Tech Talk -- Bullet Points, Begone!!!!!

A great website about using technology in producing assignments for classes is http://libtechtalk.wordpress.com/ created by librarians at the University of Michigan. One of the tips they offer is how to get rid of boring bulletpoints in Powerpoint presentations even though you want to make sure your important points are noticed by the Prof.

I also found this trick simply by mistake as I was playing around with Microsoft features. After I created what I wanted, then I forgot how I did it! Here are the steps that will help you.

"Now, thanks to the help of PowerPoint’s “SmartArt Graphics”, you can easily turn your mundane bullet points into visually stunning gems of knowledge.

Here’s how…
1. Make your list, like you always do. (Go ahead, admit it.) Check out my mundane slide in Figure 1 if you need inspiration.

2. Select the text box that contains your bullet points.

3. Click the SmartArt icon in the “Paragraph” section of the “Home” ribbon.

4. Choose your preferred SmartArt graphic (hint: hovering over a particular SmartArt graphic will give you a preview of your transformed bullet points).

It’s better, but you’re not done yet!
Next, with the SmartArt version of your bullet points selected (make sure you choose the whole graphic rather than just part of it), click on the “Design” ribbon.


From here, you can change the colors and the style of your SmartArt graphic. Your B&W bullet points seem light years away now!"

Thank you Librarytechtalk.

	Marthea Turnage mturnage@sfasu.edu rm. 202c 936.468.1896 Subjects - Accounting, Criminal Justice, Economics and Finance, General Business, Law, Management/Marketing/International Business, Nursing, Psychology