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PowerPoint Review Movies
After many years of successfully teaching people to build a PowerPoint presentation, I often have class members request to take a class over. When questioned why they felt they should invest the time again, the response is almost identical....
I'm rusty! I haven't built a presentation in so long, I have forgotten how!
This section is intended to address those issues.For those with a more recent PowerPoint training experience, the review exercises are suggested. For those with a faint memory of what a PowerPoint might do, the movie clips are suggested. Choose whichever you wish.
Branch to the review exercises or continue with movie clips
Movie Clips
This collection of movie 'snippets' was created with the idea that each might help you review some of the PowerPoint features you may have experienced in an earlier PowerPoint class. If a picture is worth a 1000 words, then a short movie clip may be worth millions!
The left column describes an action which needs reviewing. If you click on the file in the middle column, you will begin loading the movie to your computer to be launched for viewing. The right column gives you an idea of the type and size of the movie clip. Obviously, the larger files will take longer to load. The movie collection is in a state of transition. We are moving from the older 'exe' files to a newer 'wmv' files. Most of the wmv files are light and should cause no problems with viewing even through a slower connection. Check back for updates as we are working on updating all movie files..
The movie clips are categorized to help you find the movie type you are seeking. It will be important for you to set your monitor resolution for viewing. The minimum screen resolution is 800 x 600. If you appear to get some of the movie cut off the bottom, your display is set to 640 x 480. You may change your monitor's resolution by: (Using either Win 95/98/00/XP)
Note that when you link to a movie, your operating system (Win95/98/00/XP) may give you several opportunities to NOT open the movie. These are standard security measures when attempting to load a file that is an .exe type. Files of this type are easily identified by the file weight in the Size column. If the SIZE column has wmv, you should have not have any trouble launching the movie.
- Open the Control Panels (Open My Computer on the Desktop)
- Open the Display control panel
- Click on the settings tab
- Adjust the screen resolution to 800 x 600.
- Select OK
Should you find you have launched a movie by mistake, you may stop the viewing by pressing the escape key (ESC) on your keyboard.
Your version of Internet Explorer may allow you to either view OR save each picture. Netscape versions usually let you save the program for offline viewing. Sometimes users still experience difficulties. A 'work-around' solution may be to right-click on the link. Then save the movie to your computer. If you double-click on a movie, this should launch it for your viewing pleasure.
| To See How To: | Select the File: | Size |
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| Launch Powerpoint | launch | wmv |
| Select a background design | template | wmv |
| Select the layout for the presentation | auto layout | wmv |
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| Add bullets to a list | adding bullets | wmv |
| Align text in a cell using the toolbar | alignment | wmv |
| Change 'everything' about your text | change text | exe 246 |
| Change the size of your letters | increase/decrease | wmv |
| Change the color of your letters | font color | wmv |
| Promote and demote items in a list | promote/demote | exe 229 |
| Change fonts from the toolbar | change fonts | exe 186 |
| Change the look of bulleted items | bullets | exe 240 |
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| Add clipart to your slides | add clipart | wmv |
| Add clipart from the toolbar | add clipart-toolbar | exe 240 |
| Add picture from a file | insert picture | wmv |
| Add a graph to your slideshow | chart | exe 441 |
| Change the style of a graph | chart style | wmv |
| Change the colors in clipart | edit colors | wmv |
| Crop an image | crop | exe 252 |
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| Create slide transitions | transitions | wmv |
| Introduce motion to bulleted items | motion | wmv |
| Introduce motion to an image | moving image | exe 419 |
| Change the order of animated objects | order | exe 621 |
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| Create 3-dimentional shapes | draw 3D | wmv |
| Change the styles of arrows | arrows | exe 180 |
| Create many frequently used shapes | basic shapes | wmv |
| Create block arrows | block arrow | wmv |
| Create callouts in your presentation | callout | wmv |
| Create connectors between objects | connectors | exe 234 |
| Color in a drawn object | fill command | wmv |
| Change the background color | background | exe 328 |
| Group and ungroup objects | group/ungroup | exe 282 |
| Change the colors of lines | line color | wmv |
| Change the style of lines | line style | wmv |
| Change the stacking order of objects | stack order | exe 232 |
| Rotate objects on your slide | rotate | wmv |
| Add a shadow to drawn objects | shadow | wmv |
| Add color to a text box | text box | exe 172 |
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| Insert sound not in PowerPoint | sound files | wmv |
| Use clips that come with PowerPoint | sound clips | exe 321 |
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| Insert new slide from menu | new slide-menu | wmv |
| Insert new slide from toolbar | new slide-toolbar | wmv |
| Select different toolbars | toolbars | exe 174 |
| Sort the order of slides | sorting | exe 191 |
| Get different views from the menu | menu views | exe 294 |
| Get different views from the toolbar | toolbar views | exe 163 |
| Write on a slide during presentation | pen | exe 227 |
| Change color of pen for writing | pen color | exe 231 |
| Create a non-linear presentation | hyperlinks | exe 361 |
| Create links to other documents | external links | exe 482 |
| Create buttons for linking | buttons | exe 323 |