Creating a Presentation in PowerPoint
 Sample Presentation Power Point 2000 (cat)
Sample Power Point 2000 Presentation #2 (yellow)

Sample Power Point 2003
Sample Backgrounds Power Point 2003
Sample Steps to Beginning Power Point 2003

A.D.H.D. Power Point

1)      Three ways to get started using Power Point 2000:

a)      Auto Content Wizard
i)         Gives step by step help with program & presentation ideas
ii)        Can get back to this by File: – AutoContent Wizard: or the Presentation: tab

b)      Design Template
i)         Provides you with different preset backgrounds

c)      Blank Presentation
i)         You are on your own to create the background of your choice and your own information
ii)        This is what we teach our students

2)      If using a Blank Presentation:

a)      First choose a background

i)         Go to Format: - Background: click on the black triangle (points down) and select a color,          more colors or fill effects

ii)        If you choose fill effects – you will get 4 choices:
    (1)    Gradient
        (a)    Lots of choices of blending colors for special effects J
   (2)   Texture
        (a)    Some different looks like marble, sand, water, rug etc
    (3)    Pattern
        (a)    These can get a bit busy. I don’t recommend these unless used with light colors
    (4)    Picture
        (a)    You already need to have a picture saved in My Pictures to do this
        (b)   Press Select Picture: find your picture and select it

iii)     Now select Apply to All or Apply
    (1)    It is best to have your slides uniform so Apply to All is the best choice

b)      Now you are ready to add your text, pictures and graphics:
i)         Go to Insert – New Slide and choose the style slide you want

c)      Now you are ready to type your information:
i)         To delete a text box you need first to reshape it then click on it to delete it using the backspace key

d)      To add clip art you can copy and paste from the internet or go to Insert – Picture – Clip Art or From File

e)      To add graphic organizers or graphs:
i)         Copy and paste from Inspiration and/or Excel
ii)        Or use their webbing and graphing

f)        To add animation to text, clipart and graphics go to Slideshow –
i)         Preset Animation
    (1)    You will get 13 choices but you will get fewer options
ii)        Custom Animation
    (1)    Opens a window of many choices
            (a)    Select the Order & Timing
            (b)   Mouse click or automatic after _:_ seconds
            (c)    Effects – entry and sound
            (d)   Chart effects
            (e)    Multimedia Settings

g)      To add transitions go to Slideshow –
i)         Slide Transition
    (1)    42 choices
    (2)    speed: slow, medium or fast
    (3)    on mouse click or automatically after _:_ sec.
    (4)    Sound – 19 choices
    (5)    Apply to all or Apply (Apply is for that slide only)

Notes by: Jan Crounse
Technology Specialist

Last Updated: 3-16-05