PowerPoint Practice Exercise

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PowerPoint Practice Exercise

• Save this file on your computer.
• Open this file in PowerPoint
• Edit each slide according to the instructions
  provided in the slides in order to learn the
  skills required for assignment 4.

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Adding and Deleting Slides

• Slides are added to a presentation by opening the
  Insert menu above and clicking New Slide. You
  might also use the New Slide button on the
  toolbar if it is available.
• New slides are inserted following the current
  slide. Notice the current slide is highlighted in
  the left pane.
• Slides are deleted by selecting them in the left
  pane and pressing the Delete key to delete it.
• Try inserting a slide. After inserting a slide
  progress over the new slide to the next slide by
  either clicking it in the left pane or pressing
  the PgDn key.

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Slide Formats Clip Art

• Open the Format menu and select Slide Layout.
  Click the slide format named Title, Text Clip
  Art (under Other Layouts) to Apply it to this
  slide
• Insert a Clip Art image of your choice
• Progress to the next slide

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Slide Formats Chart

• Apply the slide format named Title, Text Chart
  to this slide.
• Click the chart button and edit the data in the
  chart table however you like.
• Close the chart table to complete the chart
  insertion.
• Progress to the next slide

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Slide Formats Organizational Chart

• Use the Insert menu to Insert a New Slide
  select the Organizational Chart format.
• Add some data to the chart and experiment with
  the chart tool then progress to the next slide.

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Applying a Design Template

• Select Format/Slide Design. Select a design of
  your choice and apply it to the presentation by
  clicking the arrow bar next to the slide of your
  choice and clicking Apply to All Slides
• Select Color Schemes, select a color scheme of
  your choice, and Apply to All Slides

Now were crankin!!
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Acquiring Graphics from the Web

• Open your Web browser and go to
  http//www.fsu.edu/7Eunicomm/pages/seal_gallery.h
  tml
• Right-click and save the FSU Seal located in the
  upper left corner of the page.
• Well use this graphic later in the exercise.

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Transparent GIFs
Clipart is typically transparent

• GIF images can be edited to have a transparent
  background to easily blend with other images and
  backgrounds.

Standard GIF image
Transparent GIF image

• Graphics programs such as Paint Shop Pro,
  Fireworks, and Illustrator, can create
  transparent GIF images from standard GIF images.
• Free Web tools are also available
  http//stuff.mit.edu/tweb/map.html

No action required on this slide.
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Editing the Slide Master
Changes made to Slide Masters effect all slides
of that type in the presentation.

• View the Slide Master by clicking View then
  Master then Slide Master
• Add your name to the footer
• Insert the FSU Seal image that you saved earlier
  in the upper right corner of the Slide Master
• Resize the Seal to make it very small and
  unobtrusive.
• Click Close Master View on the Slide Master
  View toolbar.
• Observe the results on all slides

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Editing Object Properties Fill Effects

• Click the circle below to select it
• Double-click the circle to view its properties
• Click the arrow to open the Color pallet and
  select Fill Effects
• Click the option for Two colors, and pick the
  colors
• Click From center
• Click OK
• For Line Color click No Line
• Click OK

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Editing Object Properties Transparency

• Click the red circle below to select it
• Double-click the red circle to view its
  properties
• Use the transarency slides to set the color
  transparency to 50
• Click OK

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Using the Drawing Toolbar

• Use the options on the Drawing toolbar to adjust
  the following attributes of the red circle
• Fill Color
• Line color
• Line Style
• Shadow Style
• 3-D Style

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Adding Text to Shapes

• Select the red circle below and type the word
  HELLO.
• Click outside the circle to exit edit mode.
• Select the circle again and adjust the Font Color
  using the Drawing toolbar.
• Use the Edit toolbar to change the font to Comic
  Sans MS, size 24, bold

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Adding a Textbox and Arranging Objects

• Click Text Box on the Drawing Toolbar then click
  to the left of the circles below and type HELLO.
• Use the mouse to select the text then use the
  Editing toolbar to change it to size 54.
• Click and drag the textbox so that HELLO is
  placed over the two circles.

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Selecting Groups of Objects

• So far, we have selected and operated on one
  object at a time. Multiple objects can be
  selected at once either by holding shift and
  clicking each object, or by clicking and dragging
  the mouse pointer over all desired objects.
• Using the Drawing toolbar, insert four AutoShapes
  below, then try selecting them together by using
  both methods described above.
• While all four objects are selected, add a shadow
  effect using the Shadow tool on the drawing
  toolbar.

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Setting Order and Groupings

• Insert a square next to the circle below by
  clicking the Rectangle tool button on the Drawing
  toolbar (bottom of display) then clicking and
  dragging on the slide.
• Click and drag the square to move it so that it
  is partially covering the circle.
• Right-click the circle and choose Order/Bring to
  Front
• Select both the circle and square by holding the
  shift key and clicking them both one after the
  other
• Click Draw on the Drawing toolbar, then choose
  Group.
• Click and drag the figures to see that they are
  now grouped together as one object.

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Lines, Arrows, WordArt

• Experiment with the line, arrow, and WordArt
  buttons on the Drawing toolbar.

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Rotating and Animating Objects

• Rotate the star by selecting it, and clicking and
  dragging the green handle on the star.
• Select both the moon and star and group them
  together as one object
• With the grouped objects selected open the Slide
  Show menu, click Custom Animation
• Click Add Effect, then Entrance, and select an
  animation effect (Fly In, Stretch, Wipe, etc).
• Try out the animation by clicking the button on
  the bottom labeled Slide show (then exit the show
  by pressing the Esc key).

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Advanced Animation Effect Options

• Use the Custom Animation options to Add an Effect
  to this bulleted list so that each bulleted item
  Flies In one at a time with each mouse click.
• Click the arrow button next to the animation
  setting for this text to access the Effect
  Options. In the After Animation settings select a
  light color.
• Use the Slide show button to view the effect.

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Advanced Animation Timing

• Using the Custom Animation pane
• Set an animation for this bulleted list so that
  each 1st and 2nd bullet level Appear one at a
  time with each mouse click (you will need to
  change Group Text settings in Effect Options).
• Set the below picture objects to Fly In one after
  the other, one from the left and the other from
  the right, automaticcaly (without clicking the
  mouse) with a 1 second delay on each (you will
  need to change the Direction and Timing settings
  in Effect Options)

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Advanced Animation Fades and Timing

• Set the below images so that the one on the left
  dissolves in, pauses for two seconds, then
  disappears as the second dissolves in. Set it so
  it all happens automatically.

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Slide Transitions

• Select Slide Show/Slide Transition. Try out the
  various transition effects.
• Experiment with Speed and Sound
• Select Random Transition and Apply to All slides.

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Setting Up AutoPlay

• You can set the timings for progressing through a
  presentation by selecting Slide Show/Rehearse
  Timings.
• Run the show at the pace that you feel is
  appropriate, clicking the mouse to progress
  through all slides. PowerPoint will record your
  timings for use in auto-playing the presentation.
• Save the timings when you are finished.
• Upon exit, your slideshow will be displayed in
  Slide Sorter view. Note the timings associated
  with each slide.
• Double-click this slide to return to Normal View.
• Select View/Slide Show to auto-play this
  presentation.

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Setting Up AutoPlay

• For some environments, such as a public kiosk or
  trade show, you may wish to have your automated
  slide show loop back to the beginning when it
  concludes. To set your presentation to loop
• Select Slide Show/Set Up Show
• Check the box by Loop continuously until Esc
• Click OK
• Try it out on this presentation.