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Start Power Point from your
programs menu.
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Choose blank presentation from
your start up menu, then select OK.
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Create a Title Page Using WordArt:
You are going to make a title page for your
slide show. The first thing you will create is the title and you will
use WordArt to accomplish this.
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Find the blue capital A 
on your WordArt toolbar. If you don't see it, click view on your
standard toolbar, select toolbars, then select WordArt. The toolbar
looks like this:
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Choose the font style and size
that you want for your text.
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Place your cursor in the Text
box and type the title of your slide show "Cruising Around Pahokee,"
then click OK. Notice that small white boxes appear around the text.
You can resize your text by holding down the left mouse button and
dragging your text till you get it the size you want. You can also
move the text around the page by moving your cursor around your
text until an arrow appears. This lets you know that if you now
hold down the left mouse button, it will allow you to move the text
instead of resize it. Now you will experiment with formatting the
WordArt text. Right click on your text, then choose format WordArt.
A box will open with several options to choose from.
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You may at any time edit your WordArt object to add
or change the words from the original. Just double-click the object
to reopen the dialog box, place your mouse cursor at the point in the
text that has to be changed. When finished click on the OK button. Reposition
the object attractively on your document if necessary. When you click
on the WordArt, you are selecting it. When you select the WordArt, the
WordArt toolbar will appear:
The Shape button on the WordArt toolbar says ABC on
the face of the icon. When you click on it, a grid of 40 different shapes
appears.
You can select a different shape for your WordArt object by clicking
on the shape you wish to change your WordArt to. Click the WordArt
object to make it active and then click the icon with the paint can
and brush. See that the first tab is selected that says Colors and
Lines.
The next step is to drop down the arrow next to the color box
in the Fill portion of the dialog box (upper-third). As you can easily
see, this format box controls just about everything you would want
to do with this object.
Choose a Preset color arrangement from the Gradient
tab of the dialog box. Experiment with several until you find one that
suits you.
Choose the Texture tab. Choose a texture from the list.
There are 24 different textures for you to try.
The Patterns tab of the Fill Effects dialog box allows
you to play not only with color for the foreground and background, but
pattern lines as well.
The last dialog box is for Pictures to be used as fills.
You can change the Shadow shape, color and line color
very easily. On the Drawing toolbar you'll see on the far right end
two icons that deal with Shadow 
and 3-D  . Select your WordArt
object then choose the shadow icon.
The pop-up menu (below), will appear for you to select
a shadow type to suit your need.
If you select the Shadow Settings... button at the
bottom you will be given more choices to use and a lot more control.
There may be times when your shadow color would be more appropriate
if it matched the color used in the background instead of the silver
color that is defaulted. More Shadow Colors... gives you more colors
to work with than you'll ever be able to use!
Choose More Shadow Colors... to pick a different shade
if you choose.
The 3-D feature will change the look of your work and
allows you to be a little more creative. Be sure to select the WordArt
object then click on the 3-D button
on the Drawing toolbar. Next choose the direction and amount of extrusion
desired for your object.
You may wish to experiment with the lighting (angle
of direct light to create the 3-D effect) by clicking on the blue lamp
icon from the 3-D Settings toolbar.
There are 8 angles to choose from, each will be demonstrated
on the center cube. You may also choose Bright, Normal or Dim lighting.
(The ways to tweak this puppy are almost endless; so don't get too carried
away.) You may choose a color for your extruded portion as well as the
face of the object, more fun for you!
Experiment with the fill colors and fill effects
choice to see how it effects your text. Also experiment with the size
and position options to see how your text changes.
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Inserting Text Boxes:
Now you will insert two text boxes that will
display the words "by" and "your name."
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Adding A Background To Your Slide:
The next thing you will do is add a background
to the title slide.
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Choose format from the standard
toolbar, then select background.
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Locate the blank line at the
bottom of the slide. Click on the arrow to open a selection list.
Look at the fill effects option first, then the colors to find the
right background for your presentation. When you have found the
background you want, click the apply button, not the apply to all
because we only want the background to appear on the title page.
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Adding Transitions:
You will now add transitions to your WordArt
and the two text boxes to give your presentation a more professional
look.
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Click on the WordArt text box
to activate it.
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Select Slide Show, and then
Preset Animation. The custom animation box will open.
- Make sure the Effects tab is selected.
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You will need to select the
text you want to apply the transition. Place
a checkmark in the box beside the text boxes until you find the
box that places small white boxes around the word by. (The above
example shows picture frame 3 selected which represents the flower
graphic.) When you place a checkmark in the box beside the text,
it will unlock the effects panel.
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Choose several different effects
to see how each look by clicking on the preview button after each
selection.
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Apply Order and Timing
to Slide Presentation:
Set your presentation to run by itself without
you having to click on the mouse to change slides by following the directions
below:
- Make sure that you have the Timing tab selected.
- Under Slide objects without animation, double-click the objects
you want to animate.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of Animation Order to
change the sequence in which objects will appear (move objects up
or down in the list).
- Under Start Animation set the timing (when objects will appear).
- Select each object and then do one of the following:
- Under Check to animate slide objects, put a checkmark in
the box next to the objects you want to animate.
- Use the up and down arrows to the right of Animation Order
to change the sequence in which objects will appear (move objects
up or down in the list).
- Under Start Animation set the timing (when objects will appear).
- Select each object and then do one of the following:
- To start the animation by clicking the object, select
the On mouse click option.
- To start the animation automatically, select the Automatically
option, and then enter the number of seconds you want to have
elapse since the previous animation.
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Inserting a New Slide:
Now you will insert a new slide that will
contain the graphics that represent a cruise through Pahokee. Your
entire slide show will contain your title page along with four slides.
You will save these graphics to your student folder (right click on
image, chose save as, then type in the name you assign to the graphic).
You want to choose things that are representative of this area (corn
fields, rabbits, the marina, the lake, sky diving, etc.) Some useful
web sites are:
You can also do a search for your graphics
by name (car graphics, palm tree animated gifs, etc.) by going to
Yahoo.com web page and typing your search word in the search box.
To insert a slide into a presentation:
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The Drawing Toolbar:
You will now become aquatinted with your drawing toolbar.
To make sure it is open, click view, and if a check appears by drawing
toolbar, it is open in your program. The drawing toolbar is usually
located at the bottom of your screen. This is what you should see:
You will first create a road like the image below:
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First, click the rectangle on your drawing toolbar,
then drag the rectangle to fit across you slide.
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Click the arrow by the fill button to choose the color
of your road, then click in the rectangle to fill it with color.
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Now you will create small rectangles to represent the
lines in the road. Fill these lines with a yellow color. When you
have the road the way you want it, you will group them together
so the road becomes one.
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While holding down your shift key, click all the rectangle
to select them, then right click, chose grouping, the select group.
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Now try to move the road. All the rectangles have become
one object. If you want to edit them in the future, right click
again on the road, select grouping, then select ungroup.
Next, find a car graphic and insert it on
your page. You don't have to have an animated car because you can
apply the transition of having the car move across the page. When
you have your car graphic in place, continue applying graphics that
represents the surroundings in Pahokee. You will continue adding three
more slides, representing three different scenes you might see in
town. For example, one slide could represent the airport where skydivers
are filling the sky. Another slide could be of the Pahokee Marina
and campground where you would use boats, jetskies, fishing, etc.
to represent activities that take place there. Use the different features
on the drawing toolbar to add your own art work to the page. Every
student will have a different slide show, representing different scenery's
in Pahokee. When you have all your slides and transitions in place,
you will need to set the slide timing in order to control the time
a slide appears on the page.
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Rehearse Timing:
Follow the below directions to set the timing
on your entire slide show presentation:
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Click on the Slide Sorter
View button located at the bottom left side of your screen (it
has four squares on the button).
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Click Slide 1, then
click the Rehearse Timing button (the button that looks like
a alarm clock) on the Slide Sorter toolbar. A small timing box appears
in the lower-left corner of the screen with a current accumulated
time for the slide. You can click the timing box or the slide to
accept the time and continue to the next slide.
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Click each slide to
give it a slide time
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Click Yes to record
the new slide timings
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Click View on the menu
bar, click Slide Show. Your slide show should proceed with
the timing you have entered
The last thing you need to do is
add some cruising music to your file. Save the midi file below and embed
it in your presentation.
Save and close the presentation.
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on the drawing toolbar to open the text box which will hold these
words. If you don't see this button, click view on your standard
toolbar, then select toolbars, then drawing from your selection
list. 
on
the standard toolbar. 
