Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 - Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Samantha TerBeest

Adult Services Librarian

Willmar Public Library

Beginners: Microsoft Office

PowerPoint 2007

Text – Fonts, Size, ColorText BoxesBulleted & Numbered Lists

Overview

The easiest way to enter text in a PowerPoint:Type in the text placeholders that appear in

each slide.

Text

Click on the Start button. Choose All Programs from the Drop-Down list. Now, choose Microsoft Office from the list then pick PowerPoint.

Click on the Design tab and choose a theme from the Themes group.

On the first slide type some text in the title box & type some text in the subtitle box.

Go back to the Home tab and click New Slide in the Slides group.

Add text in the title box on the new slide & then type some text where it says “click to add text.”

Exercise

Dig in & choose new fonts on a slide-by-slide basisIf you’ve already typed text, select it and then

go to the Home tab. Choose a font from the drop-down list of Fonts in the Font group. You can also choose a font from the Mini Toolbar.

Select new theme fonts for your presentationTheme fonts are combinations of fonts that

designers of PowerPoint themes deem appropriate for the theme you’re working in.

To change theme fonts, go to the Design tab, click Fonts in the Themes group, and select a new font combination from the drop-down list.

Choosing Fonts

In the PowerPoint Presentation that your currently have open, select the text in the title box of the first slide.

On the Home tab in the Font group, select a new Font from the Font drop-down list. This will change the title font.

Do the above steps for the subtitle box.

Go to the next slide.

Exercise

On this slide, select the text in the title box and go to the Design Tab.

In the Themes group, click on Fonts and select a new Font Theme.

In the text box on the same slide, select the text and change the Font theme to the same as the one in the Title box.

Exercise Continued

Tips for Font Size:For someone in the back row of an audience,

PowerPoint text should be no smaller than 28 points.

Test your font size: View your presentation in Slide Show View & stand

5 feet from your screen. Can you read the text?

Changing the Font Size

Font Size Drop-Down ListOpen this list & choose a point size. To

choose a point size that isn’t on the list, click in the Font Size text box, type a point size, and press Enter.

Font Dialog BoxClick on the Font group button to open the Font

dialog box. Then either choose a point size from the Size drop-down list or enter a point size in the Size test box & click OK.

Changing the Font Size, Cont.

Increase Font Size & Decrease Font SizeThese are buttons you can use to

decrease or increase the font.

Changing the Font Size, Cont.

Using the PowerPoint Presentation that you have open, select the text and change the font size on the title box of the 1st slide and the title box of the 2nd slide to 40 pts.

In the subtitle box on the 1st slide and the text box on the 2nd slide, select the text & change the font size to 28 pts.

Put your Presentation in Slide Show view & stand 5 feet from your computer screen. Can you see the text? If you can’t, adjust the text boxes as needed.

Exercise

Dark backgrounds should have light text & light backgrounds have dark text.

Three Ways:

Selecting text & using the Mini-Toolbar

Changing the Color of Text

Three Ways, Cont:

Selecting the text & using the drop-down list in the Font group of the Home tab.

Selecting text & opening the Font dialog box.

Changing the Color of Text, Cont.

Using the PowerPoint that you have open, change all Title boxes to a different color. (A light color if a dark background, a dark color if a light background.)

Exercise

How To:On the Insert tab in the Text group, select text

box.Your cursor will now look like an upside-down

“t.”To the draw a text box, hold the left-side of

your mouse down and move the mouse from the upper left to lower right.

Moving the Text BoxSelect the text box so that you no longer see a

dotted line but a solid line.Hold down the left-side of the mouse and move

the text box to its new location.

Inserting a Textbox

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In your open presentation, go to the Home tab and click on the bottom part of the New Slide button in the Slides group.

Choose Blank from the drop-down list.

Click on the Insert tab and click the Text Box button in the Text group.

Draw a Text Box some where on the slide.

Type some text into the text box.

Format the text to your liking.

Exercise

Creating a Bulleted ListClick the Bullets button in the Paragraph group

on the Home tab.

Creating a Numbered ListClick the Numbering button in the Paragraph

group on the Home tab.

Bulleted & Numbered Lists

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Choosing a Style:Click the downward pointing arrow next to the

Bullets/Numbering buttons.Select the Number/Bullet style you want

Color & SizeClick the downward pointing arrow next to the

Bullets/Numbering buttons.Choose Bullets & Numbers from the drop-down

listTo change the size, use the Size: drop-down list.

The bullet will be a percentage of the size of your text.

To change the color, use the color drop-down list.

Changing the Style & Size of Bulleted & Numbered Lists

Changing the Style & Size of Bulleted & Numbered Lists

In your open presentation, go to the Home tab & click on the top part of the New Slide button in the Slides group.

In the Title Box, type: Grocery List.

In the Text Box, type five (5) different groceries.

A bulleted list will automatically be created.

Select the entire list and then click the numbering button.

Your grocery list is now a numbered rather than bulleted list.

Close your presentation. Do not save.

Exercise

The Next class is Tuesday, February 26 at 11AM.

We will discuss transitions & animations, sound, and video in PowerPoint Presentations.

Weverka, P. (2006). Office 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley.

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