Free to U of M students, staff and faculty. We offer a variety of instructional classes on topics such as navigating library resources, database search techniques, and PowerPoint presentations.

Handout for the Bio-Medical Library class, PowerPoint: The Basics.

Handout for the Bio-Medical Library’s Class, PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics.

Links to a basic document about using PowerPoint to create posters.

There are several class offerings on the Twin Cities campus that can help you learn more about using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 2003 help from Microsoft, covering basic and more advanced information.

Online tutorials abound for PowerPoint. You might try looking on the Web for tutorials or help information. Some examples are listed below.

The world’s most detailed 3D model of human anatomy available online created by Primal Pictures. Includes features such as interactive zoom, rotation, angle, interactive layers, extensive text, MRI, clinical slides and xrays, live action movies, animations, radiology slides, dissection videos and slides, surface anatomy videos and slides. Focuses on muscles, ligaments, nerves, veins, arteries, bones.

Handout from the University of California that walks users through a three-step process to acquire and use digital images.

images.MD compiles over 48,000 high-quality images spanning all of internal medicine, all derived from Current Medicine’s series of illustrated atlases. Each image is accompanied by detailed and informative text. After registering for a free account, images can be put into "My Slides" and e-mailed to the user as a PowerPoint presentation.

The following software products allow you to edit and create PowerPoint presentations on your PDA/Handheld. These links are provided for information only, the products are neither reviewed or endorsed by the Bio-Medical Library

The following sites provide product information for the projection of PowerPoint presentations from your PDA/Handheld. These links are provided for information only the products are neither reviewed or endorsed by the Bio-Medical Library

You can find many free PowerPoint templates on the Web. Try a Google search or go to the Microsoft page. Or, use this link to find some fun and interesting templates.

Templates from the official Microsoft site.

If you want to black out your screen while you are presenting, press [Shift] and the B key at the same time. Your screen will black out. To end the black screen and resume your slideshow, press [Shift] and the [B] key again.