Comments | suongsa: Power Point help needed !!!

suongsa

Power Point help needed !!!

Apr 25, 2005 20:52

So I'm trying to put together the presentations I need for next Monday on Power Point, which I've never actually have had to use. I've practiced a bit and think I've got it down as far as setting up the slides. My dilemma is that there are images I'd like to take from professional journal articles that are currently accessible to me via the ( Read more... )

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wrythe April 25 2005, 21:03:17 UTC

Ya know, pretty recently I broke out Power Point to mess around a little just in case I needed to use it in the future and I was pretty lost. After messing around with it for about 5 or 10 minutes I figured out how to do basic transitions and stuff. If you use Microsoft's online help, or just do a Google search for "power point tutorial" I'm sure that would get you started.

suongsa April 25 2005, 21:09:15 UTC

Great idea!! I honestly didn't think that they would actually have Power Point tutorials!! Thanks :)

wrythe April 25 2005, 21:57:05 UTC

No problem :) I hope it helps.

annamossity April 25 2005, 21:17:32 UTC

One thing I remember from my speech class:

In order to keep the slides from looking majorly cluttered, keep the lines cut to 8 x 8.

That is 8 words per 8 lines per slide.

I found it hard to do of course, but that is only because I am the Queen of Quotations.

annamossity April 25 2005, 21:18:32 UTC

Actually, it may have been 4 lines per slide, with no more than 8 words per line...

You'll figure it out. ;)

robocowboy April 25 2005, 23:18:19 UTC

If the images are on a web site, they are probably JPEG files. I think you're on a mac, so hold CTRL and click on the pictures. Select to save them. Then you can open them up in powerpoint.

You can also try to drag-and-drop (drag the pictures from the web page and drop them into the powerpoint window).

If the stuff you need is in a PDF file it will be much harder to use.

Need any more help?

suongsa April 26 2005, 07:00:40 UTC

It is really quite strange as they are not JPEG files and not PDF files. When I download them onto the desktop, they are just internet links :( Hmm...not quite sure. I may just have to do the scan thing.

robocowboy April 26 2005, 12:03:33 UTC

Give me a link to the pictures and I can figure it out.

suongsa April 26 2005, 12:33:04 UTC

Okay...I tried your idea of downloading them onto the desktop by using the control key...definite difference than the "save as" function onto the desktop I was previously trying to do. So, they are GIF files and I WAS able to drag it onto the PP slide!!! YAY!!! Today I'll be working on the presentations, so if I still run into probs I'll send you that link to see what you think :) Thank you so----o much !!!!