Creating a Power Point Story Book

Creating a Storybook in Microsoft Word

Creating a Storybook Video

You will create a book that will tell the story of a survivor of the Unnamed Storm. The book will be created in Microsoft Word and will be printed and bound in book form. The final product, the printed book, will then be judged and first, second, and third place awards will be presented for the best overall presentation of the topic.

First create a story in Word in normal mode. Complete writing the story then you will then format it into a storybook.

Once your story is finished, you will then format the document into a folded booklet or storybook layout. With your story open, follow the steps below:

Click File > Page Setup.

On the Margins tab set your options to what is shown below:

Click OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.

Click Insert > Break:

Insert Break

At the Break dialog box select Section break type > Next Page:

Now select all the text in the document and fully justify. To select all the text hold down the left mouse and drag over the text. Click the fully justify format options on the Formatting toolbar.

Now you should have a blank first page that will be your book cover. Now we want to number just the text pages and not the cover so the second page will really be your first page. Follow the steps below to number your pages.

View >Headers & Footers:

View Headers and Footers

Click in the Footer Section of your first text page. It should look like the picture below:

On the Headers and Footer Toolbar click the Same as Previous button:

While your cursor is still in the Footer section of the first text page click Inert > Page Numbers:

At the Page Numbers dialog box make sure Alignment is Outside and the Show number on first page check box is checked. Click the Format button to open the Page Number Format dialog box:

At the Page Number Format dialog box click the Start at radio button and select 1.

Close the Header and Footer by clicking again on View >Headers and Footers. Now you are going to design the cover for your book. Click on the blank page that appears before page 1. Use WordArt and ClipArt to design your cover. Here is a cover I created:

Book Cover

Printing the document:

In the Print dialog box, select the Manual duplex check box. Word will print all of the pages that appear on one side of the paper, and then prompt you to turn the stack over and feed the pages again.

For Page range select All.

Print Booklet

Creating an Electronic Storybook in Power Point

Through the lens of , you will create an electronic storybook about the Unnamed Storm of 1928 that is appropriate for elementary school age children. Your will use Power Point to create an interactive book that will be both visually appealing as well as informative. You will use your previous knowledge of creating a Power Point Presentation, however, you will not use transition effects between slides.

To make your book interactive, you will use action buttons instead of automatic timing to move from slide to slide. This allows readers of all reading levels the ability to move from slide to slide at their own pace. You will also learn how to include information buttons that will allow students to visit a web page online for additional information.

Start by Opening Microsoft Power Point.
Choose a design template or create a master slide for your book presentation that follows a common theme.
Creating a title slide that will include the title, as well as your name as the author. You will use a title slide for each page. This is what will appear as the name of the slide on the Internet. You can not use WordArt in place of your title. You can use WordArt elsewhere on your slides. The title on each slide is outlined in red below:

Include a navigational button on the bottom of the first slide that when clicked on will go to the next slide. You will also include three additional buttons that will not be used for the first page, but will be activated on later pages. To include the navigational buttons, follow the steps below:
- Click AutoShapes on the Drawing Toolbar (usually located at the bottom of the screen), then select the next button circled with blue below. (You will also need to insert the additional buttons circled in red.) All four buttons will appear on each slide in your presentation.

Place the buttons at the bottom right on all your slides by clicking your left mouse button on the slide.
Make sure all your buttons are the same size and are located at the same place on each slide. To open the size dialog box, double click on the arrow. Click on the size tab and type in the same dimension for height and width for all of your arrows. To make the buttons appear at the same place on each slide, click the position tab and make sure all your buttons have the same location. Also, at this box you can change the arrows color theme. You can also click on the Web tab and type in text that describe the arrow (Ex: Beginning Slide, Last Slide, Previous Slide, Next Slide).
To activate all your buttons, follow the steps below:
- Right click on the button, choose hyperlink, then edit hyperlink.
- At the Edit Hyperlink dialog box, click the Hyperlink to drop down menu and select the appropriate selection for each button. The Edit Hyperlink dialog box is shown below:

The correct button selection should be:
- - Previous Slide
- - Next Slide
- - First Slide
- - Last Slide
Notice that there is an option to play sound. If you put a check mark in the box, it will activate the Play Sound drop down menu where you can select from several different sounds that will play when the button is clicked.

The rest of the presentation is basically the same as the presentation you have already made on the storm. Feel free to use slides that you made from the first presentation. To include a slide from your first presentation, follow the steps below:
- Click Insert on the Menu Toolbar, then select Files from File.

At the Insert Slides form Files dialog box, click the browse button to navigate to your presentation in your student folder. Your slides from the first presentation will be shown in the boxes shown below the letters Select slides. Click the slides you wish to include, then click Insert for chosen slides or click insert all to include all the slides from the presentation.

Remember to save your storybook presentation with a different name.
You will also need to save your presentation as a web page. To do this, click File on the Menu Toolbar, then select Save As Web Page.
To View Your File as it will appear on the web, select File>Web Page Preview.
When you have completed your digital storybook, have your instructor check it. The completed digital storybook will then be placed on the instructors web site. With your presentation published to the web, it is your responsibility to enroll in a volunteer program aimed at Elementary Education so that you can share your storybook with children of this age group.
Remember to log this to your logbook as 1 hour service and include the program that you participated in.