Name: _________________________________
WFA Technology
My Favorites PowerPoint Part 1
Mr. Green
Directions: Follow steps below to set up first 3 slides of “My Favorites” PPT.
Starting Power Point
1. Click Start – Programs – Microsoft Power Point
1. When you start PowerPoint, PowerPoint displays the Title Slide in the Slide pane.
2. Click and type the title of your presentation "My Favorites”
3. Click and type a subtitle “By Your Name”
Create New Slides
4. To create a new slide Choose Home > New Slide> click on the down arrow.
5. The Slide Layout pane will appear, this provides you with slide templates you can
use when creating your PowerPoint presentation.
6. Choose Two Content layout from the Layouts
7. Click in the title and type: My Favorite Foods
8. Click in the Bullets and List 3 of your favorite foods
Working with Clip Art and Pictures:
9. Click on the face icon to pull up clipart, insert a clip art of one of your favorite
foods
Apply a Design Template
10. Design templates provide attractive backgrounds for your PowerPoint slides. To
apply a design template go to the Design tab and choose a design template
11. Right-click on the template. A menu will appear. Choose Apply to All Slides.
12. Select the New Slide button from the toolbar
13. Select the Two Content Layout
14. Click in the Title and type: My Favorite Sport
15. Click in the Bullets and type in 2 of your favorite sports:
16. Click on the face to insert clip art and search on a sport picture
To change text size and color go to the Home Tab
For Spell Check go to the Review Tab
Outline and Slides Tab
Follow the steps below to see the different presentation views
Use the Slides tab to view thumbnails of your slide.
Click the Outline tab to view the text of your presentation as an outline.
Slide Sorter View
1. Choose View > Slide Sorter from the menu to move to Slide Sorter view.
Double-click a slide to return to Normal view
Save your Power Point as “My Favorites” to your student ID folder.
WFA Technology
Mr. Green
My Favorites PowerPoint Part 2
Directions: Follow the steps below to set up the next 3 slides of “My Favorites”
Power Point.
Open up “My Favorites”
1. Add a New Slide
2. Choose Two Content layout from the Layouts
3. Add the title “My Favorite Music Artist”
4. Click on Insert – Word Art
5. Add the name or group name Ex. “Usher”
6. Delete the text box by clicking on it and hit delete
7. Locate a picture of your favorite music artist on the internet and save to your 890#
8. Click on mountain icon (Insert picture from file), locate your picture and insert it
9. Double click on the picture, go to Format tab, choose an artistic effect and
picture styles
Pictures as Backgrounds
10. Add a new slide
11. Choose Title and Content layout from the Layouts
12. Click in the Title and type: My Favorite TV Shows
13. Click in the bullets and type in 3 of your favorite TV shows
14. Locate a picture on the internet of 1 of your favorite TV shows and save to your
890#
15. Go to Design Tab and Choose Background Styles then Format Background
16. Under Fill click on Picture or texture fill
17. Choose Insert from File, locate your picture and click insert
18. Click on Hide Background Graphics then choose Close to apply to that slide (You
may need to play around with your font color to be able to see it)
Background Colors
19. Add a new slide
20. Choose Title and Content layout
21. Click in the Title and type: My Favorite Movie
22. Click in the bullet and type in 1 of your favorite movies
23. Go to Design Tab and Choose Background Styles then Format Background
24. Click in Solid Fill then click on Color to choose a color
25. Click on Close to apply to that Slide
Save your Power Point as “My Favorites”
WFA Technology
My Favorites PowerPoint Part 3
Mr. Green
Directions: Follow the steps below to set up the last 3 slides of “My Favorites”
Power Point.
Open up “My Favorites”
1. Add a New Slide
2. Choose Title and Content from the Layout section
3. Click and type the title of your slide "My Favorite Animal”
4. Click and list your favorite animal
5. Locate a picture from the internet of your favorite animal
6. Insert the picture as a background
Inserting Smart Art
7. Add a New Slide
8. Choose Title Only Layout
9. Click and type the title of your slide “My Favorite Classes”
10. Click on Insert - Smart Art
11. Click on List and choose Vertical Bullet List (2nd row)
12. In the top boxes add the name of your favorite classes
13. In the bullets list 1 reason why you like each of the classes
Animated Clips
14. Add a new slide
15. Select the Title Only Layout
16. Click in the Title and type: The End
17. Choose Insert – Video – Clip Art Video
18. Choose an animated clip
19. To see the clip move you must be go to Slide Show – From Current Slide
Save as My Favorites
WFA Technology
My Favorites PowerPoint Part 4
Mr. Green
Directions: Follow the steps below to add animation and transition to “My
Favorites” Power Point.
Open up “My Favorites”
Slide Transition – how slides move from one slide to the next
1. Go to the Transitions Tab
2. Click on the transitions to see which one you like
3. Under Timing you can set up your slide show to advance
automatically after a certain amount of time or on mouse
click.
4. Click Apply to All once you have your transition chosen
Animation – gives motion to text, pictures, and other content on your slides
5. Go to Slide 1 and select the text or object you want to animate
(Click on the text or picture to select it)
6. Go to the Animations tab and select an animation
7. Click on Preview to see what your slide will look like
8. To specify the timing of the effects, on the Animations tab,
use the commands in the Timing group.
9. Go through each slide and add animation to 1 item
To view your slide show Click on Slide Show – From Beginning
Save your changes and show your teacher for a grade