Microsoft Office 2007 - PowerPoint Topic 10
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Preliminary
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Layout options
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Left bar
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First slide
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Second slide - should contain outline of presentation (Table of Contents)
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Last slide - should have a conclusion
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Top of Slide is Title of a topic
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Find - allows users to find a specific text within PowerPoint
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Replace - allows users to search for particular words and replace them with other words
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Undo - allows users to undo something
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Redo - allows users to redo something
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Review Menu
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Can protect PowerPoint
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Prevent other people from making changes to your PowerPoint
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Spell check
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Spelling errors are underlined in red
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Does not have grammar check; Usually use incomplete sentences
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Proficient in PowerPoint
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Basic Editing
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Editing style is similar for Word
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Bold, Italics, and Underline
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Spacing - single, 1.5, and double spacing
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Superscripts and subscripts
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Changing margins
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Changing font face, font color, and font size
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Grow font or shrink font
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Use bullets to outline presentation
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Indent to change bullets
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However it moves the whole block of text inward or outward
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Design Menu
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Everything is changeable in PowerPoint
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Can change color scheme
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Color scheme is title color, text color, background color, etc.
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Can select defect color schemes
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Manually change color scheme
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Background
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Can change the color
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Use gradient
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Use an image or picture
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Save PowerPoint in a variety of formats
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Office 2003 and earlier use .ppt extension
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Office 2007 and later use .pptx extension
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Can export PowerPoint as HTML
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Creates overly complicated HTML code
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You would not do this for webpages
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Copy and paste to an HTML editor
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Media Content
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Images - can enhance a presentation
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Can use an image for a background; can have a unique background for each slider or the same one
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Can have a background for a textbox
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Can have images in their own field to display
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Insert clip art - Microsoft Office has a folder of cartoons called clip art
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Insert picture files of a variety of formats, Bitmaps, JPEGs, PNG, and GIF
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Animation
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Two methods for animation
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Animation can be annoying and distracting
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Should avoid using animation
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Animation for slide transition
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Go to animation menu; roll mouse over animation to see effect
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Can adjust the speed of the animation
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Can add sound effects to slide
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Can have the same animation for all slides or mix and match animation
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Animation for text
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Can insert music or sound files
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Common formats are Wave, MP3, CD, etc.
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Sound only plays when presentation is showed
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PowerPoint gives you two options
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Note - sound may be annoying
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Can also insert a movie or video clip
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