Making the Most of PowerPoint (2007) Guides to common PowerPoint issues

PowerPoint Templates

You should use the official University of Leicester PowerPoint  templates for all your presentations.

• Go to PowerPoint templates page

TurningPoint

TurningPoint is an Electronic Voting System for use within PowerPoint. See an overview of the sytem and getting started guide.

• Go to TurningPoint information

Pictures in PowerPoint

Using photographs and pictures in PowerPoint enhances your presentation, but without care can result in large file sizes. Details of appropriate picture size and format, how to insert an image,  - and how to reduce the size of existing files.

• Go to Pictures in PowerPoint
• Go to Reducing PowerPoint file sizes

 Movies/Videos in PowerPoint

Videos are an essential teaching aid, but not all video formats will work in PowerPoint. Information on appropriate formats, workrounds and troubleshooting.

• Go to video formats & inserting a movie
• Go to Troubleshooting movies
• Go to Making Quicktime movies work in Powerpoint
• Go to Hyperlink to movie
• Go to Movies in PowerPoint 2010

Printing PowerPoint files

Printing large numbers of slides is expensive. Information on economical printing.

• Go to Printing from PowerPoint
• Go to Printing from PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
• Go to Inkjet economy