PowerPoint Presentation…Step-by-Step

October 23rd, 2006

Presenting…

The Ice Cream Sundae SlideShow

Directions:
This activity is designed to help you learn the basic features of PowerPoint.

  1. Print this document – in color.
  2. Open up PowerPoint.
  3. With PowerPoint displayed on the screen, sit back and read these directions.
    As you do so, experiment with PowerPoint’s Menus and buttons.
  4. Next, create the six slides shown below. Just follow the directions, in order, step by step.

Slide 1

  1. Begin
    Open PowerPoint.
    Click on Blank Presentation.
    Click on OK.

  2. Title Slide
    Click one time on the 1st AutoLayout Choice (Title Slide).
    Click on OK.

  3. Background Color
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Background.
    Go to the rectangle with the down arrow. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on More Colors. Click on a bright dark blue hexagon.
    Click on OK. Click on Apply to All.

  4. Add A Title
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Title
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on More Colors. Click on the dark yellow hexagon.
    Click on OK. Click on OK.
    Type: The Ice Cream Sundae. Press enter.
    Type: It’s An American Invention!

  5. Add A Subtitle
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Subtitle
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 32.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: By. Press enter.
    Type: your full name.

  6. View Your Slideshow!
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  7. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Name this file: Ice Cream Sundae. Click on Save.

  8. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 1.
    Our assignment was to research an American Invention and to report our findings to the class. Well, the Ice Cream Sunday is an American Invention. It’s not surprising that America invented the Ice Cream Sundae – considering America is the number one consumer of ice cream in the world where the average person eats at least 15 quarts of ice cream every year. In fact, ice cream is so popular in America that in 1984 President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July, National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of that month, National Ice Cream Day.

Slide 2

  1. Create a New Slide (Bulleted List)
    Go to the Insert Menu. Select New Slide.
    Moving to the right, click one time on the 2nd AutoLayout Choice (Bulleted List). Click on OK.

  2. Add A Title
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add text.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: Believe It or Not!

  3. Add Text
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Text.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 24.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: the 2 facts listed in the above slide.

  4. View Your Slideshow!
    Scroll the right scroll bar to the very top of the screen.
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the spacebar one time to move to the next screen.
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  5. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Click on Save. Click on Yes.

  6. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 2.
    Ice cream became a food item in this country in the 1700 hundreds and the first ice cream parlor opened in New York City in 1776. Ice cream parlors served Ice Cream Sodas.

    In the 1800’s, it became improper to slurp Ice Cream Sodas on Sunday. Some towns actually went so far as to ban the sale of Ice Cream Sodas on Sunday. They passed a law that made it illegal to serve them on Sundays.

No one knows for sure where or exactly when the first Ice Cream Sunday was served. Depending on which version of the story you believe, the first Ice Cream Sundae was first served either in 1881 in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, or in 1892 in Ithaca, New York, or sometime in the late 1800’s in Evanston, Illinois. Many believe that the invention of the Ice Cream Sundae happened on a Sunday, in one of these three cities, when some soda jerk – that’s what they use to call the person who worked behind the counter in an ice cream parlor – used syrup instead of soda to make an Ice Cream Soda!

Just think – The Ice Cream Sundae was invented by simply switching one ingredient for another!

It was not too long after its invention that the spelling of Sunday, S U N D A Y, was changed to S U N D A E so the religious leaders would not become upset about this new ice cream treat.

Slide 3

  1. Create a New Slide (Clip Art & Text)
    Go to the Insert Menu.
    Select New Slide.
    Moving to the right, click one time on the 10th AutoLayout Choice (Clip Art & Text).
    Click on OK.

  2. Add A Title
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Title.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK
    Type: How To Make Press enter 1 time.
    Type: An Ice Cream Sundae

  3. Add Clip Art
    Double click your cursor inside the graphic box labeled: Click to add Clip Art.
    It’s on the left hand side of the screen.
    Click your cursor inside the box labeled: Search for clips.
    Type: Sundae Press enter.
    Click one time on the sundae graphic that looks just like the sundae graphic on the above slide.
    Click on OK.

  4. Resize Your Graphic
    This graphic is too large. To make this graphic smaller, do the following: Click your mouse one time on the graphic. Next, put your cursor on the dot in the lower right hand corner, hold the left mouse button down, and slowly drag the mouse into the graphic.

  5. Add Text
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Text.
    It’s on the right hand side of the screen.
    Make this box a little wider and a little longer. First, drag down, using the center dot that’s at the bottom of the box. Second, drag to the right, using the center dot that’s on the right side of the box.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 24.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Then type the recipe ingredients listed on the right hand side of the above slide. Press enter 2 times after each ingredient.

  6. View Your Slideshow!
    Scroll the right scroll bar to the very top of the screen.
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the spacebar one time to move to the next screen.
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  7. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Click on Save. Click on Yes.

  8. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 3.
    What you see on this slide is the standard recipe for making an Ice Cream Sundae. You’re probably wondering if this is the only way to make an Ice Cream Sundae. The answer to that question is this – no, it isn’t. There are many ways to make an Ice-Cream Sundae. In fact, I recommend that you visit this site – Hershey’s Ice Cream Sundae Recipes at http://www.sundaebest.com/recipes.html. When you get there you’ll find 34 different recipes for making an Ice Cream Sundae including the Tin Lizzie, the Caramel Apple, the Crunchy Monkey, the Wild Berry, and the Banana Royal. It seems that America is still inventing the Ice Cream Sundae!

Slide 4

  1. Create a New Slide (Bulleted List)
     Go to the Insert Menu. Select New Slide.
    Moving to the right, click one time on the 2nd AutoLayout Choice (Bulleted List). Click on OK.

  2. Add A Title
     Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Title.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: Ice Cream Sundaes are…

  3. Add Text
     Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Text.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 32.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type – Yummy! Press enter 2 times.
    Type – Tasty! Press enter 2 times.
    Type – Delicious!

  4. Animation
     Highlight Yummy!, Tasty! and Delicious!
    Then go to the Slide Show Menu.
    Select Preset Animation.
    Select Drop-In.

  5. Timed Animation
     Highlight Yummy!, Tasty! and Delicious!
    Then go to the Slide Show Menu.
    Select Custom Animation.
    Click on the TAB labeled: Order & Timing.
    Click on Automatically and choose 00:01 seconds after previous event.
    Click on Preview.
    Click on OK.

  6. View Your Slideshow!
    Scroll the right scroll bar to the very top of the screen.
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the spacebar one time to move to the next screen.
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  7. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Click on Save. Click on Yes.

  8. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 4.

    I think most people would agree with this statement. I mean, what’s there not to like about an Ice Cream Sundae? In fact, in 1985, someone REALLY agreed with this statement. In 1985 in Anaheim, California someone built an Ice Cream Sundae that was 12 feet high. It was made with 4,667 gallons of ice cream and 7,000 pounds of toppings! It was one of the biggest Ice Cream Sundaes ever made.

Now, if you ever have second thoughts about ordering an Ice Cream Sundae – consider this: Some people think the Ice Cream Sundae is nutritious because the main ingredient in an Ice Cream Sundae is ice cream. And the major component of ice cream is milk and milk contains calcium and phosphorous which are both very important for building strong bones. Ice Cream also has milk fat, which normally contains Vitamins A and D.

There might even be another side benefit! Some researchers have gone so far as to say that eating ice cream can make you feel happy and relaxed! What do you think? Would eating an Ice Cream Sundae, right now, make you feel happy and relaxed?

Slide 5

  1. Create a New Slide (Bulleted List)
     Go to the Insert Menu. Select New Slide.
    Moving to the right, click one time on the 2nd AutoLayout Choice (Bulleted List). Click on OK.

  2. Add A Title
     Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Title.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: Resources

  3. Add Text
    Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Text.
    Make this box a little wider and a little longer. Drag down and drag up using the center dots located at the bottom and at the top of this box. Drag to the right and drag to the left, using the center dots located on the right side and on the left side of this box.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 24.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: the 3 resources listed in the above slide

  4. View Your Slideshow!
    Scroll the right scroll bar to the very top of the screen.
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the spacebar one time to move to the next screen.
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  5. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Click on Save. Click on Yes.

  6. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 5.

    I visited many online sites as I gathered information for this presentation. In my quest, I kept finding the same information over and over again. I cited these three sites because I thought they did a really good job of summarizing the information that I kept finding over and over again.

Slide 6

  1. Create a New Slide (Title Only)
     Go to the Insert Menu. Select New Slide.
    Moving to the right, click one time on the 11th AutoLayout Choice (Title Only).
    Click on OK.

  2. Title Font
     Click your cursor inside the text box labeled: Click to add Title.
    Go to the Format Menu. Select Font.
    Click on Arial, Bold, 40.
    Go to the rectangle labeled: Color. Click on the down arrow.
    Click on the dark yellow square. Click on OK.
    Type: So Long!

  3. Motion Clip
     Click your cursor in the center of the screen.
    Go to the Insert Menu. Select Picture. Select Clip Art.
    Click on the TAB labeled Motion Clips.
    In the box labeled Search for Clips, type: cherry. Press enter.
    Click one time on the cherry graphic that looks just like the cherry graphic on the above slide. Press enter.
    See the X in the upper right hand corner of the screen labeled: Insert Clip Art? Click one time on that X to remove that screen.

  4. Resize Your Motion Clip
     The cherry is too small. To make the cherry larger, do the following: Click your mouse one time on the cherry. Next, put your cursor on the dot in the lower right hand corner, hold the left mouse button down, and slowly drag the mouse toward the right hand corner of the screen. Next, place your cursor directly on the cherry and holding the left mouse button down drag the cherry to the center of the screen.

  5. Add Sound
     Go to the Insert Menu. Select Picture. Select Clip Art.
    Click on the TAB labeled Sounds. Look at the icons listed in the Categories box.
    Click on EMOTIONS.
    Click one time on Teen Rock Ballad. Press enter.
    See the X in the upper right hand corner of the screen labeled: Insert Clip Art? Click one time on that X to remove that screen.
    Say YES to Do you want your sound to play automatically in the slide show? If not, it will play when you click it.
    Next place your cursor directly on the sound button and holding the mouse down, place it beneath the cherry.
    FYI: If you have a built in microphone or one hooked up to your computer, you can record your own sounds. Just go to the Insert Menu. Choose Movies and Sound. Choose Record Sound.

  6. Run A Spell Check
    Go to the Tools Menu. Select Spelling.

  7. View Your Slideshow!
    Scroll the right scroll bar to the very top of the screen.
    Look at the bottom of your screen.
    Click on the slideshow icon, .
    Press the spacebar one time to move to the next screen.
    Press the escape key to exit your slideshow.

  8. Save
    Go to the File Menu. Select Save As.
    Click on Save. Click on Yes.

  9. This is what I will say to my audience when I show them Slide 6.
    I thought I would end this presentation on a fun note. There’s that glace cherry, the final ingredient of an Ice Cream Sundae, keeping time to a nostalgic soda fountain tune. If you have any questions, I would be willing to try and answer them. Thanks for being such a great audience.

PowerPoint has five views in which you can work.

  • The Normal View shows you three views on the screen at the same time – outline view, slide view, and notes view.

  • The Outline View shows you all your slides and text in an outline format.

  • The Slide View shows a single slide where you can enter text, add graphics, etc.

  • The Slide Sorter View shows you a miniature of each slide in your slideshow. You can drag slides around on the screen to reposition them in this view.

  • The Slide Show View lets you view your slideshow.

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