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This Week's Topic

PowerPoint® Power Tips
Microsoft PowerPoint is the standard software program used for developing overheads. This week we will cover five “power” tips, featuring powerful or unusual PowerPoint functions and resources.

This Week's Tips

PowerPoint Presentation Design Templates (Monday)
Use the presentation design templates to design your overheads. You’ll save time, labor, and mouse clicks. To access these templates, select the Format menu, then Apply Design Template.

PowerPoint Time Savers (Tuesday)
Here are two great time savers: Make global design changes on the master slide, rather than changing each slide individually. Save your favorite presentations as templates for future use.

Download your free Overhead PowerPoint Template today!

PowerPoint Capabilities (Wednesday)
Here are a few ways to take advantage of PowerPoint's capabilities: Create your lecture in MSWord® and then open it in PowerPoint (Outline view). PowerPoint will recognize all MSWord formatting. Change letter case (uppercase, sentence case, etc.) by highlighting the desired text and selecting Change Case in the Format menu. Print slides in black and white by selecting Black and White on the Print set-up screen.

PowerPoint and Tables (Thursday)
Save time and effort by copying and pasting tables into PowerPoint from MSWord® or Excel®. Design your table in Word or Excel. Copy the table, then open your PowerPoint file and insert a blank slide. In PowerPoint, select Paste from the Edit menu. Right click your mouse on the table to edit and format it.

Download your free Onscreen PowerPoint Template today!

PowerPoint Student Handouts and Speaker Notes (Friday)
When you lecture, give your students handouts and use speaker notes for yourself. PowerPoint handouts allow your students to take notes alongside printouts of your overhead slides. PowerPoint speaker notes display your overhead slides, accompanied by any notes you've entered for your own reference. (You can also provide students with your speaker notes, for their own reference.) Format handouts and speaker notes by selecting Master from the View menu, and then selecting Handout Master or Notes Master.




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