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= 21st Century: PowerPoint = toc Engaging with PowerPoint: Come learn how to create polished, professional presentations that will captivate your audiences. PowerPoint 2010 will be used to show intermediate and some advanced capabilities. Learn how to create background images, animation, sound, links, templates and smart art graphics to create visually appealing slides. Additionally, we will examine tools available online to share PowerPoint slides with a broader audience and add some pizzazz and interactive capabilities! This will include Prezi, SlideShare and VoiceThread.



** Quick Tips **
**What's New in PowerPoint 2010**

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 * In 2010, File tab replaces Microsoft Office Button - "Backstage View"
 * Click on New --brings up lots of new templates! Click here for Video Tutorial
 * Customizing Quickstart Toolbar
 * Right Click is Your Friend

Design
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 * View - Slidemaster
 * Fonts, Colors
 * Design Tab
 * What NOT to do
 *  Killer No. 1: Drowning with words. **
 * Use bullet points; have a maximum of five to six per page
 * Ruthlessly edit -- a maximum of five to six words per line
 * Separate with white space

 **Killer No. 2: Smothering with visual sameness**. Bullet-point visuals are best used for lists and summaries. Page after page of even good bullet-point pages becomes numbing to listeners. Graphs, charts, and pictures have much more impact.
 * Explaining trends? || Use line graphs ||
 * Describing a series of steps? || Use a diagram ||
 * Comparing capabilities? || Use a table ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Showing comparisons? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Use a pie chart or bar graph ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explaining how your site works? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Show the site ||

From "Death by PowerPoint"by Anne Miller: []

Visuals

 * Video **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">**Inserting Video** // 1. // Choose **Insert > Movie** (from file) //You can only insert Windows Media Video (.WMV) video files and “some” .AVI videos on a PC Powerpoint. You can only insert Quicktime (.MOV) videos on a MAC Powerpoint.// 2. When asked **"How do you want the movie to start in the slide show?"** select **Automatically** //The movie will automatically start playing when the slide opens.//

Want to get fancy? Check out the (Search Office.com in "education" to download.

Download Photo to use: Download Sample Video to use: Runners Website

New in 2010: Insert: Screenshot Did You Know? - Advanced Search in Google Images allows you to find copyright-friendly images.
 * Pictures **

Select picture – click on Format Shape is an option


 * To draw a set of similar picture-filled shapes, create the first one and then duplicate it any number of times. Thereafter, edit (resize) the duplicated shapes as required.
 * Picture fills in shapes can be transparent. You can fill a shape with a picture, right-click the picture inside the shape, and then choose the Format Picture option. On the Fill tab of the resultant Format Picture dialog box, apply a Transparency value from 0 to 100 percent. (The higher the percentage is, the more transparent the picture fill will be.)
 * Play with shadows and other effects to add more impact to picture-filled shapes.
 * Use a slide with a dark blue background and draw a hundred tiny stars on the slide. Fill them all with a blue-white picture fill. Then, set the stars to animate one after the other. This makes a great intermission slide.
 * Custom Animation -Select all – add effect – entrance – dissolve in – start – start after previous


 * Smart Art **

Working with Smart Art Graphics by Geetesh Bajaj

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Animations
PowerPoint 2010 Animations Tutorial

Slideshare
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Prezi
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Voicethread
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**Resources**
[|PowerPoint 2010 Quick Reference Card] [|PowerPoint 2010 Tips & Tricks] [|PowerPoint 2010 Free Professionally Designed Templates]

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