YEAR 7 UNIT 1

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YEAR 7 UNIT 1

• Using ICT

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FONTS AND COLOURS You are going to learn how to
select and use appropriate fonts and colours in
your presentation
Before you do this we shall look at Pats poor
presentation again. After looking at the
presentation answer two questions1. What are
3 things that are good about the colours and text
used.2. What are 3 things that are bad about
the colours and text used.
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About me

• By Pat

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My name is Pat Smith

• I live at 45 West street in Newtown by the post
  office in a house with a blue door and three
  bedrooms
• My mum works for the post office and goes to work
  very early every day and I have to get breakfast
  for Jane
• My best friend likes football and chips and his
  dads car and going to his nans house on sundays
  except when Jamie is there because shes always
  getting everyone into trouble

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My family

• My dad lives in Spain
• My sister is younger than me and is a pain in the
  neck
• We have got three cats called Tommy fred and
  tibbs
• We got our dog from the rescue centre because he
  had been abadoned

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Hobbies

• Football
• Tele

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School

• I liked my last school
• Miss jones was great but mr best was horrid and
  he got cross when I talked
• I liked maths but not history or geography
• My school was near here, just round the corner

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The end
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- Good and bad things about the colours and text
used
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Using different colours in a presentation
Why is colour used in a presentation?
To attract the attention of the audience To
highlight key points To illustrate To make
it more interesting
Click mouse button to see reasons
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Using Text to convey meaning
Text is used to convey meaning but the appearance
of the text can vary The next 7 slides shows
different ways that text can be displayed in a
presentation
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Size

• Text size is measured in points
• Text size is measured in points
• Text size is measured in points
• Text size is measured in points
• Text size is measured in points
• Text size is measured in points

• Which text size would you choose?

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Colour

• Which colours are easier to read?

• Which colours are easier to read?

PROJECTED text -gt DARK background with lighter
text best
CLOSE UP on-screen viewing -gt LIGHT background
with darker text
Click on mouse button twice
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Colour stories
COLD
DANGER
GO or living matter
REGAL
Click mouse button four times
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Effects

• Text can be emphasised by
• Bold
• Italic
• Underline
• Shadow
• Emboss

• Which text effect would you choose?

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Case

• Text can be emphasised by using
• UPPER CASE
• lower case

• Which case would you choose?

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Fonts

• Text can use different fonts
• SERIF
• SANS SERIF

• Which font would you choose?

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Examples
FONT NAME Arial Algerian Bookman Old Style Arial
rounded MT bold Comic Sans MS Stencil Lucida Sans
Unicode

• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?
• Which font is this?

Click on this button to see the different ways
that text can be displayed in a presentation again
Click mouse button to see answers
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Which fonts are SERIF?
Times New Roman, Bookman Old Style and Stencil
Which fonts are SANS SERIF?
Arial, Tahoma, Comic Sans and Lucida Sans
Which fonts are all capitals?
Algerian, castellar and Stencil
Which fonts are easier to read?
Bookman Old Style and Lucida Sans Unicode?
Which fonts are more difficult to read?
Snap, Chiller and Staccato?
Which fonts do you like best?
Which fonts are you going to use for your
presentation? Why?
Click mouse button 5 times to see answers
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• Think about your presentation and the way it
  looks on your screen and, using different colours
  and text make your presentation look more
  attractive
• You must consider using
• Different text sizes
• Different coloured text on coloured backgrounds
• Colour to convey meaning (danger, go, cold etc)
• Emphasised text
• Upper and Lower Case text
• Different font styles

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EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF FONTS AND COLOUR
What guidelines would you give to others about
using colours and fonts in presentations?
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HOMEWORK
On your printouts of your presentation write down
any changes or additions that you feel would make
your presentation look better. Give reasons for
any changes or additions that you would make.