EMPOWERMENT LESSON

      MS OFFICE POWERPOINT 

• The original version of this program was created by Dennis austin and Thomas rudkin of Forethought, inc.           

DEFINITION 

• MS powerpoint is presentaion sofware developd by Microsoft

• MS powerpoint can be use in office, work, business presentation and educational purposes

 

FILE EXTENSION NAME

• PPT  /   lower version

• PPTX  /  higher version

 

 CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION

1. Minimize: To provide a clear message and to hold the audience's attention, keep the number of slides to a minimum.

2. Clarity: Don't be pretentious. Make use of readable font size and style.

3. Simplicity: To summarize information, use bullets, numbers, or brief sentences. Each slide should have no more than six lines with seven words per line. 6x7 rule.

4. Visuals: Don't overdo the graphics to avoid distracting your audience.

5. Consistency: make your desing uniform. 

6. Contrast: Pick a complementary color scheme.

RIBBON TAB

For efficiency, all of the commands you'll need to operate with a presentation are consolidated in one place.

USING HYPERLINKS

-an electronic link that offers immediate access from a single, clearly identified location.

WAYS TO INSERT HYPERLINKS IN MS POWERPOINT

1. Choose an item or underline a passage of text.

2. Use Ctrl + K Link Options or Insert > Hyperlinks:

a. Existing File or Web Page - adds a link to a local file or website in your
computer.

b. In this document, it generates a hyperlink that enables you to navigate to a particular slide.

Throughout your presentation

c. Make a New Document – makes a link that, when clicked, makes a new

document

d. An email address generates a hyperlink that launches Microsoft Outlook and adds

the new document's designated recipient.

3. If you are finished applying your hyperlink, click OK.

EMBEDDING FILE OR OBJECTS

EMBED

 
-to securely position or set something in another

Ways to embed a file or object in MS Powerpoint

1. Go to the insert tab.

2. On the text group click on Object

3.The insert Object dialog box would appear

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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