Pro Tip - I was so tired of always changing the sizes on my PowerPoint to make it 8.5x11 every time that I made a worksheet or labels. So I made a blank powerpoint that was 8.5x11 and saved it as a template. I made one for both orientations and saved them by that name, so I have a 'landscape' template and a 'portrait' template. Now when I open PowerPoint and it takes me to the template page, I click the tap on the top from 'featured' to 'personal' and then chose whichever one I need. I don't have to ever touch the page set up or remove the text boxes that are automatically included. It has saved me so much time.
When you select all your objects, there's an option on one of the menus at the top to align them all to centre. Then you know everything is perfectly aligned. The are also options to align every highlighted object on one edge, or to evenly space them.
Hey, Shelly! I seriously can’t even still wait to see the moving in and set Vlogs of your new classroom! Only two more days! And I also started re-doing some bitty of things in my classroom including my teaching cart I got a year ago from IKEA! 😍 ❤️Aaron
This is probably the video I was looking for without realizing it! I’ve been trying to figure out how I was going to label everything (first year teacher). This makes it easy!
I just wanted to say that I love you and love going on this teacher journey with you! This fall I'll be a senior in college and will then do my student teaching afterwards. You make me excited to teach!!
Yesss!!!! I’ve been looking forward to this video! I tried making labels using PowerPoint about a week ago (not printed yet), and you just gave me lots of cool tips on how to make them even better.
Thank you Shelly. I will be a first year teacher this coming fall and I couldn't find any labels that I liked anywhere. This will save me so much money and my labels will be customized to my liking. :)
I love this! Thank you so much for sharing! Have you ever done a calendar for the classroom? If you have, would you mind doing a tutorial showing how to do it? I’ve been looking for a good calendar to hang up on the bulletin board but I just don’t like any😩 Love, Nelly💕
Awesome video. I couldn't find the style I wanted either and with a lot of trial and error, made my own. I kind of wish I waited for this video though...would've saved a lot of time!
Thank you for this video! I have been making so many poster and labels using your directions. I am always finding great resources, but I want add something or match it to my classroom theme. The only problem is my husband complaining about my printing activity. 😉
Shelley, you can also create a blank template in ppt so that you dont have to change the format each time. Mine is literally called "blank letter size template". 😊
You can also add text inside the shape just by typing, instead of separately adding a different text box. This is helpful so you don't have to worry about always properly centering your text just right inside the shape.
Where was this video a week ago before a spent money on tpt for labels? 😫oh well. I will definitely be using this method during the school year. Thanks a bunch!!!!
You can do the same in Word and you don’t need to change any setting! PowerPoint is for slides/presentations (which you almost never print) and Word is for actually printing
Oh my word!! Wish I saw this earlier. I just bought labels off PTP which I enjoy for my toolbox but love a purple/blue theme. You are amazing for doing this!! Sharing on my Facebook so my teacher friends can see this!
Hi! We love your videos and would love to collaborate! We make safe and exciting chemistry experiments which are fun for the whole family. It would be great to get your teachers opinion on them. How do we email you?
I got super anxious that you didn’t cut your labels before you laminated. Is this just a UK teacher thing where we cut, laminate, then cut again? 😂🤦🏼♀️ super video though! I can’t believe I’ve never thought to use powerpoint like this before
@@iyaitssuzanne I think it is because sometimes when you cut the laminated card, the laminated sheets get separated and do not adhere to each other anymore... you have to buy really good quality laminated pouches for it to stay in contact when you cut them... At least, it's my experience. I laminate a lot of games for my class (memory, cards...) and if I don't cut them before then laminate, this happens and it makes me really mad!
So, whenever I laminate (cardstock) and then cut it, the lamination does not stay adhered around the sides that were not part of the original rectangle. Know what I mean? Does that happen to you? Not hot enough? I let it warm on on high for a loooong time (same Scotch laminator). Run it through more than once? Thoughts? Thx!!
Great video! I have a question about the watercolor background that you downloaded. Don’t you have to make sure that it’s okay to use it? Almost every picture that you see in Google is copyrighted and you are not allowed to use it even if it’s only in your classroom. If you go to settings you can click on different search options and you can see if you are allowed to use them. I recommend Pixabay if you want pictures that are okay to use. Best regards, Teacher Mari Ledin
