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Advantage Series: Microsoft® PowerPoint 2002

Sarah Hutchinson-Clifford
Glen Coulthard

Modifying And Running Presentations

Hands-On Exercises

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Shelbyville Public Library: Starting and Navigating a Slide Show

Brent Bowman has a PowerPoint presentation that he uses while giving the new employee orientation. Assume the role of Brent as he makes the presentation.

Open the PP02XTRA01 data file and then save it as "Employee Orientation" to your personal storage location. Your screens should now appear similar to Figure 2.1.

Figure 2.1
"Employee Orientation" presentation

To start the presentation:

CLICK: Slide Show view button ( )

Do the following to progress through the slide show:

PRESS: Right arrow key ( ) to advance to the next animation

PRESS: Right arrow key ( ) until the presentation displays in Normal view

A new employee has a question about the fines. Redisplay the presentation in Slide Show view and then do the following to display the Slide Navigator dialog box:

RIGHT-CLICK: the first slide

CHOOSE: Go, Slide Navigator

Your screen should now appear similar to figure 2.2.

Figure 2.2
Using the Slide Navigator

To go directly to the "Fines" slide:

CLICK: slide 4

CLICK: Go To command button

On your own, use the Slide Navigator to display slide 3.
PRESS: to progress again through the entire presentation.

The presentation should now be displaying in Normal view.

Save and then close the presentation.

Data File: PP02XTRA01 (56.0K)

Beavercreek High School Student Council: Modifying a Presentation and Applying a Design

Dana Becker is the treasurer of the Beavercreek High School student council. She is planning on using a PowerPoint presentation to aid in her proposal for a soda pop machine. She has been given a basic presentation to use but she wants to add her own personal touch. In this exercise, assume the role of Dana and perform the steps that she identifies.

Open the PP02XTRA02 data file and then save it as "Pop Machine Proposal" to your personal storage location. Your screen should appear similar to Figure 2.3.

Figure 2.3
"Pop Machine Proposal" presentation

Using the Outline tab, reorder the slides so they appear in the following order:

Beavercreek High School
Benefits
Possible Drawbacks
Student Council Responsibilities

Apply a design to the presentation by doing the following:

CHOOSE: Format, Slide Design

CLICK: the "proposal" design thumbnail in the Slide Design task pane. ( Note : If this template is not available on your computer, select an alternate one.)

Your screen should now appear similar to Figure 2.4.

Figure 2.4
Applying a design template

Display the entire presentation in Slide Show view.
Save and then close the revised presentation.

Data File: PP02XTRA02 (11.0K)

ColsOhio.com : Using Multiple Design Templates

Adam Dickson has decided to update the look of his sales pitch presentation. He has decided to take advantage of PowerPoint 2002’s ability to incorporate multiple design templates. In this exercise, assume the role of Adam and perform the steps that he identifies.

Open the PPT02XTRA03 data file and save it to your personal storage location as "Revised Site Pitch". Your screen should now appear

Figure 2.5
"Revised Site Pitch" presentation

similar to Figure 2.5.
Adam decides that he wants to use the simple "studio" template for most of his presentation.

CHOOSE: Format, Slide Design

CLICK: the "studio" design thumbnail in the Slide Design task pane. ( Note : If this template is not available on your computer, select an alternate one.)

Adam wishes to have a more colorful title slide.

CLICK: on the drop-arrow next to the "radial" design thumbnail in the Slide Design task pane. ( Note : If this template is not available on your computer, select an alternate one.)

CHOOSE: Apply to Selected Slides

Your screen should now appear similar to Figure 2.6.

Figure 2.6
Revised presentation

Save and then close the revised presentation.

Data File: PP02XTRA03 (19.0K)

Case Study: Holly Holdman

In the course of preparing her master’s thesis, Holly took many photographs of the artic. She has organized these in a PowerPoint presentation to e-mail to her parents. She decides to reorganize the presentation and apply some appearance changes before she sends it. In the following case problems, assume the role of Holly and perform the save steps that she identifies. You may want to reread the chapter opening before proceeding.

Holly opens the presentation she created previously entitled PP02XTRA04. Before making changes to it, she saves it as "Artic Photos" to her personal storage location. Her screen appears similar to Figure 2.7.

Figure 2.7
"Artic Photos" presentation

Holly changes the order of the slides using the Outline tab. The new order is:

Roxy
Sled Dogs
Sled Dogs 2
Helicopter Shot
Moon

Holly applies the "Ricepaper" design template to the presentation. ( Note : If this template is not available on your computer, select an alternate one.) She then views each of the slides in Slide Show view. She practices moving to specific slides using the Slide Navigator. The third slide appears in Figure 2.8

Figure 2.8
Third slide after applying a template

Holly saves the revised presentation and keeps it open.

Holly decides that she wants to alter the design template. She uses the Slide Master to change the title font to Arial. She then changes the background color to a very light blue. Finally, she adds footer text that says "Photographs by Holly Holdman" and moves the footer placeholder down to accommodate the photos. She then views each of the slides in Slide Show view. The third slide appears in Figure 2.9.

Figure 2.9
Third slide after applying changes in the Slide Master

Satisfied, she saves the presentation and exits PowerPoint.

Data File: PP02XTRA04 (91.0K)

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