Basics of Power Point and HTML. GRIPE-00

Table of Contents

Basics of Power Point and HTML. GRIPE-00

Objectives

Begin

Next choose presentation type

Next choose type of slide

Next choose page setup

Next choose color scheme

Next choose an available

Next choose color for each component

Or make your own (custom) color

Next choose effect

Next arrange objects

Next add from auto shapes if needed

Insert graphics from other programs

Next insert regular text or preformatted styles

Next format or change fonts/style

Next choose sequence of effects

Next choose sequence of effects

Next choose save as...

Finally choose print from the File menu

Web Tangle

Web bare bones

Web Sins

Common sense & web etiquette

Organize your material

Basic Rules

Images

Image format lingo

A web page basic syntax

Adding what the browser displays

Adding more 2

Adding more 3

NetScape html Composer

Or choose Blank from template

Choose formatting for text

If you like a page formatting view its HTML source

Final Words...

PPT Slide

Email: cfermin@tulane.edu

Home Page: http://www.som.tulane.edu/ferminlab/

Other information:
This presentation describes basic aspects of Microsoft Power Point slide making and HTML web page contruction. The lecture was prepared for a Group For Research in Pathology Education (GRIPE) education workshop given by Dr. Fermin at Tulane Health Sciences Center, Medical School in 2000. The presentation guides users with a step-by-step actions on how to create slides, how to add actions to the slides and how to change the color combinations (schemes) of the presentation. Screens with actual examples of the what the user needs to do are shown along the way.

In relation to HTML and web pages, remember what you do when you get to a site that makes you go through hoops and loops before you find what you are looking for - you click away! Effective academic pages that deliver useful information should load quickly even then the user is connecting via a 28.8bps modem which many homes are still forced to use due to antiquated phone lines. Furthermore, not everyone has a large monitor screen. Compose your page to display well in small monitors. If the user has a large monitor, he/she will adjust the display.

These are basic tips for an effective presentation:

The rule of thumb is usually ONE SLIDE PER MINUTE. Thus, for a one hour presentation, assuming you will have no questions (unlikely) or mishaps you should have a maximum of 50 slides.

If you are unexperienced, not a natural presenter and get nervous in public, reduce number slides! That is, if each slide does not require explanation you may keep 50 slides otherwise you will run overtime. Tables, graphs, etc. that require explanation can use up half of your presentation and then you have to RUSH through the best part of your data.

Do not use busy slides (get to the back of the room, project the slide and try to read the text) can you see it clearly? If you need to use a complicate table, break it up or abstract it showing the table as background and highlighting items of interest to your presentation ofer the busy table (retype them). IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO SAY, I am sorry for this busy slide. When you apologize for a busy or bad slide, you are acknowledging that you know the slides is not worth showing!

Nobody is interested in how hard you worked on the presentation and how many beautiful images you have. The audience wants to know what is the message of your presentation, and you should know that message well before starting your presentation.

When you finish the presentation is the message you thought you were delivering still there. If not, redo your presentation for the next time.Do not forget that there are lots of people around who probably already have been through the grinder and can help you.

The way I look at it is if I dislike being told what to do, then I try to do what I am supposed to do - in this case try not to bore the audience into daydreaming or worse yet wishing that they have never met me.