Department of Physics and Astronomy An Introduction To PowerPoint Tim Yeoman (with thanks to Richard Mobbs, Computer Centre)

Department of Physics and Astronomy

An Introduction

To PowerPoint

Tim Yeoman (with thanks to Richard Mobbs, Computer Centre)

PowerPoint Documentation

• Documentation

ONLINE

What PowerPoint Can Produce

• What can it do?– 35mm slides– Black & White OHP– Colour OHP– Speaker’s Notes– Audience Handouts– Outlines– Electronic

Presentations

PowerPoint

• Slide Layout– File Page Set-up

• Paper Size– A4

• Orientation– Landscape

PowerPoint Templates

• Using Templates– Stored on drive c:– Corporate Identity

http://www.le.ac.uk/marketing/identity/powerpoint.html

PowerPoint Tips

• No more than 2 fonts per page

• Keep slide show to a minimum – avoid the Gatling Gun approach

• Rehearse

Can you read this at the back?

• Keep number of bullet points to six max

• Sans-serif type often easier to read

• Left justified text is also more legible

• Go for contrast between background and other elements

• Consider simplifying charts & diagrams

Screen Layout

• Menu• Toolbars• Scroll Bar• Status Bar• Mouse

Typing and Editing Text

• Selecting Text– add an attribute

• bold• italic

– change font– delete text– cut & paste text

AaBb

Inserting pictures and diagrams

• Insert picture from file• Cut and paste between

applications• Create pictures:

– Download from web– Draw in drawing package– Scan– Produce in Excel or under

UNIX

Slide Sorting & Viewing

Printing PowerPoint Slides

• Slides• Handouts• Notes Pages• Outline View

CRRES: Electron and Proton Wide Angle Spectrometer (EPAS)

Ion entry

Ion telescopes

Electron detectors

Electron entry

Electron entry