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Chapter 2:

Developing a Presentation

Exploring Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

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Objectives

Create a presentation using a template Modify a template Create a presentation in Outline view Modify an outline structure Print an outline Import an outline

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Objectives (continued)

Add existing content to a presentation Examine slide show design principles Apply and modify a design theme Insert a header or footer

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Templates Provide Designs

A theme A layout Content

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Create a New Presentation

Pre-made template PowerPoint built-in Microsoft Office Online

Blank presentation with placeholders Templates based on presentations Existing presentation

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Starting with a Template

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Example Template

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Modifying a Template

Add standard elements Change font style or size Modify layout

Move the object Change the size Delete a placeholder

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Outlines

Fast Organized Sequenced Offers a global overview

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Outline View

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Editing the Outline

Cut Copy Paste Drag and drop Find and replace Apply formatting

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Expand or Collapse the Outline Expanded view Collapsed view

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Printing the Outline

Print option

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Importing Outlines

Word outline Other word processing applications

Rich Text Format - .rtf Plain Text Format - .txt

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Importing an Outline

Word document

format .docx

Rich text

Format .rtf

File type setto all outlines

Plain text document .txt

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Reuse Slides

Add Slide button

Reuse Slides option

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Reuse Slides (continued) Reuse Slides

pane

Thumbnail of slide

Browse button

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Visual Design

Appeal and professionalism Neat and clean Focal point Font style

Serif Sans Serif Decorative

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Design for Audiences

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KISS

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Focal Point

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Serif or Sans Serif?

Decorative

Sans Serif

Serif Serif

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Unified Design

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Text as a Design Element

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Readability

Titles Use title case 36 points +

Bullet points Use sentence case 28 points +

Don’t forget the 7 X 7 guideline!7

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Applying and Modifying a Theme Colors Fonts Effects Background

Styles

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Color Gallery

Create new color themes

Colors in theme

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Fonts Gallery Title font

Body font

Same font used for both

Different fonts for title and body

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Effects Gallery

Shadow

Glow

3-D

Flat

Soft glow

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Background Styles Gallery

Preview

Customize background

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Headers and Footers

Footer Slide number

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Setting Up a Footer

Date style

Title slide checkbox

Apply to current slide only

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Setting Up the Header

Tabs

Fixed date

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Questions?

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