Creating Powerpoint Presentations
Presenting ideas in a clear and concise manner is important when sharing information with
others. For this reason Microsoft® PowerPoint® has become an indispensable tool for instruction.
Originally, PowerPoint was used primarily for giving live slide presentations in front of groups of
people; now it enables you to give Internet-based presentations that can transcend barriers of
time and space. PowerPoint 2002 has several features that enable you to post presentations
online for your students, parents or colleagues to view, and you don’t need to know HTML or other
programming.
In this workbook, you will learn to use the new Web-based features of PowerPoint 2002 by doing
the following:
- Creating a simple presentation and enhancing it by adding graphics, spreadsheet data,
and voice narration. - Saving your presentation as a Web document so that anyone with a capable browser can
view your work. - Setting up and delivering an online broadcast of your presentation over your network or
the Internet. In addition, your online broadcast will be automatically archived so that
others can view your slides, and can also see and hear your presentation. This will enable
students to easily review a lecture when studying for an exam, clarifying notes, or
catching up on a missed class.
Before You Begin
PowerPoint is presentation software that enables visual organization and communication of
concepts. You can customize your presentations with sound, animation, charts, graphics,
narration, and video. The new online broadcast feature of PowerPoint 2002 allows the delivery of
a presentation over a network in real time. In other words, the presentation can be viewed over
the network as it is being given. You can also save your presentation as a Web page so you can
view it in a browser.
Touring PowerPoint
Before you start using PowerPoint 2002, you should become familiar with its
features. The following illustration shows a slide in the TriPane view with the task
pane showing.
Using Online Presentations
As an instructor, you have decided to use PowerPoint to develop your lectures in an
organized and focused manner. You also want to broadcast your lectures on the
World Wide Web for your remote students and students with different learning styles.
The broadcast will be automatically recorded to make the lecture available to
students who were not able to attend and to those who need to review some of the
topics discussed. Students will even be able to peruse the presentation over a 28.8
kbps dial-up connection to the Internet.
Creating a Presentation
This section describes how to create a simple presentation using one of the
templates included with PowerPoint. You will also incorporate graphics and
spreadsheet data on slides in your presentation. This tutorial develops a presentation
on the topic of Online Learning, but you can choose any subject matter you want.
To create a presentation
1. Open PowerPoint. Press the Design Button in the toolbar.
2. In the Slide Design task pane, click the design template you want to use
by selecting the appropriate thumbnail (Global for this workshop). To
see the name of the template, hover your cursor over the thumbnail and
a Tool Tip will reveal the name of the template.
3. Click in the box that says Click to add title, and then type the title for
your presentation (for example, Welcome to Your Online College).
4. Click the box that says Click to add subtitle, and then type the subtitle
of your presentation (for example, A Global Educational Experience for
Students in Your Career Area).
5. From the File menu, click Save, and then enter a file name for your
presentation (for example, welcome1). Click Save again to save your file.
To add graphics to your presentation
1. Click New Slide from the Insert menu.
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Click the New Slide button on the Formatting toolbar to add a new slide
to your presentation.
2. In the Slide Layout pane, click Title and Text (formerly Bulleted List) on
the New Slide dialog box if it isn’t already selected. Remember that a
tool tip will divulge the auto layout name if hover on the object for a
second.
3. Click the box that says Click to add title, and then type the title for that
page (for example, Education to Fit Your Schedule).
4. Click the box that says Click to add text, and then type two or three
bullets (for example, Access classes anytime anywhere, Convenient to
your schedule, Education for people ON THE GO).
5. From the Insert menu, point to Picture and then click Clip Art to open
the Insert Clip Art task pane.
6. Type the name of the type of clip art you want, for example, type
Transporation in the box under Search For, and then click Search. (Note:
All clip art may not appear unless you have access to the Office CD in
your CD-ROM drive or internal network and you have cataloged the
images on your local hard disks. This is a simple one time process that
is initiated the first time you insert clip art.)
7. From the search results, click the thumbnail for the image you want to
insert. The clip art will be inserted on the slide. To change the format of
the graphic, double-click the image. From the Format Picture dialog box,
you can adjust the size and position of the graphic. To undo automatic
formatting, click the SmartTag in the lower right corner of the image, and
select Undo Automatic Layout.
8. From the File menu, click Save to save your work.
To add Excel data to your presentation
1. From the Insert menu click New Slide to add a new slide to your
presentation.
2. From the Slide Layout task pane, under Text Layouts, click Title Only to
change the format of the new slide. To see the name of the slide layout,
hover your mouse over the slide for a tool tip.
3. Click the box that says Click to add title, and then type the title for that
page (for example, Annual Income in $K).
4. From the Insert menu, click Object, and then click Create from file.
Browse to a pre-existing Excel file, like Annual_Income.xls and then click
OK.
5. Position and resize the Excel worksheet as necessary, and then click
Save to save your changes.
6. Click New Slide from the Insert menu to add a new page to your
presentation.
7. From the Slide Layout task pane under Other Layouts, click Title and
Chart.
8. Click the box that says Click to add title, and then type the title for the
page (for example, Education Pays Off Over Time).
9. Double-click the box that says Double-click to add chart, and then click
Import File from the Edit menu.
10. Browse to the same Excel worksheet that you used in step 4, and then
click Open.
11. In the Import Data Options dialog box, select a sheet from the
workbook, and then click OK.
12. Position and resize the chart as necessary, add any other pages that you
want, and then select Save from the File menu to save your
presentation.
Adding Narration
PowerPoint enables you to record yourself while giving a presentation. This allows
others to both view and listen to your lecture at any time. It also enhances a
presentation that has been saved in a Web format. If you want, you can have
someone else provide the voice that will be recorded as the narration. Special
hardware is not required for this, just a sound card and microphone. (Most
computers now come with sound cards and microphones.)
It is best to start out with a script for a short presentation. This ensures that your
finished product sounds professional without any stammering or fumbling for words.
You may also want to keep a copy of your presentation without narration, because
the size of the file may increase dramatically depending on the sound quality you
choose. Saving a copy of your presentation will enable you to give your slides to
someone else to use the material. To save a copy of your presentation under a
different name, click Save As from the File menu, and then type a new name for the
file.
To record narration
1. Click Record Narration from the Slide Show menu.
2. Select the audio quality for your presentation by clicking the Change
Quality button and then choose the level you want. For this workshop
we will use CD Quality; however, this level uses up memory quickly and
is probably not practical for most projects.
3. Click OK to return to the Record Narration screen. Turn on Link
Narrations in by selecting the box in the lower left-hand corner
4. Click OK in the Record Narration dialog box and the first slide will
appear. Begin recording the narration. Speak normally and as clearly as
possible.
5. Click OK to advance to the next slide when you are finished with each
recording. When you have finished, click the last slide to terminate the
recording process.
6. Click Save to save the slide timings and review the slide timings.
7. Return to the first slide by clicking it in the slide sorter view, and then
select View Show, or click the View Show button at the lower left corner
of the presentation window. This will play your presentation.
8. If you do not like your narration and want to rerecord it, select Undo
Record Narration from the Edit menu and record the narration again.
(Note: If you record the narration without clicking Undo Record
Narration, you will record a second narration on top of the original one.)
9. Click Save from the File menu to save your presentation and narration.
Delivering Presentations Online
You can deliver your presentation over a network with the following features:
- Save as Web Page-- converts your entire presentation into HTML based
pages, which look exactly like your original slides, complete with narration. - Pack and Go Wizard-- leads you through the necessary steps that will
compress your presentation exactly as is for distribution over a network or
CD-ROM. The main benefit of this method is that it allows the receiver to
view the complete presentation. (You are required to have PowerPoint or the
PowerPoint Animation Player to view Pack and Go presentations.) - Online Broadcast-- allows real time delivery of your presentation over a
network as it is being given. The presentation is broadcast much like a
television news program; if you have audio or video hardware, you can
include your speech and camera footage in your slide show. Your broadcast
can be archived for playback on demand; however, if you are planning to
broadcast to more than 10 people, you will need to increase the power of
your broadcast by using a Windows Media Server. Windows Media
Technology is a streaming technology that allows information to be viewed
as it is received, instead of through the download and play method.
No matter which method you choose, there are great benefits to delivering your
presentation over a local area network (LAN) or the Internet.
To save your presentation as a Web page
1. With the presentation open in PowerPoint, click Save As Web Page from
the File menu.
2. Browse to the location where you want to store your presentation, and
then enter a file name and title.
3. Click Save to save your presentation.
4. If you want to make the presentation available on a Web server, click
Publish in the Save As dialog box.
5. Choose what you would like to publish (for example, number of slides,
speaker note, custom shows).
6. Click Web Options, and then select the check box for Show slide
animation while browsing. This will display most of the animations and
slide transitions you chose in your original presentation.
7. Click OK, and then select the browser you want to support. For best
results, choose Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later (high fidelity).
8. Choose the location (Web server and full URL) where you want to publish
your work, and then click Publish.
To save a presentation with Pack and Go
1. Click Pack and Go from the File menu.
2. Step through the wizard. Make sure to choose whether you want to have
the viewer included with the presentation. Keep in mind that this will
make the two files larger.
Anyone who wants to view your presentation will be required to have the
PowerPoint Animation Player, and they will have to run the setup program to
unpack the slide show.
To set up an online broadcast
1. Click Online Broadcast from the Slide Show menu, and then click
Schedule a Live Broadcast.
2. Fill out the information on the first page; keep in mind that this screen
provides most of the data for the lobby page.
3. If you are new to this process you may want to click Tips for Broadcast
to obtain pointers on your presentation broadcast.
4. Click the Settings button in the lower left hand side of the dialog box
and make sure Video and audio is selected. If you do not have a camera
or appropriate bandwidth, you can also select Audio only. Click Test to
verify the operation of your equipment.
5. If you want the viewers to be able to see the speaker’s notes, select the
appropriate check box.
6. Type a valid location for Save broadcast files in or browse for the
location. The default location is My Broadcasts in the My Documents
folder.
7. Click the Advanced tab and choose a remote encoding machine if
applicable.
8. To allow the audience to give live feedback, you must specify a chat
room URL under Audience feedback.
9. Also, specify a Windows Media Server, if one is available, and then click
OK. (Your presentation will be limited to 10 attendees without the use of
a Windows Media Server.)
10. Click Schedule…. An Outlook meeting request screen will appear.
Typethe addresses of the users you want to attend your meeting.
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Click To and select the users you want to attend the meeting from the
list. (More information is available on meetings and Outlook in the
“Collaborating with Others Using Outlook & Exchange” tutorial.)
11. Set the appropriate time for the presentation, and then click Send to
send the message.
12. After a brief pause, you will receive a message indicating that the
broadcast set up is complete. Click OK.
To deliver an online broadcast
1. About 10 minutes before the presentation is supposed to start, click
Online Broadcast from the Slide Show menu, and then click Start Live
Broadcast Now.
2. A few initialization actions will occur, and then you can recheck the
operation of the microphone and camera. Now you are ready to begin
the broadcast. You can preview the lobby page or send the audience a
message by clicking the appropriate buttons.
3. Click Start when you are ready to broadcast.
Give your presentation normally and PowerPoint will handle the rest!
You may record a presentation for playback at a later time by selecting
Record and Save a Broadcast from Online Broadcast under the Slide Show
menu.
To replay an archived online broadcast
1. Open your favorite browser and navigate to the lobby page for the
presentation. (You can provide links to the presentations on your class
Web site.)
2. Click Replay Broadcast and the presentation will be replayed.
That’s it! You can now broadcast your presentations to a group regardless of
size or physical location
Getting Help
You can get help from the Help menu at any time while you are using PowerPoint. To
open the online Help, select Microsoft PowerPoint Help from the Help menu. If you
have an Internet connection, you can also point to Office on the Web on the Help
menu and choose from several resources that may be of interest to you such as
Product News, Frequently Asked Questions, and Online Support. You can also go to
http://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint for all of the latest information.
