Slides, titles and layouts
A presentation program lets you make slides. A slide is one page of a presentation with text and pictures. When you start, the first slide asks for a title and a subtitle: write the topic and, if you like, your class. On the left side of the window you see small preview pictures called thumbnails, one for each slide. Choose New slide to add another one. A layout is the arrangement of boxes on a slide, for example a title box and a text box, or a picture box and a short text box. Choose a layout that fits what you want to say. The menu bar has tabs with tools for choosing the background colour, drawing simple shapes and picking effects. Effects such as a transition between slides or a moving picture can be fun, but use only a few, because too many tire the audience. To show the slides, press the show icon. If you have no computer, draw the slides on paper.
| Layout | Boxes on the slide |
|---|---|
| Title slide | a big title and a small subtitle |
| Title and text | a title and a text box with three short points |
| Picture and text | a picture box and a short text box |
| Picture only | one big picture with a short caption |
| Box | What I write |
|---|---|
| Title | The Camel: Friend of the Desert |
| Subtitle | Class 4 |
Slide frames. On paper draw four rectangles (slides) and write the layout of each: title slide, title and text, picture and text, picture only. Fill them in for a topic you choose. Then put them in order, like thumbnails at the side.