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Start Power Point from your
programs menu.
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Choose blank presentation
from your start up menu, then select OK.
Create a Title Page Using WordArt:
You are going to make a title page for your
slide show. The first thing you will create is the title and you
will use WordArt to accomplish this.
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Find the blue capital A
on your WordArt
toolbar. If you don't see it, click view on your standard toolbar,
select toolbars, then select WordArt. The toolbar looks like this:
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Choose the font style and
size that you want for your text.
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Place your cursor in the
Text box and type the title of your slide show "Cruising Around
Pahokee," then click OK. Notice that small white boxes appear
around the text. You can resize your text by holding down the
left mouse button and dragging your text till you get it the size
you want. You can also move the text around the page by moving
your cursor around your text until an arrow appears. This lets
you know that if you now hold down the left mouse button, it will
allow you to move the text instead of resize it. Now you will
experiment with formatting the WordArt text. Right click on your
text, then choose format WordArt. A box will open with several
options to choose from.
You may at any time edit your WordArt object to add
or change the words from the original. Just double-click the object
to reopen the dialog box, place your mouse cursor at the point in
the text that has to be changed. When finished click on the OK button.
Reposition the object attractively on your document if necessary.
When you click on the WordArt, you are selecting it. When you select
the WordArt, the WordArt toolbar will appear:
The Shape button on the WordArt toolbar says ABC
on the face of the icon. When you click on it, a grid of 40 different
shapes appears.
You can select a different shape for your WordArt object by
clicking on the shape you wish to change your WordArt to. Click
the WordArt object to make it active and then click the icon with
the paint can and brush. See that the first tab is selected that
says Colors and Lines.
The next step is to drop down the arrow next to the color box
in the Fill portion of the dialog box (upper-third). As you can
easily see, this format box controls just about everything you would
want to do with this object.
Choose a Preset color arrangement from the Gradient
tab of the dialog box. Experiment with several until you find one
that suits you.
Choose the Texture tab. Choose a texture from the
list. There are 24 different textures for you to try.
The Patterns tab of the Fill Effects dialog box allows
you to play not only with color for the foreground and background,
but pattern lines as well.
The last dialog box is for Pictures to be used as
fills.
You can change the Shadow shape, color and line color
very easily. On the Drawing toolbar you'll see on the far right end
two icons that deal with Shadow 
and 3-D 
. Select your
WordArt object then choose the shadow icon.
The pop-up menu (below), will appear for you to select
a shadow type to suit your need.
If you select the Shadow Settings... button at the
bottom you will be given more choices to use and a lot more control.
There may be times when your shadow color would be more appropriate
if it matched the color used in the background instead of the silver
color that is defaulted. More Shadow Colors... gives you more colors
to work with than you'll ever be able to use!
Choose More Shadow Colors... to pick a different
shade if you choose.
The 3-D feature will change the look of your work
and allows you to be a little more creative. Be sure to select the
WordArt object then click on the 3-D button
on the Drawing toolbar. Next choose the direction and amount of extrusion
desired for your object.
You may wish to experiment with the lighting (angle
of direct light to create the 3-D effect) by clicking on the blue
lamp icon from the 3-D Settings toolbar.
There are 8 angles to choose from, each will be demonstrated
on the center cube. You may also choose Bright, Normal or Dim lighting.
(The ways to tweak this puppy are almost endless; so don't get too
carried away.) You may choose a color for your extruded portion as
well as the face of the object, more fun for you!
Experiment with the fill colors and fill
effects choice to see how it effects your text. Also experiment
with the size and position options to see how your text changes.
Inserting Text Boxes:
Now you will insert two text boxes that
will display the words "by" and "your name."
Adding A Background To Your Slide:
The next thing you will do is add a background
to the title slide.
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Choose format from the standard
toolbar, then select background.
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Locate the blank line at
the bottom of the slide. Click on the arrow to open a selection
list. Look at the fill effects option first, then the colors to
find the right background for your presentation. When you have
found the background you want, click the apply button, not the
apply to all because we only want the background to appear on
the title page.
Adding Transitions:
You will now add transitions to your WordArt
and the two text boxes to give your presentation a more professional
look.
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Click on the WordArt text
box to activate it.
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Select Slide Show, and then
Preset Animation. The custom animation box will open.
- Make sure the Effects tab is selected.
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You will need to select the
text you want to apply the transition. Place
a checkmark in the box beside the text boxes until you find the
box that places small white boxes around the word by. (The above
example shows picture frame 3 selected which represents the flower
graphic.) When you place a checkmark in the box beside the text,
it will unlock the effects panel.
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Choose several different
effects to see how each look by clicking on the preview button
after each selection.
Apply Order and Timing
to Slide Presentation:
Set your presentation to run by itself without
you having to click on the mouse to change slides by following the
directions below:
- Make sure that you have the Timing tab selected.
- Under Slide objects without animation, double-click the objects
you want to animate.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of Animation Order
to change the sequence in which objects will appear (move objects
up or down in the list).
- Under Start Animation set the timing (when objects will appear).
- Select each object and then do one of the following:
- Under Check to animate slide objects, put a checkmark in
the box next to the objects you want to animate.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of Animation Order
to change the sequence in which objects will appear (move objects
up or down in the list).
- Under Start Animation set the timing (when objects will
appear).
- Select each object and then do one of the following:
- To start the animation by clicking the object, select
the On mouse click option.
- To start the animation automatically, select the Automatically
option, and then enter the number of seconds you want to
have elapse since the previous animation.
Inserting a New Slide:
Now you will insert a new slide that will
contain the graphics that represent a cruise through Pahokee. Your
entire slide show will contain your title page along with four slides.
You will save these graphics to your student folder (right click
on image, chose save as, then type in the name you assign to the
graphic). You want to choose things that are representative of this
area (corn fields, rabbits, the marina, the lake, sky diving, etc.)
Some useful web sites are:
You can also do a search for your graphics
by name (car graphics, palm tree animated gifs, etc.) by going to
Yahoo.com of Google.com web page and typing your search word in
the search box.
To insert a slide into a presentation:
The Drawing Toolbar:
You will now become aquatinted with your drawing toolbar.
To make sure it is open, click view, and if a check appears by drawing
toolbar, it is open in your program. The drawing toolbar is usually
located at the bottom of your screen. This is what you should see:
You will first create a road like the image below:
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First, click the rectangle on your drawing toolbar,
then drag the rectangle to fit across you slide.
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Click the arrow by the fill button to choose the color
of your road, then click in the rectangle to fill it with color.
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Now you will create small rectangles to represent the
lines in the road. Fill these lines with a yellow color. When
you have the road the way you want it, you will group them together
so the road becomes one.
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While holding down your shift key, click all the rectangle
to select them, then right click, chose grouping, the select group.
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Now try to move the road. All the rectangles have become
one object. If you want to edit them in the future, right click
again on the road, select grouping, then select ungroup.
Next, find a car graphic and insert it on
your page. You don't have to have an animated car because you can
apply the transition of having the car move across the page. When
you have your car graphic in place, continue applying graphics that
represents the surroundings in Pahokee. You will continue adding
three more slides, representing three different scenes you might
see in town. For example, one slide could represent the airport
where skydivers are filling the sky. Another slide could be of the
Pahokee Marina and campground where you would use boats, fishing,
etc. to represent activities that take place there. Use the different
features on the drawing toolbar to add your own art work to the
page. Every student will have a different slide show, representing
different scenery's in Pahokee. When you have all your slides and
transitions in place, you will need to set the slide timing in order
to control the time a slide appears on the page.
Rehearse Timing:
Follow the below directions to set the timing
on your entire slide show presentation:
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Click on the Slide Sorter
View button located at the bottom left side of your screen
(it has four squares on the button).
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Click Slide 1, then
click the Rehearse Timing button (the button that looks
like a alarm clock) on the Slide Sorter toolbar. A small timing
box appears in the lower-left corner of the screen with a current
accumulated time for the slide. You can click the timing box or
the slide to accept the time and continue to the next slide.
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Click each slide to
give it a slide time
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Click Yes to record
the new slide timings
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Click View on the
menu bar, click Slide Show. Your slide show should proceed
with the timing you have entered
The last thing you need to do
is add some cruising music to your file. Save the midi file below
and embed it in your presentation.
Save and close the presentation.
on the drawing toolbar to open the text box which will hold these
words. If you don't see this button, click view on your standard
toolbar, then select toolbars, then drawing from your selection
list. 
on
the standard toolbar. 