Microsoft Office Online

TUTORIALS,  ONLINE PRACTICE MODULES, ETC.  (Note that a lot of these sites discuss PowerPoint ’97, but the basic procedures will remain the same for PowerPoint2000 and PowerPointXP.)

Avoiding "Death By PowerPoint"

This I Believe^© Essay Projects

^© NPR, Atlantic Public Media and This I Believe, Inc.

Students were asked to use PowerPoint and Audacity to make a slideshow defending one of their beliefs or, in the alternative, explaining something they have learned in class this year.  Here are our results!

PowerPoint Hints, Tips and Resources
http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointtips.htm

Free Design Templates and Backgrounds

www. brainybetty.com

www.maniactive.com

Finding More Clip Art With Microsoft's ClipArt & Media Site

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010793651033.aspx

Free PowerPoint Templates and Tips

http://www.maniactive.com/powerpoi.htm

POWERPOINTERS - Help for Beginners & Tricks for Experts  This is large slideshow giving instructions on how to do nearly anything in PowerPoint. May take a while to load (60+ slides).

Info on new features of PowerPoint version 2002 

http://www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/

Recording a narration in PowerPoint. 

http://www.computertips.com/Microsoftoffice/MsPowerPoint/aheader.htm

Using PowerPoint’s semitransparent feature. http://www.computertips.com/Microsoftoffice/MsPowerPoint/19970820005.htm

PowerPoint in the Classroom – Basic Lessons to Begin With

http://www.actden.com/pp/  

PowerPoint 2000 Tutorial: Advanced Animation Techniques 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

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