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POWERPOINT 2016: TIPS

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August 15, 2018

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................... 2
POWERPOINT NAVIGATION ...................................................................................................................... 3
VIEW BUTTONS ........................................................................................................................................... 4
THEMES AND TEMPLATES........................................................................................................................ 4
THEMES ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
WSU DESIGN TEMPLATES ........................................................................................................................... 4
APPLYING A DESIGN TO AN EXISTING PRESENTATION .................................................................................... 5
COLOR PALLETS AND FONTS........................................................................................................................ 5
THE MASTER SLIDE ................................................................................................................................... 6
SMARTART .................................................................................................................................................. 7
IMAGES ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
ANIMATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 9
APPLYING ANIMATIONS TO OBJECTS............................................................................................................. 9
ADJUSTING ANIMATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 9
PREVIEW ANIMATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 10
TRANSITIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 11
PRINT SPEAKERS NOTES AND HANDOUTS ......................................................................................... 12
EXPORT OPTIONS .................................................................................................................................... 12
INSPECTION OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................. 13
EXTENDING DISPLAYS ............................................................................................................................ 14
SHORTCUTS .............................................................................................................................................. 14
FREQUENTLY USED SHORTCUTS ................................................................................................................ 14
FORMATTING SHORTCUTS.......................................................................................................................... 15
PRESENTATION COMMANDS ....................................................................................................................... 15
WSU MICROSOFT OFFICE POWER USER PROGRAM ......................................................................... 15

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POWERPOINT NAVIGATION

1. Title Bar: identifies the name of the current presentation

2. Ribbon: contains most of the commands needed for working with a PowerPoint
presentation. The ribbon is divided into tabs according to groups of commands.
3. Thumbnails: enables quick navigation.
4. Notes Pane: for creating speaker notes for the presentation.
5. Scroll Bars: Along the right side and bottom. Use the scroll bars to display areas
of the view the window is not displaying.
6. Status Bar: Displays information regarding the Design of the current
presentation as well as the current slide number.
7. Quick Access Tool Bar: Quick commands that can be customized.

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View Buttons

1. Normal View: This view is used for most slide development.

2. Slide Sorter: View most of the slides in the presentation at once.
3. Slide Show: Display the slide show. This view removes all the toolbars and
development objects and displays the slide at full screen size.

THEMES AND TEMPLATES

Themes
Themes can be accessed upon initially opening PowerPoint, or by going to Design Tab
 Themes. Themes may be changed at any time during the creation of a PowerPoint
Presentation.

WSU Design Templates

Wichita State University has several templates for employee use made by Strategic
Communications. To access these templates:
1. Go to: [Link]/visualstandards
2. In the navigation, select Powerpoint Templates
3. Download the desired template.
4. Open the template in Powerpoint,
5. Go to File  Save As
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 6. Click Browse
7. Under File Type, select PowerPoint Template

Applying a Design to an Existing Presentation

Sometimes a presentation needs to be refreshed to use again in a different setting. It is
a good idea to change the design as well as some of the text in the presentation
1. Open the presentation
2. Select the Design Tab
3. Choose a Theme from the Gallery.
 Many Themes have color variations
4. Browse through the presentation and make adjustments as necessary.

Color Pallets and Fonts

Each theme comes with a color and font set, but this can easily be adjusted.
1. Go to Design Tab
2. Click the dropdown arrow to the lower right of the Variants group

Select from the preset color or font sets, or customize through the last option in each
dropdown.

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THE MASTER SLIDE
Changing the Master Slide will change the default for all slides in the presentation.
1. Go to View Tab, and select Slide Master

2. Scroll all the way to the top on the left to make changes to all slides, or select a
specific slide type (e.g. Title and Content) to just change one style.

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 3. When finished, in the ribbon, go to the Slide Master tab, and click Close Master
View.

SMARTART
SmartArt, also a feature in Word, is a great way to add some visual variety to a
presentation. Consider using this option if the presentation has several lists.
1. Select the list
2. Go to Home Tab  Paragraph Group  Convert to SmartArt

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 3. Select from one of the SmartArt Layout options
4. Two contextual tabs appear for SmartArt. Note the ability to alter colors and
apply SmartArt Styles.

 SmartArt can also be created from the Insert Tab  Illustrations Group, or
from the quick button in the Content section of certain slides (e.g. Title and
Content).

IMAGES
Images may be inserted through the quick buttons in the
content section of certain slides, or through Insert Tab
 Images Group. There are a couple options:
1. Pictures: Inserts a picture from the local
computer
2. Online Pictures: searches Bing for Creative
Commons Pictures
Once an image is inserted, the Picture Tools contextual tab appears. In this tab, there
are options to:

1. Correct and alter color and apply artistic effects

2. Compress large pictures, reset an image that has had alterations applied
3. Apply a picture style
4. Crop an image

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ANIMATIONS
Applying Animations to Objects
Applying animations to your objects is a great way to bring your presentation to life. You
can animate any object in Powerpoint; text, images, tables, etc. To do so:
1. Select the object.
2. Go to the Animations Tab in the ribbon.
3. Explore the options in the dropdown menu.
A. Entrance animations are actions the objects will perform upon entering the
presentation.
B. Emphasis animations happen after the object is already present.
C. Exit animations happen as the object leaves the slide.
D. You may select more than one animation for any object.
Adjusting Animations
After you have created animations, you have more control from the Animation Pane. In
the Animations Tab, click on “Animation Pane” to access this pane.

From the Animation Pane, you can:

1. Quickly view the animations assigned to a slide.
2. Adjust the order of the animations (via drop down)

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 3. Decide how to activate the animation; by mouse click, or after a certain
amount of time.

4. Choose a duration of time.

5. Keep in mind that you can adjust timing (speed up or slow down)
animations, along with many other options, in the Animations Tab.

Preview Animations
At any time, you can preview animations for a slide, by clicking “Preview” in the
Animations Tab.

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TRANSITIONS
Transitions are another excellent way to bring your presentation to life. To add a
transition to a slide:
1. Go to the Transitions tab in the ribbon.
2. Many options are present in the ribbon, but you can also expand the options by
clicking on the arrow in the lower right of the transition group.

3. Once an option is selected, preview it by clicking “Preview” in the Transitions Tab

.
4. Keep in mind that you can adjust the duration (speed up or slow down)
transitions, along with other options in the Transitions Tab.

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  Notice how there is an option to advance the slide after a certain amount of time,
rather than on a mouse click. This is an excellent setting to use if the final
document will be exported as a video (see Export Options section).

PRINT SPEAKERS NOTES AND HANDOUTS

Notes pages include the slide along with any notes that were typed in the notes section.
The notes section will print below the slide and utilize one piece of paper per slide.
Handouts can be printed with two, three, four, six or nine slides per page.
8. From the File tab, select Print.
9. Under the Print What heading locate Handouts.
10. Set the number of handouts as desired. Notice that portrait and landscape
became active.
11. There are also color options.
A. Color.
B. Grayscale – this is recommended when printing without color.
C. Pure black and white.

EXPORT OPTIONS
There are several options available for exporting a document in PowerPoint. Most
frequently used export options are PDF and Video. To access the Export options go to
File  Export.

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INSPECTION OPTIONS
There are three inspection options in PowerPoint (and many Microsoft Office programs).
To see these options, Go to File  Check for Issues

Inspect Document: This option is a great general check for a document before
publishing. It will check for possible issues like, author information, printer information,
picture crop information, headers and footers, and much more.
Check Accessibility: Checking for accessibility is very important. Your audience may
be accessing your document with a screen reader, and this check will help ensure that
they will be able to access all the various elements.
 Missing Alt Text is a common error. Alt Text is the text that will be read to
somebody accessing a document with a screen reader to describe
pictures and other elements.
 Remember that for most programs, Alt text may be found in a right click
menu (Format Picture, or table properties are a couple examples).

Check Compatibility: This will inspect the document for compatibility across older
versions of Excel and tell users possible issues that could arise with newer features
(e.g. slicers).

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EXTENDING DISPLAYS
When presenting with only one screen and viewing the
presenter view with notes is preferred, computer settings
may be altered to allow the presenter to treat the projector
as an extension of the podium display.
1. Go to Desktop
2. Right click on the desktop and select Display
Settings

3. Under Multiple Displays, change the setting from

Mirrored to Extend these Displays

SHORTCUTS
Frequently Used Shortcuts
Frequently used Microsoft shortcuts Key Command
Open a document Ctrl+0
Create new Ctrl+N
Save a document Ctrl+S
Copy Ctrl+C
Paste Ctrl+V
Undo Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y
Cut Ctrl+X
Close a document Ctrl+W

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Formatting Shortcuts
Formatting Key Command
Italicize text Ctrl+I
Bold text Ctrl+B
Underline Text Ctrl+U
Strikethrough Ctrl+5
Align Left Ctrl+L
Align Center Ctrl+E
Align Right Ctrl+R

Presentation Commands
During Presentation Key Command
Next Slide Page down or Enter or Mouse Click, or
Right Arrow
Previous Slide Page up or Left Arrow
Stop Show Esc
See list of key commands F1
Start Show F5, or Slide Show Button

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