PowerPoint 2024 In Practice - Ch 1 Guided Project 1-2
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Guided Project 1-2 - SIMnet Project Steps to complete This Project
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1.Open and resave a presentation.
2.Open the E-mailResults-01 start file. Click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the top of the presentation so you can modify it.
3.Change the bullets for additional emphasis.
4.Display slide 2. Select the bulleted text.
5.Click the Bullets drop-down arrow [Home tab, Paragraph group].
6.Select Bullets and Numbering to open the Bullets and Numbering dialog box.
7.Change the Size to 80% of text.
8.Click the Color button and select Orange, Accent 6 (last color/first row) (Figure 1-104).
Bullets and Numbering dialog box with Theme Colors selected to change the bullet color.
Figure 1-104 Change bullet color
Photo Source: Antonio Guillem/123RF
9.Click the Customize button to open the Symbol dialog box.
10.Scroll down the Font list and select Wingdings 3 (Figure 1-105).
A screenshot shows the Symbol dialog box with various symbol options.The Symbol dialog box shows a textbox with a drop-down arrow, labeled Font. Wingdings 3 is selected and shown in the textbox. Below that, various Symbol options are displayed in six horizontal rows. The symbols primarily consist of arrows pointing in various directions, with additional symbols such as lines, curves, and geometric shapes. The first symbol from the sixth row is selected. Below the symbol options, there is a section for Recently used symbols. At the bottom, the Unicode name is shown as Wingdings 3: 117, on the left side and the Character code field to the right, is set to 117. The From field is set to Symbol (decimal). The OK and Cancel buttons are present at the bottom right of the dialog box. The OK button is selected.
Figure 1-105 Change bullet symbol
11.Select the Black Right-Pointing Pointer (Character code 117).
12.Click OK to close the Symbol dialog box. Click OK again to close the Bullets and Numbering dialog box.
13.Copy and paste slides from another presentation after slide 2, the current slide.
Download the files from the Resources link in SIMnet.
14.Click Browse to open the Choose Content dialog box. Locate the resource files downloaded from the Resources link.
Navigate to your Downloads folder, right-click the folder and choose Extract All and then choose Extract.
This presentation has spelling errors that you will correct later.
15.Open the EmailContent-01 presentation and Enable Editing.
16.Select slide 1, press and hold CTRL + click the remaining two slides.
17.Click the Copy button [Home tab, Clipboard group].
18.Return to the other presentation, ensure your slide 2 is still selected, and click the Paste button [Home tab, Clipboard group] (Figure 1-106).
A screenshot shows selected slides ready to paste.
Figure 1-106 Slides selected, copied, and ready to paste
19.Close the EmailContent-01 presentation.
20.Use the Thumbnail pane to rearrange the six slides in this order:
Getting Results with E-mail
Ask These Questions
Why?
Write a Meaningful Subject Line
Organize It!
Keep It Short
21.Select slide 1. Click the Spelling button [Review tab, Proofing group].
Correct all spelling errors: “receive,” “Careless,” “organized,” “capture,” “response,” and “separate.”
22.Click OK when the spell check is complete.
23.Close the Designer pane if it opens.
24.Use Format Painter to change list bullets.
25.Display slide 2 and select the body placeholder with the bulleted text.
26.Double-click the Format Painter button [Home tab, Clipboard group] to apply what you have copied more than one time.
27.Press Page Down and click the list on slide 3 to apply the change for the first-level bullets.
28.Repeat for slides 4 and 5.
29.Press Esc to end formatting or click the Format Painter button again.
Note: Changing bullets for all slides could also be accomplished using the Slide Master.
30.Insert a picture and apply a Designer layout.
Office 2024 Note: The Designer pane is available only to Microsoft 365 subscribers.
31.Select slide 6 and delete the picture on the right to prepare to insert a picture that coordinates with the presentation better.
32.Click the Pictures button [Insert tab, Images group] and click This Device to open the Insert Picture dialog box.
33.Locate the files downloaded from the Resources link.
34.Select At-Symbol-01 and click Insert. Depending on your version of PowerPoint, the Designer pane may open.
35.Click the thumbnail similar to the layout in Figure 1-107.
Ending slide with Design Ideas layout showing the At symbol.
Figure 1-107 Ending slide with Designer layout
Photo Source: Mohamed sadath/E/Getty Images
If you do not see a similar layout, click See more Design Ideas at the bottom of the Designer pane.
If the Designer pane did not open, move and size the picture on the slide as shown in the Figure.
36.Close the Designer pane if it is open.
37.Select the picture on slide 6 and click the Alt Text button [Picture Format tab, Accessibility group] to open the Alt Text pane.
38.Delete text that may automatically appear.
39.Type the description The AT symbol used in e-mail addresses.
40.Close the Alt Text pane.
41.Select the title text, “Keep It Short.” Click the Font Color button [Home tab, Font group] and select Orange, Accent 1, Darker 50% (fifth color/sixth row).
42.Apply one transition and effect option to all slides.
43.Click the Transitions tab.
44.Click the Switch transition from the gallery (Exciting group).
45.Click Effect Options [Transition to This Slide group] and select Left.
46.Click Apply To All [Timing group].
Preview the presentation in both Slide Sorter and Slide Show views.
47.Click the Slide Sorter button [Status bar].
48.Click the Zoom Out button (Status bar), if necessary, to see all slide thumbnails.
49.Press Ctrl+A to select all slides. Click Preview [Transitions tab] to examine the movements in Slide Sorter view.
50.Select the first slide and click the Slide Show button [Status bar]. Advance through the slides to see the movements in Slide Show view.
51.Double-click slide 1 to open the slide in Normal view.
52.Change presentation properties.
53.Click the File tab to open Backstage view and display the Info area.
54.Click the Properties button and select Advanced Properties.
55.Type the following information in the respective fields on the Summary tab. The title may appear automatically.
Title: Getting Results with E-mail
Subject: Writing
Author: Your Name (unless it already appears)
Comments: This presentation is for the new hire seminar.
56.Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.
57.Print slides as a handout.
58.Click the Print button on the left of the Backstage view.
59.Select the appropriate printer.
60.Change the following Settings by clicking the button list arrow for each option:
Which Slides to Print: Print All Slides
What to Print: Handouts, 6 Slides Horizontal, Print slide numbers on handouts, Frame Slides, Scale to Fit Paper
61.Print Order: Collated
Orientation: Portrait
Color Range: Grayscale (or Color if you prefer)
62.Click the Print button at the top of the Backstage view. IMPORTANT: Print your file only if requested to do so by your instructor.
Skip this step if you are not connected to a printer.
63.Save and close the presentation (Figure 1-108).
All slides displayed for completed PowerPoint 1-2.
Figure 1-108 PowerPoint 1-2 completed
Photo Source: Warchi/E+/Getty Images, Antonio Guillem/123RF, Pavel Ignatov/Shutterstock, Mohamed sadath/E/Getty Images
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AI can help to compose email messages. Ask AI, “Write an email to my colleague addressing the lack of effort put into our most recent project”. After you receive suggestions, utilize the ideas to compose your own email. Do not simply copy and paste the message because you then risk copyright or plagiarism issues.
64.Upload and save your project file.
65.Submit file for grading.