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Download the powerpoint presentations listed in the right-hand column, or double-click to open them in a new window.
Resources
Here's a sample image from a digital camera to play with. On Windows, right-click, choose Save Picture as...and pick where you want to download it. On the Mac, just click the link and it should download to your desktop. Or Control Click the link and choose the save option.
Online tutorial on creating a slide show. Watch out for the many commercial links. Save a bunch of photos in the same folder and then start the tutorial at the heading The Procedure: http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppphotoalbum.html
Online tutorials from Florida GulfCoast University. These subject-oriented tutorials use PowerPoint 2000, so screen shots won't look like PPT 2003/2003, but most steps are the same: http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/
Microsoft's free Clip art for Office: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx
Information on pictures for online use and using them in PowerPoint 2002: http://www.mightycoach.com/articles/powerpoint/ch4-imageformatsfinding.html
Video tutorials on Slide Masters and on Recoloring Clipart (PPT 2000): http://mistupid.com/tutorials/powerpoint/index.htm
PowerPoint and Accessibility: http://www.pptmagic.com/articles/accessppt.htm
The link bar on this page takes you to other useful PowerPoint help ages.
I often get asked about using background music in PowerPoint. I'm not a big fan of this approach: for one thing, it doesn't seem well-suited to in-class or conference presentations (our focus here). More like a vacation slide show.
Also, at least as far as PowerPoint version 2003, the process is full of pitfalls:
- only .wav files can be successfully embedded, and they are very large and inconvenient for posting on the web or emailing
- the common .mp3 file format can only be linked (so that all mp3's need to be carefully saved with the presentation or they won't play on any computer but the one where the PowerPoint was originally created)
All this being said, here are some helpful links:
Be sure to test anything that you've done.
Personally, I use other programs (Captivaten, Camtasia and LecShare) to add narration to PowerPoint and also add other features that PowerPoint itself doesn't provide. The most important feature to me is outputting to the flash format for smaller file sizes and good quality for posting on the web (which PowerPoint itself can't do). But if you want to play with PowerPoint's native capabilities. Here is a good guide: http://www.indezine.com/products/powerpoint/ppnarration.html
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