Biomedical Libraries Dartmouth College David Izzo March 2012 PowerPoint/Office 2010.

PowerPoint Tips and Tricks

Biomedical Libraries• Dartmouth College• David Izzo• March 2012• PowerPoint/Office

2010

Hyper Links and Action Buttons

Links to other slides, files and URLs Select text or object then

▪ [Insert Ribbon – Links - Hyperlink]▪ Right Click

Onscreen navigation [Insert Ribbon – Shapes - Action

Buttons] Create your own buttons from graphics

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Drawing tools

The really cool drawing tools are in the Shapes palette under Lines. [Home Ribbon – Drawing] or [Insert Ribbon – Illustrations]

The Curve tool

The Freeform tool

The Pencil tool

Drawing toolsWith the “Curve” tool you click once to set points and it draws a smooth curve through those points. Double click to end the line.

The “Freeform” tool draws straight lines between mouse clicks and curved lines if you move the mouse with the button down. Click on the start point to make a closed shape.

The “Pencil” tools allows you to scribble any line shape by drawing with the mouse button held down.

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Double click

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Resizing Shapes

Each of these tools draw objects that can be resized, moved, and formatted for line and fill, and shape effects

Editing line points

The points that are used to draw these objects can also be edited by choosing “Edit Points” from the “Drawing Tools – Format – Edit Points.

Clicking on a point selects it and allows you to move it. When selected 2 handles adjust the angle of the line that goes through that point. Clicking on the line itself inserts a new point. Ctrl click a point to delete it.

Using these tools it is possible to create very complex shapes. You might use these tools to trace a part of a image so you could highlight it with a semi-transparent fill or a bright outline.

Point

Drag the end of the blue handles to control direction and length of line at that point

Shape Effects

Picture Effects

Picture Effects

Right click

Picture Effects

The Doctor

Click me

The Nurse

Click me

The Team

Click me

Motion Paths and Triggers

Trigger Example -Photo Thumbnails

Only the red outlined images are animated in this example. Click the small image to display the large image. Click the large image to close it

Animation Triggers

Each image thumbnail is positioned on the slide. Each large image is stacked in the middle of the screen. The selection pane is helpful with this

Each image thumbnail is given an animation using itself as a trigger. Each large image entrance is animated using the thumbnail image as a trigger. The large image triggers itself for the exit.

Animation Triggers

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Animate Thumbnail

Animate Picture Entrance

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