POWERPOINT
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Business Computing Tips
By K&K Fainges kfainges@bigpond.net.au
PowerPoint allows you to present information in a more exciting way.
You can make words speed across the screen, add sound and animation very
easily.
What makes it different from word is the ability to place things exactly
where you want them on the page and have them stay there. In order for this to
work though, you can not just type on to the page, you need to place text into
a text box first. Then type and format as necessary.
When you have filled one slide, go to INSERT then NEW SLIDE to add another
'slide' or page.
The special effects are added by clicking on SLIDESHOW, then CUSTOM
ANIMATION. Click on the things you want to animate. Then on the tab Order and
Timing. This gives you the order that things come on to the screen. Anything
you haven't ticked will appear on the page straight away. Then in order. You
can change the order by clicking on it in the lower box and hitting the down
or up arrows.
Then click on the Effects tab. This gives you several drop down boxes. To
chose an option, hit the down arrow for that box and scroll up and down, then
click on your choice. Then hit OK
To view your Slideshow, go to SLIDESHOW then VIEW SLIDESHOW. A click of the
mouse will bring you on to the next page.
You can even save it to the web by going to FILE then SAVE AS.
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Please feel free to pass it on to your friends, just let them know I wrote
it.
Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Cert of Vocational
and Educational Training. All this is nice but it's the 14 years of having to
make sales or starve that makes her think she has really learnt what does and
doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she specialises in helping people get
started on the long road to technology.
"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."
