PowerPoint Slide Show

Goals

Design and produce a quality PowerPoint presentation. Boost a presentation with elaborate transitions and animations. Adapt a slideshow to a target audience. Use presenter view efficiently.

Prerequisite

Basic Windows and PowerPoint knowledge.

Contents

The different transition types

• Apply a transition on one, or all slides
• Apply a transition sound
• Delete a transition

The different animation types

• Entrance effects
• Emphasis effects
• Exit effects
• Motion paths

Apply an animation effect

• Cumulate multiple effects on the same object
• Customize the animation effects
• Use the animation pane
• Copy an animation effect on another object

Play sounds and movies

• Play in background
• Play full screen

Preparing the slide show

• Set up slide show:
  • Using timings
  • Play narrations
• Configure an automatic slide show

Project slide show

• Launch slide show
• Set animations/slides to scroll
• Zoom into the slide
• Laser pointer
• Annotate a slide during slide show

Slide show control

• The slide navigator
• Reach a specific slide

Presenter view

• Configure the presenter view

Custom shows

• Adapt a slideshow to a target audience
  • Creating and using custom slide shows

Ergonomics for the presenter

• Sections
• Hidden slides and hidden objects
• Hyperlinks
• Action buttons

A few tips:

• Using fonts and colours
• Transitions and animations: recommendations and prohibitions
• Automate and standardize presentations
• Differences in design between a printed and a projected presentation