PowerPoint 2007 Introduction - Exercises

1. Click the Office button, click Open select the PowerPoint folder in My Documents; select the file Sample.ppt click Open. 2. Use the scroll bar to scroll through the slides; try the Previous Slide and Next Slide buttons; try the p and q keys on the keyboard 3. Click the Outline tab, scroll through the outline; click the Slides tab and scroll through the slides. Click the Slide Sorter View button and look over the slides. 4. In Slide Sorter View, change the Zoom using the Zoom level slider bar in the lower right corner of the screen. Click on slide 1. 5. Click the Slide Show button (it starts with the current slide). It displays the slides automatically. Press the v key to get out of the slide show before the last slide. 6. In Slide Sorter View, click slide 12, (Computer Programs) press the d key. Click the Normal View button, in the large slide pane, scroll to slide 9 (Peripheral Devices), click Delete in the Slides group. 7. Scroll to slide 2 (Part 1 - Hardware; Part 2 - Software), delete it using either method. 8. In Normal View, (display slide 1), click the New Slide button in the Slides group; click the Layout drop down list in the Slides group, select the Section Slide layout. (This is slide 2.) 9. Click in the title box, type: Part 1 Hardware click in the subtitle box, type: The Equipment 10. Scroll to slide 10, click the New Slide drop down list in the Slides group; select the Title Slide layout. (This is slide 11.) 11. Click in the title box, type: Part 2 Software click in the subtitle box, type: The Programs 12. In Normal View, display slide 4. Click File, Save As save it as Computers 2009 13. Click to add text (slide 4), type these four bullet items: Microprocessor press e Memory press e Input device press e Output device 14. Move to slide 7, select the Insert ribbon, click Shapes, select the Oval tool in Basic Shapes to draw an oval around the keyboard (initially it will hide the keyboard) 15. Click Format under Drawing Tools to display the Format ribbon. Select Shape Fill, No Fill. Click Shape Outline, select a Color. Click Shape Outline, Weight; select a heavy weight; select Shape Outline, Dashes; select a Dash style or leave it as a solid line. 16. Move to slide 3, click Save. Click the Insert ribbon, in the Illustrations group, click Clip Art, type computers in the Search box, click Go. Select a picture of a computer (without people), click on it to insert it. Size the picture to less than one-third the space available and move it to one side. 17. Repeat the steps searching for laptops or PDAs; adding one additional picture of a computer. 18. Spread the images out and resize if necessary.

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19. Display the Insert ribbon, click Shapes in the Illustrations group. Select a shape in Basic Shapes; draw the shape over one computer picture. [Click Format under Drawing Tools to display the Format ribbon.] 20. Click Shape Fill, click Texture, select a Texture. Change the color of the Shape Outline or select No Outline; click Send to Back in the Arrange group to put the shape behind the computer. 21. Select a second shape, draw the shape over the other computer picture. Select Shape Fill, Gradient, More Gradients. Click Gradient fill, then select from the Preset colors list; select a Type (Linear, Radial, or Rectangular) and Direction (5 choices) if desired. Click Send to Back in the Arrange group to put the shape behind the computer. 22. Click Save again; display slide 16. 23. On the Insert ribbon, click the WordArt button in the Text group, type: Newsletters and click Text Fill in the Text group and select a Fill. Click the Text Effects drop down list, select Transform and then select a Warp. Size the object, move it to the right side of the slide, leave room for another object. 24. Create another WordArt object: Brochures make it any shape and fill with color, texture, or gradient. You should have two different objects. 25. Hold down the s key and select both WordArt objects. Click Align in the Arrange group, select Align Center, then click Align, Distribute Vertically. Click the Save button. 26. Display slide 17; select the placeholder on the right side, on the Insert ribbon, click Picture in the Illustrations group. Click one of the clipart files of a person (in the My Documents\My Pictures\Graphics folder), click Insert. Size it to fit in the lower right hand corner. 27. Click Shapes on the Insert ribbon, under Callouts choose one of the first four to draw a balloon; click Rotate (in the Arrange group), Flip Horizontal. 28. With the shape still selected, type: Overhead transparencies or slide shows. You may want to change the Shape Fill or Text Fill colors. You may also make the font size larger. 29. Click the balloon object to select it. Display the Animations ribbon, click Animate, Custom Animation. Click Add Effect in the Custom Animation task pane on the right. Select Entrance, Box. 30. Change the Direction to Out and the Speed to Fast. Click the drop-down arrow in the animation list for the Rounded Rectangle, select Effect Options. Set the Sound to Camera. 31. Click the Timing tab, for Start select With Previous, click OK. Click the Save button. 32. Click Slide Sorter View. Notice slide 2 and 11 do not have timing. Click on slide 2 hold down the c key and click on slide 11 to select both slides. 33. Click Animations to display the Animations ribbon. Click the up arrow beside Automatically After: in the top right corner until it displays 00:03. Click in a blank space to deselect the slides. Click Save.

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34. Click slide 1; click Slide Show View. Watch the slide show. Close the file. 35. Click the Office button, click New and select Blank Presentation. 36. Use the sample print-out to create the first 5 slides. 37. The Layout for the slides is as follows: 1) Title Slide; 2) Title & Content; 3) Two Content; 4) Title & Content; 5) Two Content 38. After typing the information on the slides; be sure to run Spelling check. 39. Save the file as Southern Methodist University. 40. Display the last slide in your show. On the Home ribbon, click New Slide and select, Slides from Outline (at the bottom of the list). Select the Microsoft Word file: SMU-facilities.doc in the My Documents\PowerPoint folder. Five slides should have been inserted, 6-10, look over them. Save the file again. 41. Add appropriate clip art to the slides. (The clipart used can be found in My Documents\My Pictures\Graphics.) 42. On slide 10 select the Layout: 2 Content and insert from the PowerPoint folder: meadowsmuseum.jpg Select a Picture Style if desired. 43. Save the file again. Go to Slide 1. Display the Design ribbon. Look at the available Themes, select one. 44. Click Slide Show click the mouse to go from slide to slide. 45. If slides 6-10 are using different fonts from slides 1-5: click Slide Sorter view. Select slides 6-10, click Reset in the Slides group on the Home ribbon. (Slides 6-10 should then have the fonts that the selected Design used in slides 1-5.) 46. Display the Insert ribbon, click Header and Footer in the Text group. Click Notes and Handouts. 47. Check Date and Time, select Update Automatically; for Footer, type your name; click Apply to All. 48. Click the Office button, highlight Print, click Print Preview. Handouts (6 slides per page) OK. 49. Close the file, exit PowerPoint.

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