Monday, September 3, 2007

Week 3 Powerpoint 14/08/2007

This week we learnt how to work with Microsoft Powerpoint. This is a program that can be very effective and useful with presentations.

In the lecture, these were the main points addressed:

  1. There are three main types of presentations - Self Contained, Written and Stand and Deliver.
  • Self Contained presentations inlcude of examples such as Web Pages, CD-ROM and Videos.

  • Written Presentations include of Essays and Paper related presentations and

  • Stand and Deliver presentations include of Oral Presentations.

Furthermore, in the lecture it was discussed that all presentations in the form of informative speeches have three parts. These are :

  • Introduction
  • Body and
  • Conclusion

In addition to that, a presentation can be made to look more professional by using audio and/or visual aids. By doing so, a presenter can make his/her presentation look more professional and engage the audience into the talk.

To begin with how to open Powerpoint,

- click start
-programs
-microsoft office
-microsoft powerpoint

below is a step by step guide with a print screen:



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after having done so, your next screen should open with the actual powerpoint program. Below is a print screen showing what the program looks like when opened:



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The things we learnt about powerpoint this week were:

-creating slides with written information on them
- shortcuts that can be used e.g.

CONTROL M = New slide

CONTROL N = Launch new powerpoint

CTRL Y = redo

CTRL Z= undo

F5 = slide show from start

SHIFT + F5 = slide from current slide

F12 = Save As

Furthermore, the workshop activities required us to make a powerpoint presentation of a biographical nature in which would be included :

- A title slide

-An introductory slide

- Atleast 3 "main body" slides

- Summary slide and

- Graphics and 1 animation effect that would enhance the presentation.

Below are the screen shots of the powerpoint presentation that I had created.

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