Class 19 Notes (notes are in progress and are subject to change)

Class 19 Outline:

• Advanced Power Point Techniques
• Custom backgrounds
• Custom Animations
• YouTube videos
• Animated GIF files in PSE6-review

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Copy 19custom from Class to shared (groups) folder

Create a folder called 19present. Check to see that your presentation is in the right folder with the correct name.

http://www.eirikso.com/2006/06/22/how-to-make-illustrations-even-if-you-cant-draw/

Office PowerPoint 2007 includes built-in templates and you can download additional Office PowerPoint 2007 templates by going to Office Online Templates.

PowerPoint Basic - Quick and Effective:

• You have been asked to made a presentation to a group of high school students who have been accepted to Trinity, are here on a college visit, and have not chosen a college yet. It's midnight and you have to give the presentation at 9am. You decide to use a built-in Theme and work in Outline View to edit the content
• Launch PowerPoint and choose New>Blank Presentation
• SAVE AS (Save in: 18slides in computer skills assignment folder, file name: trinity, file type: .pptx)
• Choose a ready-made Theme:
• You like this layout
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• But you want to make a quick adjustment to make the slide look more like Trinity Colors so you change the fuchsia to maroon. You go to Create New Theme Colors
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• The new color scheme appears in the Themes window
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• All the other layouts will change as well:
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• Add the following slides:
  • Slide 1: Your name, computer number, and class time - add this at the end and rearrange the slides
  • Slide 2  title: Why Choose Trinity with bullets: 
        Finding the right college
        A student's point of view
  • Slide 3 title: What to Look for with bullets:
        Academics
        Extracurricular Activities
        Residential Environment
        Intangibles
  • Slide 4 title: Academics
• You could continue...
• SAVE

Advanced PowerPoint:

Timings and Advanced Effects in Power Point: Build PPT called One World in class (Tip from the readings - "Substitute emotionally intense visual images for dry bullet points")

• Special Effects (see Stacked folder in 19custom)
• Transition effects
• Stacking images
• Custom Animations - shapes and paths
• Adding and timing sounds and video
• Timing slides in Slide Show menu

Hands-on: How to Put a You Tube Video into PowerPoint 2007

Hands-on: Animating a GIF File Using Photoshop Elements 6 (review)

Tools - Optional -

• Download ARES TUBE
• Ares Tube User Guide
• Sound files (from previous class)
• WavePad

HOMEWORK:  Complete on Power Point presentation and be ready to present it on Thursday. See Presentation Guidelines

Be prepared to make a two minute presentation of your topic on Tuesday, November 3rd

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