PowerPoint Tips and Tricks Biomedical Libraries • Dartmouth College • David Izzo • March 2012 • PowerPoint/Office 2010
Mar 28, 2015
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
▪ [Insert Ribbon – Links – Action]
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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