How to make an OHP

MAKING AN OHP

• Use a programme like WORD to create your page
• PLAN first
• Think how you will teach using this OHP – you may want to add labels as you go along.
• If you write on it, use a WASHABLE pen

Important DESIGN Tips

• The OHP is burned with BLACK ink.
   Don’t use pictures that rely on colour unless you are going to use a coloured koki on it
• Pictures need to be clear – use line drawings rather than photos
• Make sure there is a difference in SIZE between headings and text
• Leaving space to write answers works well

Tips for using WORD

INSERT OBJECTS

• Objects are any types of text, pictures, etc, that are not letters or numbers
• Wordprocessing programmes are not designed to work with objects
• It treats all objects as TEXT
• To make the objects stay in the place you want them you have to “tell” the programme that they are not letters

• Click on the object – a DRAWING TOOLS menu will open
• Select TEXT WRAPPING
• Choose THROUGH
• Now you can move the
object anywhere you want it


Word Art

 On the INSERT Menu, select WORD ART
 Choose a colour and style
 You can edit the text and change the angle by double clicking on the box
 If it is not at the top of the page, use the TEXT WRAP option

Text Boxes

 Text boxes mean you can use any part of the page without having to stick to straight lines
 On the INSERT Menu, select TEXT BOX
 Click and drag a text box where you want it
 Write in the box and format the text as normal

Auto Shapes

• These allow you to add any sort of shapes – smiley faces, arrows, call outs, etc.
• Click and Drag to the place
you want it
• You can format Auto shapes – right click and then you can change colours, etc

Pictures

• Use simple pictures or they will be too blurry
• There is very little CLIPART on most modern computers
• You can find good clipart on Google Images
• On Google Images type in the picture you want – add Clipart or Line drawing if you like
• When you have found a picture, click on it
• You need to save the picture in as high a definition as possible – check it is FULL SIZE

• Save your picture or copy
• Insert it into your document and WRAP TEXT so that it  doesn’t move your other objects and text


How to make the OHP

• Print the final OHP on paper
• On a PHOTOCOPIER, burn the OHP onto a HEAT QUALITY transparency