This document provides an overview of creating effective presentations in PowerPoint. It covers using built-in slide layouts and design templates, adding images, charts and other objects to slides, and applying text effects, transitions and animations. The presentation recommends keeping designs simple with limited use of animations and transitions, and provides tips for finding images online for inclusion in slides.

1. CREATING Presented by:
Jessica
PRESENTATIONS Riedmueller
LISSA TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP SERIES

2. OVERVIEW
In this session we will cover:
 Using the built-in slide design/layout tools
 Adding pictures and other objects (charts/graphs,
tables, media) to slides
 Adding effects to text and objects
 Transitions and animations

3. SLIDE DESIGN/LAYOUT
 The first thing to remember about creating ef fective
presentation slides is that PowerPoint has a number of built -
in tools to help you
 On the DESIGN tab, you can choose from a library of pre -
formatted design options.
 Customize these using the Colors, Fonts, and Effects buttons
 Hover over an option to see how it would affect the slide contents
 Click on an option to make the change
 On the HOME tab, select the Layout button to make a change
to the current slide or the New Slide button to choose a layout
for the next slide to be created

4. MAKE POWERPOINT DO THE WORK
 If you look at this slide in
normal view, you will see
there is an empty box to
the right
 Press “ESC” to view
 This is a pre-formatted
content box that allows
you to easily add text or
objects to your slide
 Hover over each of the
icons to see what they do,
or click on the bullet
point to add text

5. LAYOUT
OPTIONS
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l ayo ut o p t i o n s
Fr o m h e r e yo u
can choose the
most
a p p r o p r i a te
o p t i o n f o r yo u r
c o n te n t

6. WAIT, HOW DID I ADD
THAT PICTURE?

7. PICTURES AND OTHER OBJECTS
 Using PowerPoint’s pre -formatted content boxes makes
adding pictures, graphs, charts, media, and other elements
pretty easy
 It is best to have pictures saved somewhere before adding
them to the PowerPoint. Copy and paste is possible, but may
make formatting dif ficult
 Once you have a picture, use the picture tools menu to add
enhancements like a frame or drop shadow to the picture

8. PICTURE EXAMPLE
 The image to the left
has a white border
and a drop shadow
that was added simply
by using the Picture
Tools menu
 In normal view, click
on the picture to see
what other changes
can be made

9. PICTURE ADJUSTMENTS
Reduced saturation: Pencil Sketch Ef fect:
select Color Saturation from Use the Artistic Ef fects menu
the Color menu

10. WHAT ABOUT OTHER
OBJECTS?

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the chart and
click the Chart
To o l s m e n u f o r
editing options

12. SMART ART

13. CALLING ATTENTION TO TEXT
 One of the most effective text effects is the Drop
Shadow
 To create this, click on the S button in the font menu
 You can also highlight important words with color
 M aking the first letter of a word larger will also create
impact

14. TRANSITIONS AND
ANIMATIONS

15. TRANSITIONS
 Transitions are the animations that occur between slide
changes
 The different options are found on the Transitions tab
 From this tab, you can change the transition type, the
duration of the transition, and the action controlling the slide
change (on mouse click or after a specified amount of time)
 A rule of thumb is to stick with one or two transition types for
a short presentation, and no more than four for a long one

16. ANIMATIONS
 Animations refer to any actions applied to the slide content
 The different options are found on the Animations tab
 From this tab you can choose how you want the slide contents
to appear on the slide
 For instance, this text can Float in
 And this text can Bounce in
 It even works on pictures
 As with the transitions, keep the
number of dif ferent animations to a
minimum, otherwise they lose their
impact

17. RECAP AND WRAP-UP

18. REMEMBER
 PowerPoint has a lot of cool features to add style to your
presentations, BUT the best advice is to keep it simple
 Avoid overusing text on slides and space out the bullet points
 Pictures can add interest to your slides and make text more
powerful. Some useful sites are:
 Flickr – www.flickr.com
 Stock.XCHNG (free stock photos) – www.sxc.hu
 Creative Commons – www.creativecommons.org
 TinEye Multicolor Search Engine – labs.tineye.com/multicolr
 E-mail me with questions: riedjess@my.dom.edu