Make Words mean something in PowerPoint!

[Bob Woolley]

Words are powerful! You can say a lot with only a few words. They always recommend that when one uses PowerPoint to not overdo a lot of words and sentences. I have been in seminars where the speaker will read everything from a PowerPoint screen. One should only use PowerPoint to bring out a main topic or points of a sermon. A picture goes a long way for others to remember your sermon topic.

Here are some examples below of using a few words that others remember in a short brief look-see! Hope these ideas are useful? Did you know that God gives us words and phrases that can be used for PowerPoint?

- Bob

[Bob Woolley]

I have a few "Yanni" DVD's and in one DVD, the Lord pointed out something that Yanni said in his interview on the DVD. Yanni described how he was in this country? (not sure where) and he had heard this bird singing in the early morning at daybreak. He said it was the most beautiful song, he had ever heard which gave him an inspiration to compose some new music.

I thought....hmmmm....yes God does give a song! The bird picture came into my mind and the start of our Worship Service where we begin our PowerPoint slides. I tried to present a slide just before the chorus slide or hymn slide begins as the song leader begins the opening of the praise and worship.

I don't know how your services are presented but this is a great way to set the mood of the service visually!

What are your thoughts?! -Bob :rolleyes:

[Cindi Hammons]

Good work, Bob. Do you compose the words in PP? Whenever I do that, it will not allow me to save the whole thing as a slide. It will save the words, but I have to add the background each time. What am I doing wrong? I usually need to go to Photoshop to save a slide as a complete photo/slide like you have done above. Photoshop is great for working on photos, but I'd rather used PP for the slide. HELP!!!

Cindi H. who has missed you super postings!

[Bob Woolley]

Hi Cindi,

Well, I save the presentations (save with the extension .ppt)

Lets say you want to save all your adverts. Create a file (adverts1) then go to "Insert" - Files from Slides - browse by finding the presentations with the advert file that was used in the past. Select that certain slide you want, and import it into your file called (adverts1) Keep doing this with all your advert slides from other presentations until you have made up one presentation with all your adverts in it. You can save more to it from time to time until your file might become too large, then start a new file called (adverts2) and begin importing again. That way you have the advert slides made up with former text which can be changed at will. If you are using an earlier version of PowerPoint that might be a reason for not being able to do this? I don't know how the earlier versions worked.

So (continuing)...to make up a new presentation using the saved adverts1 you would select that needed slide made in the past and import into your new presentation by using "Insert" then Files from slides.

Tip: If you are making your backgrounds in Photoshop, allow space for text to be entered from PowerPoint. That way, you can use the background over and over again with (example) recent dates. I find this the best way rather than use the PowerPoint slide from the past presentations. But it is nice to save your presentations for sometimes future use.

If you have been following the Missons Usual ..not so.. leaders guide, we are on lesson 6 which deals with computers in the mission field. I have been elected to present this lesson. I plan to use PowerPoint to show how technology is changing the mission field and the church. Explaining Wifi and how Wimax works. Because of the cost of land lines in say, Africa, the cell phone is really taking off there. It is cheaper to have a cell phone than a land line. And how do we hook up a computer there to the interent...why by wireless technology. So that will be part of my talk explaining how the Lord is using technology to win the lost!

In saving a PowerPoint slide to say a jpg file format, you would open the presentation. select a slide for saving by highlighting it. Go to file, then save and select in the box at the bottom by right clicking on the little arrow and finding the format you want to save from....a choice is given. It will ask you if you want to save every slide or the one highlighted. If this is not working for you, you must have an old version of PowerPoint....that would be the only reason. You cannot change the text if you save in jpg. An example is attached.
Blessings, Bob

[Bob Woolley]

Cindi, I reread your post...? Really not sure what your problem could be? Could it be the way you are creating your presentations?. You must add your background first. I read the hymn or chorus and select an appropriate background to go along with the theme of the song. Then add the words on top. There is too ways to add backgrounds. One using the "handles" and resizing and the other is importing the picture as a background. I don't like the "handles" way because you must "order" it to go to the back so your text will be on top.

A lot of work adding different backgrounds to each hymn but more rewarding to see the reaction of the backgrounds to songs. I have a different background for each hymn or chorus...try not to use the same background. I know that many who have other jobs through the week do not have time to spend on making the service slides with different backgrounds so that is ok as well. But I feel a hymn has a message and the background should go along with the theme of the song.

Do you have MSN messenger? I can talk you through it if you want...just set up a time. (woolleyns@hotmail.com) just add that to your list on MSN and request to be added to my list.

-Bob

[John Bouldrey]

Bob,
I really appreciate your help with powerpoint worship for beginners like me!

[Mark Bolerjack]

There is too ways to add backgrounds. One using the "handles" and resizing and the other is importing the picture as a background. I don't like the "handles" way because you must "order" it to go to the back so your text will be on top.
-Bob

I don't have to change the order to send the background to the back.

I insert mine as a picture and resize like your method 1 above. Then I put in the text box next. It has always worked for me without sending the picture to the back.

I will have to try importing the picture as a background. I haven't tried that before.

[Bob Woolley]

John,

Here is another trick our former pastor taught me. When you are typing in your text in a text box, hold down the "shift" key to go to the next line while pressing "enter". What this does is put the next sentence directly below the top sentence. Otherwise, you will see a greater space between sentences. I think this tip also works in a word processor as well?

It is a good tip when you are trying to crowd stanzas of a chorus into a small space. Also moving the handles of the text box away (left or right) from a certain area in an image will allow you to see the text more clearly. I know you can shade the text box but I prefer not too. I make each chorus differently rather than using a standard format with a shaded box to write in. - Bob

[Adam Spriggs]

To insert a picture as a background in PowerPoint, simply:

1. right-click on the slide
2. choose background
3. click on the down arrow of the drop-down box
4. click Fill Effects
5. click Picture
6. click Select Picture
7. find the picture and click Insert
8. check or uncheck the Lock Picture aspect ratio checkbox
9. click OK
10. click Apply (for current slide) or Apply to All to set the background on all slides