1. Apply a design to a presentation.
2. Create a title slide and edit it by inserting a graphic.
3. Create a bulleted list slide with and without clip art.
4. Edit slides by altering the formatting and placement of objects.
5. Insert and adjust clip art from the clip organizer and from Office.com
6. Enhance the slides.
7. Save the presentation.
Activity
1. Create the title slide and apply a design.
a. Start PowerPoint.
b. Click the Design Image tab.
c. Scroll until you find Technic design and click it.
d. Click the title text placeholder (this means click the words Click to add title) and type Professional Presentations - Tips.
e. Click the subtitle text placeholder. Type your name.
2. Edit the title slide.
Sometimes the placeholders and text need to be altered or moved to fit your style.
a. Click the title placeholder and move the mouse over the border of the placeholder until the four-headed cursor appears. Drag the title placeholder 1 inch from the top. (Turn on your rulers in the View tab.) Click the Home tab and the center alignment Image icon.
b. Move the subtitle placeholder 2 inches from the bottom following the same directions as above. Click inside the subtitle placeholder before your name and type By and press the Enter key.
c. Click the Insert Image tab and Clip Art Image icon. In the Clip Art task pane on the right type people in the search box and press Enter. Scroll down until you find an image that you feel represents a presentation. Click the selected clip art. Move the clip art to the left side of the slide. See Figure 6-27 the attachment as an example of a finished exercise.
3. Create a bulleted list slide.
a. Click the New Slide Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group.
b. Click title placeholder and type Planning the Presentation.
c. Click the Click to add text placeholder and type the following items pressing Enter after each but the last one: Purpose, Type of Presentation, Audience, Audience needs, Location, and Format.
4. Edit the bulleted list.
a. Click the text placeholder border.
b. Drag the text placeholder to the right so the bullets are 1.5 to 2 inches from the left slide of the slide.
5. Insert a shape, add clip art, and text.
a. Click the New Slide Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group.
b. Click the Layout Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group and click Title Only layout.
c. Click the title placeholder and type Be Creative - Use Shapes.
d. Click the Insert tab and click the Shapes Image icon in the Illustrations group. Select the Cloud Callout in the Callouts group (fourth From the left). Starting at the lower left of the slide, drag to the upper right. Click the yellow diamond Image on the bottom of the cloud and drag to the left.
e. On the Insert tab, Text group, click Text Box Image icon. Click in the cloud and type Presentation software enables users to create highly stylized images for slide shows and reports. Click the text box border and change the font to Garamond, 28 points, shadow and bold.
f. On the Insert tab, click Clip Art Image icon, type person in the search box and press Enter. Select an appropriate image and click it. Click the image and drag the sizing handles until it is about 1 to 2 inches in size. Move the image to the bottom left of the slide.
6. Insert a mixed slide.
a. Click the New Slide Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group.
b. Click the Layout Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group and click Two Content layout.
c. Click the title placeholder and type Make Clip Art Integral to the Slide.
d. Click the left Content placeholder Clip Art Image icon. Type funny in the clip art search box and press Enter. Click any image.
e. Click in the Right Content placeholder and type: Place in prominent place not on four corners and press Enter. Add interest to the slide and press Enter. Add to the message and press Enter. Make it BELONG.
f. Center the bulleted list between the top and bottom of the image.
7. Insert an AutoShape.
a. Click the New Slide Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group.
b. Click the Slide Layout Image icon on the Home tab, Slides group and click Title and Content layout.
c. Click the title placeholder and type Use SmartArt for Process.
d. Click the SmartArt Graphics Image icon in the content placeholder.
e. Select Pyramid Image and the first one on the left.
f. Type the following text: Quality and press Enter Enhancements and press Enter Design and press Enter Planning
g. Make any font (such as bold and shadow) and size adjustments.
8. Save the presentation.
a. Click the Save button on the Quick Access Toolbar or click File, Save.
b. Click the location to save the file on the left side of the window (such as a USB storage device) and type Chap6-Exercise1-LastName.
c. Click the Save button.
9. After looking at slide 5, you decide a better approach than the pyramid might be another SmartArt option that shows the information as a cycle. Add a sixth slide using one of the cycle options. Save the presentation. Now examine whether slide 5 or 6 represents the information better.