Case Problems

Ernest Williamson

Ernest Williamson, the President of the Galveston Genealogy Club, is preparing to give a presentation to new members. In the following case problems, assume the role of Ernest and perform the same steps that he identifies. You may want to re-read the chapter opening before proceeding.

1. Ernest opens the pp05xtra04.ppt presentation and saves it as "New Members" to his personal storage location. Your screen should now appear similar to Figure 5.3. He adds the following notes to the slides:

2. Slide 2 - Tell the Jack Langston Story

   Slide 3 - Tell about Americanization of names after 1800's

   Slide 4 - Don't forget to mention fees!

   He then prints the notes pages from the presentation. Ernest realizes that this is a lot of info to be displaying on the screen, so he decides to print handouts. He prints handouts with two slides per page. He saves the presentation and leaves it open for the next exercise.

   Figure 5.3 "New Members" presentation

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3. Ernest decides to get some practice creating self-running presentations. Ernest displays the Rehearse Timings toolbar. He sets the first slide to advance after 5 seconds. He then sets the remaining slides to display for 10 seconds each.

4. To avoid having to restart the presentation, Ernest sets the presentation to run in a continuous loop. He runs the presentation in Slide Show view to ensure that it works as planned. Pleased with the self-running show, he saves the revised presentation to his personal storage location as "New Members Revised." He leaves the presentation open for the next exercise.

5. Ernest wishes to display his presentation on the club's web site. Ernest begins by choosing File, Save as Web Page to save the presentation as a web page called "New Members Page." He sets the title that is going to display in the browser window as "Welcome New Members". Once Ernest publishes the presentation and displays it in his browser, he practices navigating through the presentation using the navigation controls. As a final step, Ernest closes his browser and PowerPoint. It's time to do some research!

Data File: pp05xtra04 (17.0K)