Powering Up Powerpoint -- the agenda for this unit

The final test of the year will be on MS Word and will take place next week, after several fields trips are over.

We begin this week with some advanced features for Powerpoint. Then we will do a review of MS Word.

The advanced techniques for Powerpoint that we cover may include:
• Animation with motion pathsDiscover uses for motion paths and apply both preset and custom types. - Use paths to move text around on a slide and create a custom entrance effect. - Become skilled at manipulating and editing paths on your slides. - Know about options and tricks you can use with paths.
  
  
  
• Animation with time delays - using the Timeline - Create overlapping effects by using time delays. - Learn different ways to create time delays, and explore other timing options. - Use the Advanced Timeline to get a new view of an animation sequence and adjust how effects play together.
  
  
  
• Playing sound - Insert a sound file and play it continuously in a slide show - Play a CD for a slide show and set its tracks - Change how a sound starts, make it repeat, and hide its icon. - Guarantee that your sound will play when you present.
  
  
  
• Playing movies - Insert a movie, start it the way you want, and work with various movie options. - Play a movie full-screen and keep it from showing on the slide. - Create buttons to run a movie. - Ensure that a movie plays when you present.
  
  
  
• Linking to live YouTube videos
  
  
  
• Downloading and converting YouTube videos to use in your presentation
  
  
  
• Packaging your presentation An easy way to package your presentation files and carry them to present elsewhere or give them to someone else to view. Bundle your presentation, all the files that link to it, related files of your choice, and the PowerPoint Viewer onto a CD or into a shared folder.
  The viewer, which runs presentations on a computer without PowerPoint, is optional. If you don't have a CD burner, package all your files to a folder instead, and copy the folder to a system that has a CD burner, or share it on a server.
  
  We will cover as much of this as we have time for.
  
  For a complete list of Microsoft's excellent PowerPoint 2003 tutorials, go to Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 tutorials