Hands-On Exercises

Shelbyville Public Library: Adding Animations and Transitions

Brent Bowman, the head librarian at the Shelbyville Public Library, wants to update the presentation he gives at local elementary schools. Since he has mastered animations and transitions, he feels that adding these to the presentation would make them more visually appealing. Assume the role of Brent and perform the steps that he identifies.

1. Open the PP04XTRA01.ppt file and save it as "School Presentation" to your personal storage location. Your screen should now appear similar to Figure 4.1.

Figure 4.1 "School Presentation" presentation

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2. Use the Slide Show view to familiarize yourself with the content of the presentation.
3. Apply an animation scheme to the presentation.

4. CHOOSE: Slide Show, Animation Schemes

5. CLICK: "Pinwheel" in the task pane.

6. CLICK: Apply to All Slides command button in the task pane

7. To apply a transition to all the slides, do the following:

8. CHOOSE: Slide Show, Slide Transition

   CLICK: "Newsflash" in the task pane

   CLICK: Apply to All Slides command button in the task pane

9. To view the slide show:

10. CLICK: the first slide in the Slides tab.

    CHOOSE: View, Slide Show

11. Click the left mouse button to progress through the presentation.
12. Close the Slide Transition task pane.
13. Save and then close the "School Presentation" presentation.

Data File: PP04XTRA01 (33.0K)

Beavercreek High School Student Council: Changing the Color Scheme and Background

Mita is looking forward to presenting the student council’s year in review. She loves to find new ways to customize her presentations. Since the school colors are orange and black, Mita wants to incorporate these into her presentation. In this exercise, assume the role of Mita and apply new formatting to a presentation.

1. Download and save the pp04xtra03.jpg file to your personal storage location.
2. Open the pp04xtra02.ppt file and save it as "End of Year" to your personal storage location.
3. Review the slides to become familiar with their content.
4. First, apply a new color scheme to the presentation.

5. CHOOSE: Format, Slide Design

   CLICK: Color Schemes link near the top of the task pane

6. Locate the orange color scheme, located in the first row.

7. CLICK: the orange color scheme

   The color scheme was applied to every slide.

8. To apply a background picture to all of the slides:

9. CHOOSE: Format, Background

   SELECT: Fill Effects from the drop down list as shown in Figure 4.2.

   Figure 4.2 Selecting the Fill Effects option

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10. CLICK: The Picture tab in the Background dialog box

11. CLICK: the Select Picture button (<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/007247050x/26835/PCh04_acq_Image3.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> )

12. Browse to your personal storage location and click on pp04xtra03.jpg

13. CLICK: Insert button (<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/007247050x/26835/PCh04_acq_Image4.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> )

14. CLICK: OK button in the Fill Effects dialog box
15. CLICK: Apply to All button (<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/007247050x/26835/PCh04_acq_Image5.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (1.0K)</a> ) in Background dialog box
16. Save the revised presentation.
17. Close the Slide Design task pane.
18. Preview and then close the presentation.

Data File: pp04xtra03 (13.0K)
Data File: pp04xtra02 (23.0K)

ColsOhio.com: Using the Slide Master view

Adam has decided to use his new PowerPoint skills to create a template for future Colsohio.com presentations. In this exercise, assume the role of Adam and perform the steps listed below.

1. Download the pp04xtra04.gif and save it to your personal storage location.
2. Create a new blank presentation.
3. Go to the Slide Master view and add a Title Master by clicking the Insert New Title Master button (<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=gif:: ::/sites/dl/free/007247050x/26835/PCh04_acq_Image6.gif','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif"> (0.0K)</a> ). You screen should now appear similar to Figure 4.3.

Figure 4.3 Editing the Title Master

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4. Apply the blue color scheme using the Slide Design task pane.
5. Format the background to include a subtle gradient effect going from a dark blue to a slightly lighter blue as shown in Figure 4.4.

Figure 4.4 Applying a gradient background

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6. Insert the pp04xtra04.gif graphic at the top of the Title Master and reposition it so that it appears similar to Figure 4.5.

Figure 4.5 Custom Title Master

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7. Save your work as a new presentation template. Save the template to your personal storage location as "Colsohio". Close the presentation.

Data File: pp04xtra04 (14.0K)