOL?

26. Now ready
for that
Ommph in
Social
Media
Graphics?

28. But wait! Where can I
find that font, again?
? ?

29. 1. Go back to Desktop.

30. 2. Hover the cursor at the top
right portion of the screen.

31. 3. This portion pops up.

32. 4. Click this Search Icon.

33. 5. The Search bar opens
to this screen.

34. 6.Type PowerPoint in the blank.
PowerPoint

35. Now, we are ready to create wonderful and
amazing graphics with Aku & Kamu.

36. So, how does the
following
poster appeal
to you?

38. What about
this one?

40. Or this

42. Pictographs.

43. “a pictorial symbol for a
word or phrase.”
Pictograph
pic·to·graph
ˈpiktəˌɡraf/
noun
Source: googel.com

44. This is new for me because I was
taught way back that Pictographs
are graphs in pictures!

45. I’ll show you
how to do this!

46. 1. Open Microsoft PowerPoint
in your browser.

47. 2. We need to change the
layout to blank.

48. 3. Hover the cursor on slide 1.

49. 4. At the same time pressing the
right-click button of your mouse.

50. 5. Notice what opens up.

51. 6. Hover the cursor on Layout.
Layout

52. Another window opens with
different themes.

53. Click the Blank Theme.

54. This will be our template.

55. Click Design.

56. Notice the templates available.

57. Click Background.

58. This small window pops up.

59. Notice the tiny box that
says FILL Color.

60. Click Color under FILL COLOR.

61. Next window opens that has
the color palette.

62. Now choose a background color.

63. And PLAY!

64. Once again… From the top….
From Blank Template…. To Design

65. Then Background…then Choose
From the Color Palette…

66. Your preferred color.

67. We make something like this.
REMEMBER:

68. For this exercise,
we practice with

69. So, CLICK Insert

70. Then Click Text

71. Position the mouse at the
center and CLICK.

72. Then CLICK HOME

73. Type Aku & Kamu in the font.
Aku & Kamu
FOREVE
R

74. And choose your text size.
Forev
er
150

75. And now
we need to
find…

76. A good
image to
complete
our
design.

77. Want
Free
Image
Graphics?

78. Go to
sites for
massive
free
images
are:
Search in Free
Sites

79. freepik.com

80. pixabay.com

81. 500px.com/creativecommons

82. corbisimages.com/creativecommons

83. Now we use an image from
freepik.com

84. But we have to remove the
background of this image.

85. WHY?

86. Just like this, yes?
REMEMBER:

87. First, we get back to PowerPoint
home screen.

88. CLICK Insert

89. Then CLICK Picture

90. Then get the Image from the
Uploaded Files.

91. CLICK Remove Background

92. Then this screen appears after that.

93. Use these to adjust final output.

94. Our final output after
background is removed..

95. Adding another image.

96. Very Quickly: Click Insert…then Picture…
Then find the picture in the File..
Then Remove Background.

97. Final Output:

98. Now to assemble
both word and
images in
one slide.

100. The following are some more
designs I made to hone my
skills.

106. Hope you enjoyed this
tutorial
As much as I did!
Keep on practicing to
harness your skill.
Thank you very much!
Images from freepik.com