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Share multiple-mouse presentations through Office.com. If you have problems getting started creating your own multiple-mouse presentations, or if you just want some ideas, download some multiple-mouse presentation templates from Microsoft Office.com. Although these files are called “templates,� they are short multiplemouse presentations about various subjects. You can use the presentations as they are, or you can change and add to them by using your own ideas and images. You can find multiple-mouse presentation templates quickly by starting from the
Mouse Mischief start window, from the Mouse Mischief website, or you can go directly to the Office.com Templates page and browse to the multiple-mouse presentations. After you have created a multiple-mouse presentation, you can share it with other teachers. If you have a Windows Live ID, you can submit your presentation to Office.com where it will be stored as a template that other teachers can download and use.
Find and download multiple-mouse presentation templates 1. Click Start, and then click Microsoft Mouse Mischief. 2. Click Find and share multiple-mouse presentations. 3. Scroll to a template that you want to download.
Visit the Mouse Mischief Community Blog (http://go.microsoft.com/ fwlink/?LinkId=196053) to find more ideas and share your own tips, lesson plans, and best practices. From there, you can join Mouse Mischief on Facebook or participate in the Twitter conversation about Mouse Mischief. Also visit Office.com to download starter presentations (http://go.microsoft.com/ fwlink/?LinkId=196054) that you can use and change to suit your students. 12
4. Point to the thumbnail or the title of the presentation, and then click Download. 5. Save the template to your computer. By default, the computer will save the template to the Microsoft Office Templates folder. You can change this location if you want to. You can also go directly to the Office.com Templates page to find templates.
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Upload a multiple-mouse presentation template 1. Go to the Microsoft Office Online templates page. 2. Click in the bottom right corner, or click the Submit a template link under Community Resources. Sign in with your Windows Live ID. 3. On the Registration page, in the Choose Display Name box, type the name you want displayed by the content you submit. 4. In the Template Submission Form, click the Browse button and navigate to the multiple-mouse lesson on our computer that you want to upload. Double-click the file. Note: Make sure that the file you want to upload meets all the file limitations noted on the page. For example, it must be a PowerPoint 2010 or 2007 file that is not larger than 10 MB. 5. The file name of your lesson will automatically be entered as the title for your lesson. If you want to change the title, you can type a new title in the Enter a title box. You can also type a description in the Enter a description box. A description is not necessary, but adding one is recommended, because it will help other teachers decided more quickly if your lesson is appropriate for their classes or not. 6. In the Select categories box, click the choose manually (advanced) link. In the Manual category entry box, scroll to the Presentations heading, and then click MultipleMouse presentations. 7. Click Submit. A Thank You screen will appear, where you can easily submit more lessons if you wish. Your lesson will be reviewed and Office online will contact you via your Windows Live e-mail address about whether it has been accepted and posted on the site.