This tutorial is designed so that you can set up multimedia story formats beforehand or you can instruct your students to set them up as part of the lesson, depending on your curriculum objectives and the age of your students. Create a slide show:1. | Start Microsoft PowerPoint. | 2. | In the title text box, type a title for your story. Adjust the font style and size. | 3. | In the subtitle text box, type your name as author of the story. | 4. | Reposition your title and name on the page, and resize them accordingly. To move a text box, select the text box by clicking its border, and when the pointer becomes a four-headed arrow, drag the text box to the desired location. | 5. | On the Format menu, click Background. From the drop-down list box, choose a color or fill effect for your title page. 
| 6. | On the File menu, click Save as. Give your file a name and save it to the desired folder.
Tip: Save your slide show regularly to avoid losing changes. 
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Inserting images from clip artStory slides can be composed of both text and images. To create a slide with an image from a clip-art collection: 1. | On the Insert menu, click New Slide. | 2. | In the Slide Layout task pane, select the layout that has a title only.
| 3. | Click within the title text box. Type the first lines of your story. To leave space for images from clip art, create gaps by pressing the TAB key. | 4. | Select the title text box. Position your text on the page by dragging and resizing the text box until it is how you want it. | 5. | Adjust the font size and text color to suit your taste. | 6. | On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click Clip Art.
Type in the subject you are searching for and click Search. 
| 7. | Click the selected image, and it is automatically inserted onto the slide. | 8. | Once it is on the slide, you can resize your clip art by selecting the image and dragging the resize handles. | 9. | Drag and drop your image to the appropriate gap in your text. You may want to add extra spaces to accommodate the image. | 10. | Repeat these steps to add additional clip-art images to your story.
Tip: Save your slide show regularly to avoid losing changes. |
Adding soundTo provide an interactive element to our story, we are going to insert sound files. 1. | On the Insert menu, point to Movies and Sounds, and then click Sound from Clip Organizer. | 2. | Type the name of the sound you are looking for in the Search text field.
Note: In the Results should be drop-down list, make sure that only Sounds is selected. 
| 3. | Click the sound file you want to insert. A message box appears asking if you want the sound to play automatically during a slide show or only when you click it. | 4. | A sound icon appears on the slide to indicate a sound file has been added. Drag the icon and drop it over the corresponding image. To play the sound during a slide show, click the sound icon. 
| 5. | Continue adding sound files. | 6. | To preview your slideshow, press F5. | 7. | Continue creating slides, images, and sounds to complete your story. |
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