PowerPoint Tip - visit http://www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp for freeViewers and converters (even if your students do not have MS Office, they can still view Word, PowerPoint and other Office files).

You need to choose your favorite children's book. You will create a PowerPoint presentation based on that topic (you will discuss the theme, author, characters, supporting material, maybe a slide describing what the time period of the book was like, a map of the book geography, etc.)

1. Start PowerPoint (click the Start Menu, open Programs and look for PowerPoint).
2. Click on the blank presentation option and click OK.
3. We will use the outline feature to help us setup the basic structure of our presentation. Click cancel on the slide layout.
4. From the View Menu choose Outline. You can use outline mode to create slides and text quickly. The first slide should be a title. You can change it later. Type in a title and press the Enter key.
5. The next slide will appear. We do not want a new slide yet, we want to have another textbox on the first slide. We need to DEMOTE. The Demote button is on the left toolbar and looks like a blue arrow pointing to the right. Click it once. The new slide symbol disappears.
6. Type the author's name. Press the Enter key.
7. Type in your name and press the Enter key.
8. Now we want to start a new slide. We need to PROMOTE. The Promote button is on the left toolbar and looks like a blue arrow pointing to the left. Click it once. The new slide symbol (slide 2) will appear. Type Overview. Press the Enter Key.
9. Demote and type a general statement. Press the enter key. Type another general statement. Press the enter key.
10. Press the Promote key.
11. On slide 3 type Central Theme and Press the Enter key.
12. On slide 4 type Characters and Press the Enter key.
13. On slide 5 type Setting and press the Enter key.
14. Add at least three more slides dealing with your book.
15. Now switch back to slide view (from the slide menu or the view buttons in the lower left corner).
16. Make sure you are saving your presentation.

Sometimes you want certain features the same for every slide. The Master Slide is the template for your slide show. What happens to my slides when I change the master? There are two masters for every presentation - a slide master and a title master. The slide master controls the formatting on all slides. When you change any formatting on the slide master, such as when you increase the font size, the same change is made to the title master.

If you apply a new design template, modify the color or size of slide titles, or change the background color on the slide master, all slides reflect the change. If you add a graphic to the slide master, it appears on every slide. Likewise, if you modify the layout of the title master, the slides you've designated as title slides also change.

However, if you create unique slides for example, slides with backgrounds that differ from the master or fill colors that aren't part of the master color scheme, these slides retain their uniqueness even when you change the master. If you change your mind later, you can always restore a master format to slides you altered. For example, if you've hidden background items on a slide, you can display them again by clicking Background on the Format menu, and then clearing the Omit background graphics from master check box.

1. Click the View Menu and choose Master. Click on Slide Master.
2. Change the bullet type for the first level bullet.
3. Click on the Title object. Make sure you have dots around the title box. Select a different size, color and font type for the title.
4. Click in the middle footer box at the bottom of the slide and drag over the word footer. Add a quick title for the presentation.
5. Add a clipart graphic.
6. Right click on the graphic and choose Format Picture. Click the picture tab and click the drop-down menu for Image Control. You can choose watermark.
7. You can also add textboxes to have text appear on every slide.
8. Change back to slide view.

1. If you change the text or basic formatting on a slide, you can reapply the basic master slide formatting. Go to slide 2 and change the color of the title and the size.
2. Open the Format Menu and choose Slide Layout. The slide type will be highlighted already. Click Reapply. This will not restore things like background changes.
3. Change the background color on slide 2.
4. From the View Menu choose Master and go to Slide Master.
5. Change the background color. Click the apply button.
6. Switch back to slide sorter view. Notice how all of the slides changed except the one you had changed.
7. Click on new slide. The new slide will have the background color.
8. To apply the background color to ALL slides when you have changed slides, click the Apply to All button in the Master view.

1. In slide view, display the slide you want to change. We will change the third slide.
2. On the Format menu, click Background.
3. Select the Omit background graphics from Master check box.
4. Click Apply to have your change affect only the current slide.

1. You can set all of the colors for the different parts of a slide in one place.
2. Go to the last slide and insert a new blank slide.
3. Open the Format Menu and choose Slide Color Scheme.
4. You can choose one that is created (Standard) or create a Custom Scheme.
5. Click on the Custom Scheme and create a color scheme.
6. Apply will apply to the current slide, apply to all is like changing the master.

You can use elements other than text and graphics to design slides.

1. Go to your Characters Slide. Delete the Title box at the top (the one that says Characters).
2. Click on the WordArt button (looks like a tilted capital blue A on the Drawing toolbar).
3. Choose a Word Art Style from the gallery. Then type in the word Characters.
4. You can change the size and move the WordArt just like a graphic. You can double click on the WordArt to change the text. The WordArt toolbar has other features such as changing colors, styles, orientation and more.
5. Click the AutoShapes button (on the Drawing Toolbar). Choose a shape and click on the shape.
6. Move the mouse cursor to the middle of the slide below your WordArt title. Drag the mouse toward the lower left corner of the slide. The AutoShape will appear. Continue dragging until you have the size you desire and then let go of the mouse button. Point to the edge of the shape and right click, choose Add Text from the menu (if a menu appears without the Add Text command, left click outside of the menu and try right-clicking again until the correct menu appears).
7. Add in a character name. You can right-click on the AutoShape and choose Format AutoShape to change color and other properties.
8. Add your other characters. Create more slides if needed.

1. Using the format commands and the web sites below (or your own) fill in information on the slides you created. You need to have your basic presentation finished by the beginning of the next workshop.
2. Make sure you add slide transitions and animations to your slides. For this class we will use the sounds provided. Next class we discuss how to import sounds.

http://www.capemaytech.net/ettc/links/languagearts.html - The ETTC's English links page

http://www.thebookportal.com - a book search tool

http://www.bookhive.org - a guide to children's literature

http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/cs/readinglibrary/index.htm - list of links for kid books

http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/library/blreadhelp.htm - reading help links

http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/cs/authorspages/index.htm - a list of authors and links to web sites about the author

http://kidslangarts.about.com/kids/kidslangarts/cs/books1/index.htm - list of book sites for kids

http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/People_and_Society/Biography/Authors - list of author biography web sites

http://www3.sympatico.ca/alanbrown/kids.htm - a site for kids who love books (maintained by a Canadian school teacher).

http://directory.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/English/Literature/Mythology_and_Folklore - some links for mythology sites

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/litweb.html - The Literary Web, a hypermedia guide to literary resources available on the World Wide Web. The Literary Web is geared toward readers of fiction and poetry

http://www.uno.edu/~edci/reading.htm - extensive list of reading and English links

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit - another good list of literary links

http://www.harperchildrens.com/hch (they have great sites such as the "Chronicles of Narnia" site) - Harper-Collins Publisher Children's site

• Templates and designs
• Inserting slides from one presentation into another
• Importing sounds
• Finding Movies and putting movies in your presentation
• Creating navigation buttons
• Adding web hyperlinks and making your presentation viewable on the web
• A look at charts and organizational slides
• Formatting tricks

last updated April 2, 2002

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