How to make an In-Text Citation in My Power PointPresentation
Creating a perfect PowerPoint presentation usually requires researching and compiling information, facts, figures, data, charts and graphics into an electronic slide show. While it's certainly possible to add a bibliography or reference slide at the end, you may want to attribute information directly to the source on each slide. This offers the audience an instant verification of your data points and is a way to back up any research. Add information to slides through in-text citations with just a couple of clicks in PowerPoint.
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Instructions
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Open PowerPoint. Click the "File" tab at the top of the screen. Select "Open." Browse to a presentation with text to cite and double-click the file name. The presentation opens with the first slide showing in the main PowerPoint window.
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Scroll through the vertical list of slides on the left side of the screen to get to the slide onto which you will add a text citation. Double-click the slide so it appears in the main portion of the screen.
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Click into the text box to the right of the last letter or punctuation. Press the space bar one time.
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Type an open parenthesis and type the in-text citation, such as an author's name and page number. Type the closed parenthesis symbol.
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(Optional) Highlight the new citation text. Change its appearance using the controls in the "Font" section of the toolbar, such as reducing the font size and lightening the text color so it does not stand out as much on the slide.
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Scroll or press the "Page Down" key to get to the next slide to add a citation.
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