Note-taking with Keynote (or PowerPoint)

1. Open Keynote - if not in your dock, go to the Macintosh HD, click on Applications, open the folder for IWork06 and drag the Keynote icon into your dock, then open it.

2. Choose "White" for the theme. Do not choose a colored or picture background since you may want to print these notes.

3. Click on the icon in Keynote called Masters and choose Title and Bullets.

4. Locate a good Internet source for your report. Copy the address of the site and paste it into the Title block of the first slide in Keynote.  This will help you develop your bibliography.

5. Click on the icon for the first slide located on the left of the window. Now click Edit and choose Duplicate. This creates a second slide with the same source already pasted into the title block. Do this whenever you need a new slide.

**You can change the size of text in any box. Highlight the text, then go to Format and choose Font, then Show Fonts. Choose the "family" and size you want from there.

6. Take notes in short phrases, not complete sentences. This saves space and helps keep you from plagiarizing when you write your report.

7. As your research develops, you will think of new questions that need to be answered on your topic. You may add a text block to each slide where you can type in the question that the notes on that slide are about. This will help you organize your notes when you get ready to write.

8. Save your notes often. *** If you are handing your notes in to your teacher's drop box, name your file starting with your last name, then Project Notes.