MAISD Tech Integration

A few years ago, I participated in a workshop by Cliff Ping on creating effective PowerPoint presentations. It was an excellent experience with just as much focus on determining content as how to create the presentation. During this workshop, Ping shared 10 essentials you need to know about PowerPoint presentations. Here are four that you will find quite helpful:

While Editing -

• Hold down CTRL and press the ] key to increase font size and [ to decrease font size.
• Hold down CTRL and press the M key to create a new slide at the end of your presentation.

While showing the presentation -

• Hold down CTRL and press the P key to change your mouse into a pen with which you can draw on your presentation. Press ESC to go back to a mouse.
• Press the letter B if you want your screen to turn black while you are making a point and W if you want it to turn white. Press the letter again to return to your presentation.

Finally, you can use your keyboard to move forward and backward in your presentation. To move forward (or activate one of your animations), press the space bar. To move back to the previous slide, press the Backspace key.