2. Fonts
All font changes can be made under the
Format menu on the toolbar
You can italicize, underline, embolden or
change types or sizes, plus change color
using the colored “A” on the toolbar.
Font changes only affect the current slide.
3. Adding Text Boxes
You can insert a text box anywhere you
want text on a slide.
Click on Insert/ Text Box, then use your
mouse to “draw” a text box by dragging
your mouse across the slide.
Type in the text box (do this first, or you
will lose the box when you click somewhere
else).
4. Pre-made Slide Designs and colors
Slide design refers to Design Templates
(pre-made slide designs) and slide Color
Schemes under Format/ Slide Design.
Use Design Templates to find a slide
design you like from a list on the right
panel.
Use Color Schemes to change the color
combinations of various pre-made slides.
5. Adding Sounds
There are several ways to add sound.
– To add sounds that will occur each time
you advance a slide, go to Slide Show/
Slide Transition.
– Under “Modify Transition,” select the
drop-down menu under “Sound” and
choose a pre-made sound.
6. Background Images and colors
To change the background color instead of
adding a pre-made Design Template, go to
Format/ Background.
Click on the drop-down menu in the pop-up
menu to choose colors, or go to “Fill
Effects” to add your own image as a
background.
– Background images: under “Fill Effects,” go to
“Picture,” then “Select Picture” and add your
image file. Apply to all Slides.
7. Sounds, continued
You can also add music files from your
computer, or play from a CD.
– To have a particular song file play in a slide, go
to that slide, click on Insert/ Movies and
Sounds, then choose the sound file you want on
your computer, OR…
– You can put a CD in the tray and choose “Play
CD audio track” in the same menu to play from
the CD.
8. Sounds, continued
To have a song play over your entire presentation,
go to the title slide, insert your sound file, then
right click on the sound icon and choose “Custom
Animation.”
In the Custom Animation screen, click on the
sound file’s drop-down menu and choose “Effect
Options.”
In the Effect Options pop-up window, under “Stop
Playing,” click on “After” and choose the number
of slides you want the song to play over.
9. Running Slides Automatically
To have your slides run automatically, click
on Slide Show/ Slide Transition
On the right-side panel under “Advance
Slide,” click on “Automatically after…” and
choose your time interval.
Then click “Apply to All Slides.”
10. Running your presentation in a loop
To make your presentation run
continuously until you press Escape, go to
Slide Show/ Set up Show.
Under “Show Options,” click on “Loop
continuously until ‘Esc’.”
11. Changing Slide Transition
Slide transition affects the way the slide
appears on the screen.
Go to Slide Transition under the Slide
Show menu. Pick a transition style to
preview it.
Can apply to one or all slides
12. Animation Schemes
Affects the way bullet-pointed text
appears on the screen.
– If you don’t select an animation scheme for
your PowerPoint, all bullet points will appear at
once on a slide.
Go to Slide Show/ Animation Schemes.
Pick an animation scheme from the list for
a preview, and apply it to all slides.