How to Create a Power Point Chapter

By David Mann

Insert a new Slide

• Go to “Insert” on the top menu

• Select “New Slide”• Select the blank

layout under “Content Layouts”

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Add a Ground

• At the bottom of the screen, select the rectangle icon

• Draw a rectangle to cover 1/3 to 2/3 of the blank slide.

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Add a Texture

• Make sure you have the rectangle selected – it should have white dots around its perimeter

• Select the paint can at the bottom of the screen – click it once

• Select “Fill Effects…”

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Add a Texture Continued

• Select the “Picture” tab

• Select “Select Picture” and locate a saved picture file on your computer.– You may need to

look on the internet for texture pictures

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Add a Texture Continued

• Repeat these steps to add a sky or background

Adding Images• Make sure you have image files already saved on

your computer• Select “Insert” on the top menu• Place your mouse over the “Picture” and• Select “From File…”

HINTS for Selecting Images• Find pictures that have solid and plain backgrounds.• You can use a transparent tool to remove ONE color

from the picture – so find backgrounds that don’t include multiple colors

Using the Transparency Tool

• Right click on a picture and select “Show Picture Tool Bar”

• Use the tool to make ONE color transparent 77

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Link a Picture to a Slide• Click on “Insert” on the top menu

• Select “New Slide”

• Return to your SCENE Slide

• Right click on the Picture you wish to link to the slide

• Select “Hyperlink”

Link a Picture to a Slide

Notice the white Notice the white dots around my dots around my

border when you border when you right click on my right click on my

image.image.

Link a Picture to a Slide• On the “Insert Hyperlink” box, select “Place in

This Document” and click on your newly created slide.

• Click on “OK”

Linking Scene to New Slide and Back Again

• Copy and Paste your image into the new slide and repeat the “Link a Picture to a Slide” instructions to make your copied image link back to the SCENE slide.

Hyperlink from Slide to Slide using the Images

Using the New Slide

• Use this space to include writing about your story. You can use this space to:– Describe details– Narrate your story– Write dialogue

Further Instructions

• Include multiple images in your scene and• Link them to many slides to tell your

reader about your chapter• Include a link to a page that publishes your

entire story• Only use clear and easy to see images in

your presentation – making sure they are large enough not to blur when they are stretched larger