How to Transplant Lectures on PowerPoint

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No matter what media you have as the original form of a lecture, you can transplant it into a PowerPoint presentation. PowerPoint can accept video, audio and even text documents to use in a PowerPoint slide show. The Insert tab in Microsoft Office PowerPoint give you the options necessary to bring the lecture content into the PowerPoint software, so that you can manipulate it, or simply share it in the presentation.

Instructions

1. Launch PowerPoint and click on the "Insert" tab. Click on the button that corresponds with the lecture that you want to transplant. If you have video of the lecture or an audio recording, click on the "Video" or "Audio" button to the far right of the ribbon. Browse to the location of the file on your computer and double-click it to insert it on that slide.

2. Insert the text of the lecture from another program. Open the text editing program and highlight the text. Press "Ctrl+C" on your keyboard to copy it. Return to PowerPoint and click on the "Insert" tab and choose "Text Box." Click and drag on the slide to draw the text box. Press "Ctrl+V" to paste the lecture into the text box.

3. Edit the lecture for PowerPoint. If you inserted an audio or video, click on the icon for the media that appeared on the slide. Click on the new tab that appears on the far right side of the ribbon. For video files it will be "Video Tools: Playback" and for sound it will be "Audio Tools: Playback." For example, you can trim the length of the video or adjust the volume of the audio as necessary.

4. Adjust the text to fit in the PowerPoint format. You may need to break the text up over several slides. Highlight the text that won't fit in the first text box and cut it by pressing "Ctrl+X." Create a new text box on the next slide and pate the remainder of the lecture into it by pressing "Ctrl+V." Continue this process until the lecture is separated across enough text boxes so that it is clearly visible on the PowerPoint slide. PowerPoint font shouldn't be smaller than 30-point, if you're presenting to an audience.

References

• Microsoft Office: Add, Copy, or Delete a Text Box
• Microsoft Office: Insert Video into Your Presentation
• Microsoft Office: Add Audio to Your Presentation