Slide Presentation

(Hands-on Module)

iSchools Project Team

HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Commission on Information and Communications Technology

 Impress
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Slide presentation component of the OpenOffice
suite
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Advantages:
– Variety of layouts offered
– With various multimedia tools to create visually
attractive presentations
– Readily available templates/ presentation designs to
choose from
– Readily available object (custom animation) and slide
(slide transition) movements

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 Getting Started
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Presentation Wizard
– Empty (New)
Presentation
– From template
– Open an Existing
Presentation
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Review:
– Saving
o
– Closing n

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 Impress Workspace
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Slide pane
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Work area
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Task pane
–Master pages
– Layouts
– Custom
animation
– Slide transition
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 2

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 Workspace Views
Normal Outline Notes

Handout Slide Sorter

Slide Show: actual presentation (F5) or View / Slide Show menu

 Creating and Editing Slides
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Adding Text
– Layouts Task Pane
– Moving/Resizing/Adding
/Deleting a Text Box
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Formatting Text
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Exercise 3
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Inserting New Slides

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 Bulleted and Numbered Lists
M ov es th e P o s it io n s t h e
s e lect e d paragraph /
p a r a g r a p h / lin e lin e b e fo r e
u p o n e le v e l in th e on e
t h e h ie r a r ch y a b o v e it

M ov es th e
s e le ct e d
p a r a g r a p h / lin e
d o w n o n e le v e l
in t h e h ie r a r ch y
P os it io n s t h e
paragraph /
lin e a ft e r t h e
o n e b e lo w it

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 Formatting a Paragraph
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Tabs:
Indents & Spacing
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tab
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Alignment tab
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Tabs
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Preview pane

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 Exercise 4

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 Working with Slides
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Format > Page
– Background tab
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Using the Slide Pane:
– Navigating through Slides
– Rearranging Slides
– Renaming Slides
– Deleting Slides

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 Graphics
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From file ●
Exercise 5
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From the Gallery ●
Be creative! But at the same
time, think about your
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Fontwork Gallery audience…will your formatting
catch their attention? Divert
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Working with Graphics their attention? Overwhelm
them? Bore them?
– Moving –
Critique yourself.
– Resizing –
Have someone else critique
– Deleting your work. Be open to
suggestions.
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Picture Toolbar

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 Sample Output: Exercise 5

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 Tables, Charts, and Graphs
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Layouts Task Pane
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Table: activate Calc
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Charts/Graphs:
– Edit > Chart to enter own set of data in Chart Data
window
– Review chart editing and formatting tools in Calc
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Exercise 6
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Experiment!

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 Inserting Slides from Another File
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Exercise 7

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 Master Slides and Templates
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Slide Master: user-
designed template that
contains the default text
formatting style for the title,
bulleted items, and the
background design of all
slides in the current slide
presentation
– to maintain a consistent look for
your presentations
– Masters Task Pane, View menu
– View > Header and Footer
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Templates: readily available
presentation designs stored
in Impress
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 Exercise 8

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 Slide Show
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Custom Animation ●
Slide Transition
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Exercise 9 ●
Exercise 10

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 Printing
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Decide on what
to print
(individual
slides,
handouts,
range, notes,
etc.)
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Inquire about
availability of
printer in
training site
– experiment!
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 Tips on Creating Effective Presentations

P
roper
reparation &
ractice
revent
oor
erformance

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 Tips on Creating Effective Presentations

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Use a storyboard ●
Colors
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Use a Template or a – appropriate for the
Slide Master topic, contrasting colors,
two to three colors
– Be consistent ●
Text
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Fonts
– bullet points
– easy to read, one to two
types of fonts
– Keep the focus on you
and your explanation
– Titles: 38-44; Subtopics
and bullet points: 32;
– 6 x 6 rule
no font less than 24

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 Tips on Creating Effective Presentations

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Numbers ●
Animation and
Transition
– use tables, diagrams,
or charts – Minimize to avoid
distraction; be
– maximum of 25 – 35 consistent
numbers per slide
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Notes and Handouts
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Graphics and other
– Put space for writing;
objects
to serve as
– only when needed; supplementary and
.jpg and .gif format; guide
avoid cluttering;
shapes to emphasize
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 REFLECTION/DISCUSSION
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Will you be able to integrate what you've learned
about ICT in your admin tasks as well as in
classroom teaching and learning?
– What? How? When? Why? With whom?
– Cite concrete examples: topics, strategies,
output/product/performance
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What will you commit to (vis-a-vis monitoring)?
– Which will you use extensively? Why?
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What kind of support will you need?
– From us? From others?
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 Thank you

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