how to use microsoft powerpoint 2010

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w to Use Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

ntents

apter 1 - Using a template

apter 2 - Editing a Show

apter 3 - Applying Designs

apter 4 - Adding Objects

apter 5 - Special Effectsapter 6 - Action Buttons

apter 7 - Slide Master

apter 8 - Testing

pyright Gerard Strong 2012

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apter 1

ing a Template

What is Microsoft PowerPoint?

crosoft PowerPoint is the leading graphics package. You can use it to create, design and orgofessional presentations quickly and easily. You can then;

o Give the presentation yourself

o Set it to run automatically on its own or

o Let users use it as an interactive Web style site with links to different pages opresentation.

GETTING STARTED

Load Microsoft PowerPoint. You can do this in two ways;

Either double-click the PowerPoint icon


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Or click Start at the bottom left of the screen, then click on Programs, MicrPowerPoint on the menu.

Your screen will look like this.

Over the next several chapters youll be working on a presentation of several sThis will be the sort that you would deliver yourself to an audience or automatically running for people to look at in their own time.

PLANNING A PRESENTATION

deliver an effective presentation you need to consider who your audience is, and prepare des to suit them. The audience could be your classmates or even work your colleagues and geblic if you are working for a real company.

hoever your presentation is for here are a few basic guidelines.

1. Start with a title screen showing what the project is about.

2. Dont put more than 4 or 5 points on each slide. People cant concentra


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too much information at once.

3. Keep each point short and simple. You may want to talk around each poexplain it in further detail.

4. Sound, graphics and animation can add interest, but dont overdo them!

USING A TEMPLATE

quick way to create a colour full presentation is to use a Template or a Theme.

Once PowerPoint is loaded, click on the File tab. You should see the New oin the menu.

Select Themes, along from the highlight button Blank Presentation.


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Click on the Apex Theme and Press the Create button.

u will not see that the theme has been applied to the new Presentation.

Click on the Layout menu on the home ribbon.


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om here you can change the layout of the slide and see the variations you could pick from. Foment lets leave it as a title slide, which is already highlighted. This is the most suitable layofirst page of your new presentation.

Click on Title Slide and the menu will close.

u may want to make a new folder in which to save your presentation. You could call thiample London Presentation.

Save your new blank presentation as London.ppt in the folder you wish.

PLACE HOLDERS

ch slid layout displays placeholders that allow you to easily add objects such as text, cliparart to a slide. You will see two examples of placeholders on your title slid, one for the title andthe subtitle.

ding text to the title screen

ck the title placeholder (the box where PowerPoint tells to click here to add title) and type the

ndon.


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w add a subtitle, click in the placeholder and type: Activities and Entertainment providear round.

FORMATTING AND MOVING THE TEXT

u can click the text boxes to move them around the screen. You can also format the text in eachx for example, change its colour, size or alignment.

format text you need to select the text box by clicking on its border. When the border has cham a dashed line on the border of the box to a solid line you can start formatting the text.

you want to edit, add or delete text in a box, click inside the box. The border changes to a dashthe border.

shed line

lid line


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Select the solid line around the sub-title box

Make the text Italic.

Increase the font size to 40.

CHANGE THE VIEW

You can change the view between various types of the presentation by clicking on the icons abottom of the screen.


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Normal View

This is the most useful view as it lets you see, down the left of the screen, small images ofslide in your presentation. This the view currently selected and shown here.

de Sorter View

is view helps you to organise your slides in the later stages. Well be looking at this viewen you have more than one slide. Heres a preview of what it will look like when you have 7 sl


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de show View

Click on this icon to view your presentation

Save and Close the presentation

apter 2

Editing a Show

this Chapter you will add some more to the presentation you started in Chapter 1. You willrn how to change the order of your bullet point and swap the slides around.

Opening an existing presentation

Open PowerPoint if it is not already open.


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Either click on Recent or Click on open and find where you saved presentation.

Make sure you are in Normal view by clicking the Normal view button bottom of the screen.

STARTING A NEW SLIDE

w you can begin the second slide of the presentation.

ck on the text of the New Slide icon on the home tab.

The layout menu will appear. Select the second layout called Title and content lay


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clicking on the title and content style a new slide will be added on the left side of the screen.

Add the text as on the following screenshot, remembering to press Enter each tim

need to start a new bullet point.


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CHANGING TEXT SIZE

u can increase or decrease the size of the text by using the Font Size button. Select the bordsubtitle box to make the line appear solid.

ck four times on the increase font size button, to make the font size 44.

ur screen should now look something like this;


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CHECKING YOUR SPELLING

u can check your spelling by clicking g on the review tab.

Click on the Spelling button.

PowerPoint will try to correct all the words and will show you if you have something wrong by underlining it in red.

Click on OK if you have no mistakes or click on change if you have any mistakethen click on close.

Adding more slides

The next four slides are going to show more detail about each of the four types of actifor sightseeing. New slides will be added after the current slid, so you need to be onsecond slide.

Click on the Home tab.


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Click on the text of the New slide button and select the Title and content layobefore.

Click on the Outline tab on the left of your screen.

Click next to the 3 and type Free London Attractions as the title of the third slidthe outline tab. You will notice it types the title onto the slide at the same time.

Right click in the area under the outline tab.


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Select New slide, a New slide should appear

Add new slides and add the titles, Secret London. Family Activities in London,trips outside London.

You should now have four new slides, each with their own headings as shown inoutline below.


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Select the third slide by clicking its Slide icon

Add text to this slide. Type British Museum and Press Enter. Types Parks and Enter

Now Press the tab key or click on the Increase Indent button to indent the next poi


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Like this;

CUSTOMISING BULLETS

You can change the style and colour of bullets to increase the impact of a subset of poin

Click in the new line and select the arrow to open the menu next to the bullet button.

Click on the bottom option Bullets and Numbering, a new window will appear.


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Click on Customize in the bottom right corner of the window.

The symbol window will appear. Select a new shape for your bullet.

Click on OK.

Type the rest of the text, as show here;


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CHANGING THE ORDER OF SLIDES

Try to move slide 4 below slide 5. Click on the slide 4 icon and drag it below slide

CHECKING YOUR PRESENTATION

u can view your progress so far. Look at it first in Slide Sorter View.

Click on the Slide sorter view button at the bottom of your screen.


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hen you click on the Slide Show button, the presentation starts at the selected slide, the highlide.

Click on Slide 1 to select it.

Click the slide Show button at the bottom of the screen.

Click or press the space bar to move to the next slide. Pressing the backspace keyback one slide. Remember you can exit your presentation at any time by pressing thkey.

Save your work using the save icon.

Close the Presentation.


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apter 3

Applying Designs

w youre ready to thin more about the overall appearance of your slides. Some slides may nghter background than others to increase their impact, or you may want to change the d

mplate. Whatever your ideas PowerPoint has many functions for customising the appearance ofdes.

anging the Design template

Open your Presentation named London.ppt

Select the tab Design along the top ribbon.

Select the drop down arrow to open the template designs. It is on the far right omenu;

Click on the waveform template.


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Changing the Slide Colour Scheme.

With any slide selected, select the Colour Schemes option at the right of the design ribbon.

Select the Concourse Colour scheme.

CHANGING THE BACKGROUND STYLES AND COLOURS

It is possible to change the styles and colours of the background in your slides wi

making any changes to the text colours or designs.

Select Slide 1


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Click on the Background Styles menu.

Select the bottom right style Style 10.

Click the Normal View button


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You can also add textures and gradients to your slides in the same way by clicking on fobackground from the same menu.

If you have a picture of your own that you would like to see as a background for your you can add it by selecting the File button from the format background window that ap

when you click on the format background button.

CHANGING THE LAYOUT OF A SLIDE

PowerPoint allows you to choose between a number of layouts for each slide. Some laare suitable for slides with bullet points, others for slides which will include clip photographs, and others for slides showing charts or graphs.

In normal view, select the fourth slide titled; Family activities in London

To select a new layout, make sure the Home tab is selected, click on the layout bu


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Select the layout named Comparison.


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Click on the Slides tab

On the slide 4, click on the text box where it says to click to add text and then enttext as shown below

You may need to use the font size button to make the font fit into the text box.

CHOOSING A LAYOUT TO INCLUDE CLIP ART

e sixth slide will have a picture as well as text, so first you must change its layout.

Select the sixth slide titled Days outside London.

Click on the layout button and select the layout Two content


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u will learn how to use Clipart in the next Chapter.

Save and close your presentation.

apter 4

Adding Objects

u can add pictures, scanned photographs or cartoons to your slides. You can even put in graphsarts.

If it is not already on your screen, open the presentation called London.ppt.

Click on the sixth Slide or scroll down to view the Day trips outside London.


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Click in the right hand box and select where you click to add text.

Type Windsor Castle and Press Enter.

Press the Tab key to demote the bullet. Add the sub point: Explore regal Windsor.


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INSERT A CLIP ART IMAGE

p art is simply a collection of pictures and drawings that have been drawn by professional ad collected together for other people to use. PowerPoint comes with a small.

Click anywhere on the left text box. Move your cursor over the clip art image imiddle.

The clip art menu will open on the right. Search for Windsor.


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Click on the picture you would like.

e range of clip art available with PowerPoint is fairly narrow. You may also have a sliferent selection of pictures to choose from. A good place to find clip art pictures is on the int

Microsofts on-line clip art gallery. You can get to this by clicking on the Find more at Office


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k at the bottom of the Clip art window.

HANDLES

Note the little circles surrounding the picture in the corners. These are called hanWhen the handles are visible, the graphic is selected.

Click away from the graphic and the handles disappear.

Click anywhere inside the picture and the handles will be visible again.

CHANGING THE SIZE OF THE GRAPHIC

You can make the graphic bigger or smaller without changing it proportions by dragginof the corner handles.

Make sure the graphic is selected so that the handles are visible.

Move the cursor over the middle left handle until it is shaped like a horiztwo-headed arrow.

Click and hold down the left mouse button. The cursor will change to a cross-

Drag outwards. You will be able to see how big the graphic will be from th

through image. When it is about 1 cm wider, release the button.

Save your work so far.

ter the following information onto slide 6, you will need to change the layout and add the clage yourself.


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ADDING A CHART

xt, add a new slide to put a graph on.

Click the Slide Sorter View button in the bottom of your screen.

Select the final slide 6 by clicking it.


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Close the clipart menu

Add a new slide by clicking on the new slide button. Select the Title and Colayout.

Make sure the New slide is selected and click the normal View button.


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w you are ready to begin making your chart.

In the middle of the placeholder, click on the image that looks like a chart. A new window will appear. Here you can select the type of chart you would like to use.

e are going to make a simple column chart that is already selected.

Click on ok.

You will now see a small spreadsheet from Microsoft Excel.


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To make your chart you need to add your own information into the table.

Click once in cell labelled Series 1.

Now begin by typing Average Temperature. This will replace Series 1.

Double click the border between the second and third column header. Thisincrease the column width.

Replace the headings category 1, category 2, category 3, and category 4. With 12column headings; Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.


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Highlight the column headers C and D and press Delete on the keyboard.

Type in the data as shown here;


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Resize the select area that the chart will take the data from. This is called the

Range.

First drag it down to include all months.

Then drag it to the left to make sure the column 1 and 2 are not included.


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Close Microsoft Excel. You will see the chart has been made on your PowerPoint

You can change the design and layout of the chart when it is selected by using the newthat appear at the top ribbon.


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Click off the chart to view it properly and resize it to fit the page if necessary.

EDITING THE CHART

ppose you have made a mistake in one of the figures or headings in the chart.

ake sure the chart is selected.

Click on the Edit Data button.

Make any changes you want in the datasheet. The Chart changes automatically.

Close Excel

WRAPPING UP

Click the Slide Sorter View button. This will let you see your presentation as a wand organise your slides.

If you are happy, Save and Close your presentation.


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Chapter 5

SPECIAL EFFECTS

this chapter you will be adding animation to the presentation. You can also add transition efen each screen opens.

ultimedia objects and effects, such as pictures, animation and sounds help to keep the attenti

ur audience.

Open the presentation London.ppt.

Select Slide Sorter View and click on the first slide.

Select the first slide.

VIEWING A SLIDE SHOW

fore you add any special effects to a show, it is a good idea to view it as it is. This helps yild a picture in your mind of what needs to be improved.

Click on the Slide show button beside the Slide Sorter View button.


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Click the mouse to change to the next slide.

Keep going until PowerPoint returns you to the slide Sorter view.

ADDING SLIDE TRANSITIONS

ansitions change the way a slide opens. You can make the next slide open like a blind or a curexample.

Make sure that slide 1 is selected.

Click on the Transitions tab.

Select the drop down menu on the bottom right on the window. This will display transitions.


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Select Fade from the list of different transitions.

This will make the first screen fade inform a blank screen like a television when you first ton.

You can select different Effect Options and durations to change the speed at which the transoccurs.

ew your changes by clicking on either the Preview button or the Slide show Button at the bottowindow. You will notice the new transition that you have used.


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ADDING TRANSITIONS TO MULTIPLE SLIDES

u can apply a transition to more than one slide but not all by selecting them first, using the y.

add another transition to all of the rest of the slides;

Make sure that you are in the Slide Sorter View.

Click Slide 2 and then hold down the Shift key.

With the Shift key still pressed, click on Slide 7.

Choose the Wipe transition.


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Click the Slide Show button to view the presentation. End the show when youfinished viewing by pressing the Esc key.

ADDING SOUNDS

u can add a sound to accompany the transition. For example if you have a slide that pops in e side, you could put a whoosh sound in there.

With the Slide transition tab open, select the slide you would like to add the sound

Use the menu on the transition ribbon to select the sound you would like.


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Select the sound you would like to add to the slide entrance.

ADDING SPECIAL EFFECTS TO TEXT

werPoint also allows you to add animations to objects such as clip art images, charts, and bts.

Select Slide 1 in the Normal view.


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Select the Animations tab. You will see a selection of Animations

To animate any item on the slide you will need to select it.

Click on the title text London.


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Now you will see that you can pick from the animations across the top ribbon.

More animations are available from the drop down menu on the bottom right oprevious screenshot. Click in the arrow to find more animations.


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Select Swirl.

To see your changes you can select the preview button.

e are going to use one of the exit animations for the subtitle.

Select the subtitle and click on the drop down arrow in the animation window.

Click on Float out.

USING CUSTOM ANIMATION

werPoint will animate an object, such as a picture or chart, in the same way as it will with text

Look at slide 1 in Normal view.

u will notice that there are now numbers next to the text boxes that contain the title and the sube number on the number on the box shows the order in which the animation will occur.

Click on slide 5.

Lets add an entrance animation to the title.


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Add a wipe animation to the text and the image.

Experiment with some timing features and advanced animation features.


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Experiment with some of your other slides.

Save your presentation

e Animation feature is more complicated than most other functions in PowerPoint and fun tt. The best way to find out more is to try building your own presentation and experimentferent transitions, effects and animations. Have fun and experiment!

u have effectively finished your presentation now. If you were going to present this to an audurself you would be just about ready to go.

werPoint has other features that can make presentation work more like an interactive webell be looking at those in those in the next chapter.

apter 6

this chapter you will learn how to add Action buttons to a presentation. This makes it intera

ople reading the information in the slides can choose what to look at next and when to look ry much in the same way as a web site works.

any places such as city high streets and shopping centres have interactive information kiosks fovisit and find out information.

e will turn the London PowerPoint slides into an interactive presentation so that the slides wilgether in the following way;


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Open the London.ppt presentation if its not already open.

ADDING ACTION BUTTONS

st you will add a set of buttons to go to each of the separate slides in the slide about sightsbtitle text.

Select the second slide.

From the menu ribbon, select Insert, Shapes and at the bottom or the pop up menwill see Action Buttons.

Click the Forward or Next button to select it.


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Move the cursor over the right edge of the slide next to the text Free LoAttractions. The cursor has changed to a cross-hair. Hold down the mouse buttons whilgrad out a small rectangle for the button.

The action settings window should automatically appear.

Click the drop-down arrow in the Hyperlink to: box and scroll down to select Slide

In the Hyperlink to slide window select Free London Attractions as the slide tothat button to and click OK.


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Click OK again on the action settings window.

Click the slide show button in the bottom left of the screen to view your show anthe button.

You should see the mouse pointer change into a small hand when it is over a button.

Press Esc to end the show.

Reselect the second slide and create another Action Button opposite Secret Londo

Link the slide to the Secret London slide in the way as you made the hyperlink fofirst button.


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Create 2 more buttons for the Family activities in London and Day trips ouLondon

u can line up all your buttons and make them exactly the same size.


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Keep your finger on the Shift key while you select all the buttons.

Select Format on the Drawing tools tab.

this ribbon you can make every button the same suitable size. Height 1.2 Width 2.4cm.

ect Align and Align Right, to make them al appear straight.


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Move them towards the left so that they are not on the edge of the slide.


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Save the Presentation


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ADDING A HOME BUTTON

Make sure that the Sightseeing slide is still selected. We need to add a Home butt

take the user back to the first slide.

From the Insert tab and select shapes and add a Home button to the bottom right cof the slide underneath the 4 other buttons.

You should see that it is already hyperlinked to the First Slide. This is fine so click

Test the button.

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ADDING A RETURN BUTTON

w we need to add buttons to slides 3 to 7 to go back to the Sightseeingin slide where all the ottons are.

cording to the menu structure diagram at the start of this chapter, another button needs to be aslide 7 to go back to either the Day trips outside London slide or the Family activities in Lo

de.

Select the Free London attraction slide

Click Insert tab and then select Shapes, Action buttons from the main ribbon.

Select the Return button nd drag out a rectangle in the bottom right of the slide.

Click OK on the Action Settings window to confirm going back to the Last viewed.

COPYING A BUTTON

Select the new Return button and click the copy button on the home tab ribbon.


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Now select Slide 4.

Click Paste. A copy of the return button should appear in the same position as it wthe original slide.

Paste another copy onto each of the remaining slides.

Your slides should now look like this;


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u now need to add 2 final buttons to the Day trips outside London slide or the Family activitndon slide .

Select Slide 4 .

Add a custom Action Button just to the left of the return button.

Click Hyperlink to; and select Slide


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Choose the slide 7 and click on OK.

Click on OK again.

ADDING TEXT TO A BUTTON

me text needs to be added to this button instead of using one of the buttons with a graphic alit.

Right click on the new button and click Edit text.


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ADDING SPECIAL CHARACTERS

e need to add degrees Centigrade (C). To do this, the degree symbol needs to be added.

Click on the Insert tab and select symbol from the ribbon.

Scroll through the list to find the symbol you need.


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Select the Degree Sign and click on insert.

Close the symbol window.

Add a capital C to the degree sign in the button and enlarge the font to fill the shap


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Copy and paste the button to slide 6.

Save your work

Test your presentation.

apter 7

SLIDE MASTER

e Slide master is used for adding text and graphics, often a company logo and slogan. Tditions will then be displayed on every slide in the presentation.

y change you make to the slide master will be visible on all the other slides in your presentatio

this Presentation we need to add a logo for London in the top right hand corner of every slidest way to do this is by using the Slide Master.

Open the London.ppt if it is not already open.

USING THE SLIDE MASTER

Select the View tab.

u will notice that there are 3 master slides views.


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Select the first option Slide Master

u will notice that there are different master slides views that some slides use. The top one des 2-7 and the second one is for the title slide since the layout is slightly different from the re

Select the first of the masters.

Click on the Insert tab and click on Clipart. Find an image in clipart suitable for yuse.

Search for London

Select your logo and click on insert.

Position the logo in the top right corner of the slide. Size it by dragging the boleft-hand corner so that it is approximately the size show here;


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With the logo still selected, click Copy on the toolbar.

Close the Clipart window.

Select the 2 Master and click on Paste. This will put a copy of the logo in exactsame place as on the other slides.


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Click on the Close Master View button on the main ribbon.

Save you presentation.

ADDING ANIMATION TO BUTTONS

u can add animations in the same way as you do to other objects on the screen.

Select slide 2.

Hold down the Ctrl button and select the top 4 buttons.

Select the Animations tab.

Click the more effects drop down option.

Select Entrance, Fly In.


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Save your Presentation.

y adding more animation to the rest of the buttons in the presentation as you want.

apter 8

sting

is important to give your presentation a thorough testing to makes that it works coroughout.

e best way to do this is to produce a structures test plan and follow it through making correctiou find errors.

ale like this one will help to do this;

esto.

Test

Method

Expected Result

ActResu

Text animation onSlide 1

View show on Slide 1

Text automatically appears

Change from Slide 1 toSlide 2

Click anywhere on Slide 1

Slide 2 appears

Family activities inLondon button

Click on the Familyactivities in London button

The Family activities inLondon slide appears

Temperatures button

Click on C button

London temperatures slide

reappears

Back button on thetemperatures slide

Click Return button

The Family activities in

London slide appears

Return button on the

Click return button

Slide 2 reappears

Etc..

Select Slide 1 and click on the Slide Show tab.

Click on the From the beginning button on the ribbon.

Follow the test plan on the table and work through the test 1 to 5. If you have


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everything correctly up to now it should have no problems.

Now preform test 6.

u will find the Return button on the Family activities in London slide does not in fact take youthe Sightseeing in slide. This is an unexpected error and needs to be corrected.

Press Esc. To end the show.

Make sure that the Family activities in London slide is selected.

Right click the Return button.

Select Edit Hyperlink from the pop-up menu.

In the Hyperlink to: box select Slide

Select the Sightseeing slide as the linked slide.

Click OK and OK again.

Press F5 or click the Slide Show button to resume the slide show and re-test.


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Try to think of some more tests you could conduct to make sure that everything works.should find that the Day trips outside London slide, has the same problem if you preLondon temperatures button on that slide first.

SHOW TIME!

Once you are sure that everything works and that all the text and spelling is correct, yo

ready to launch your presentation and show it to your audience.

Click the Slide Show button.

In this particular presentation, users will probably use the buttons to navigate arounpresentation themselves. However, if you have designed a presentation that you integive yourself, there are some options which you may find useful.

Once in Slide Show mode, right click the mouse and a small menu will appea

NAVIGATE YOUR WAY AROUND A PRESENTATION

To find your way around a presentation you can click the Next and preoptions on the pop-up menu. This will take you to either the next or previous step presentation.

If you want to move directly to a particular slide, click Go to Slide on the mThis will bring up another menu in which you select By Title.


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Exit from the show by right clicking the screen and selecting End Show.

HELP!

Clicking the Help option on the pop-up menu offers you a list of useful shortcutcommands which you can use in a presentation.

Exit from the show by right clicking the screen and selecting End Show.

PRINTING YOUR SLIDES

s often convenient to print several slides to a page. You can use these as documentation or to t to an audience. There are several printing options available to choose from.

From the menu select File, Print


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Select Handouts from the Print Layout options.

Choose your preferred number of slides per page and click OK.

TIPS ON SETTING UP

you are projecting the presentation onto a wall or projector screen, you can set up the comeen in front of you so you can see it and have the audience watching the screen behind you. e the slides are readable from all seats in the room.

REHEARSALS

s a good idea to rehearse a show on your own or with your group. This will help you to timgth of the presentations and remember what you are supposed to say.

en a quick 5 minute rehearsal can make the difference between a poor presentation and a smll-timed and polished performance.


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u could try rehearsing in front of a small group of friends or family to help you get used to haaudience.

CHECK THE HARDWARE

rive early to give your presentation because you need time to check the hardware. Check thaow how to operate it and that it is all working correctly.

FACING THE AUDIENCE

hen delivering your presentation it is best not to look at the screen too often. This breaks thntact you will have with your audience.

Always look at the audience and maintain good eye contact with them.

Speak clearly and dont rush.

Be enthusiastic. Look as though you are really enjoying giving this presentation,if you arent.

AUDIENCE INTERACTION

keep the attention of the audience it is often a good idea to ask them simple questions aboutsentation. Test their knowledge before you tell them the answer. Another way to keep the aud

volved is to provide hand-outs. But dont give out long hand-outs just before you start speakinople will read the hand-outs instead of listening to you. Plan carefully what you need to give d when.

KIOSK PRESENTATIONS

u may be planning to give a live presentation using a computer or an overhead projector. Antion is to create a self-running presentation that people can view at a kiosk. These are often fouopping malls and entertainment complexes. You may decide to design an automatic, self-runsentation to run in the school entrance area or in a computer lab on a Parents Day, for example

th any of the slides selected, select the Transitions tab.

u can add youre own timings to slides which will automatically display each slide for a set amtime.


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ck on the option on the far right of the ribbon to Advance Slide, After

Select 5 second intervals.

Click on the Apply To All.

is will now automatically flick through the slides in your show every 5 seconds. What you neis loop the presentation so that when it has finished, it start again.

Select the Slide show tab.

Select the Set up Slide Show button on the ribbon.

Select Browsed at a kiosk (full screen) from the window.

Click OK.

This option will automatically loop the presentation until you press Esc.

more advanced way of setting timings is to click the Rehearse Timings button on the Slide .


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Click the rehearse timings button. The slide show starts with a new Rehearsal toshowing.

is will record the moment you click the mouse to move on. You can then request PowerPoi

ve these timings and use them for your kiosk presentation.

Save your Presentation.

GIVE IT A TRY!


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pyrightapter 1 Using a Templateapter 2 Editing a Showapter 3 Applying Designsapter 4 Adding Objectsapter 5 SPECIAL EFFECTS

apter 6 Action Buttonsapter 7 SLIDE MASTERapter 8 Testing

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