PRACTICE EXERCISES. Student Success SCRATCH

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1 PRACTICE EXERCISES Student Success FROM SCRATCH The slide show you create in this practice exercise covers concepts and skills that will help you be successful in college. You create a title slide, an introduction, four slides containing main points of the presentation, and a conclusion slide. Then, you review the presentation, and then edit a slide so that the text of the bulleted items is parallel. Finally, you print a title page to use as a cover and notes pages to staple together as a reference. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 1-4 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 1.32 as you complete the exercise. FIGURE 1.32 Student Success Strategies > a. Open a new blank presentation and save it as p01plsuccess LastnameFirstname. b. Click the Insert tab, click Header & Footer in the Text group, and then click the Notes and Handouts tab. Make the following changes: Click the Date and time check box, and then click Update automatically (if necessary). Click the Header check box, and then type your name in the Header box. Click the Footer check box, and then type your instructor's name and your class in the Footer box. Click Apply to All. c. Click the Design tab, click the More button in the Themes group, and then click Pushpin. d. On Slide 1, click in the title placeholder, and then type Student Success Strategies. Click in the subtitle placeholder, and then type your name. e. Click New Slide in the Slides group on the Home tab to create a new slide (Slide 2) for the introduction of the slide show. Type Tips for College Success in the title placeholder, and then type the following bullet text in the content placeholder: Class Attendance Be organized Read your textbook Use available services f. Click New Slide in the Slides group on the Home tab to create a new slide (Slide 3) for the first main point of the slide show. Type Step 1: Attend Class in the title placeholder, and then type the following bullet text in the content placeholder: Class attendance Take notes Participate in discussions Complete assignments g. Type the following in the Notes pane: Attend class even if you think your instructor won't notice or care. When you miss class, you lose the opportunity to listen to the lecture, take notes, participate in discussions, and you also miss assignments, quizzes, and tests. If you have to miss class, get notes and assignments from a classmate. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to PowerPoint

2 h. Click New Slide in the Slides group on the Home tab to create a new slide (Slide 4) for the second main point of the slide show. Type Step 2: Be Organized in the title placeholder, and then enter the following bullet text in the content placeholder: Use a planner Keep all notes and handouts in a binder Save all papers and projects Get classmates' contact information Set up a study space i. Type the following in the Notes pane for Slide 4: Record every assignment, quiz, and exam date in a planner. Organize all of your class notes by date and put them in a 3-ring binder so you have everything you need in one location. Keep all returned papers, quizzes, and exams in the same binder so you not only have them to use as a resource for studying for a final exam, but you have a record of your grades for the course. Get phone numbers and/or addresses from at least two people in your class so if you have a question about an assignment or a test, or need notes, you can contact them. Designate a study area in your living space. j. Click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group on the Home tab. Click Content with Caption to create a new slide (Slide 5) for the third main point of the slide show. Type Step 3: Read Your Textbook in the title placeholder, and then enter the following text in the content placeholder on the left side of the slide following the title: Scan Read Review k. Click the Clip Art icon in the content placeholder on the right side of the slide. Type textbook in the Search for box. Click the Results should be arrow, and deselect all categories except Photographs. Include results from Office.com, and then click Go. Click the image of stacked textbooks to insert it on the slide, as shown in Figure Close the Clip Art task pane. x- ^ TROUBLESHOOTING: If you cannot locate the image in Figure 1.32, select another clip art image of a textbook or textbooks. Expand your search terms to include other result types if necessary. 1. Type the following in the Notes pane: Scan chapter titles, subtitles, everything in margins, and all bold or italic print. Look at all pictures, illustrations, and charts and graphs. Read the chapter summary and review questions. Next, read the entire chapter for detail and to increase your comprehension. Finally, review bold and italic information in the chapter again and ask why the author thought they were important enough to call attention to them. This is often the information an instructor focuses on when testing. m. Click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group on the Home tab. Click Title and Content to create a new slide (Slide 6) for the last main point of the slide show. Type Step 4: Use Available Services in the title placeholder. n. Click the Insert Table icon in the content placeholder. Set Number of columns to 2 and Number of rows to 7. Click OK. Type the following text in the columns: Class Assistance Tutors Computer Labs Accessibility Services Honors Programs Testing Centers Libraries Other Assistance Academic Advisor Financial Aid Health Services Counseling Placement Clubs/Activities Practice Exercises PowerPoint 2O1O

3 o. Type the following in the Notes pane for Slide 6: You can use campus facilities like computer labs without charge because typically the cost is covered through fees you pay. You can also get questions answered and problems resolved by talking to personnel in campus offices. p. Click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group on the Home tab. Click Title Slide to create a new slide (Slide 7) for the conclusion slide of the slide show. Type Being self-disciplined is the key to being a college success story! in the title placeholder. Select the border of the subtitle placeholder, and then press Delete. Select the border of the title placeholder, and then drag the placeholder until the text is approximately centered in the white area. q. Review Slide 2 and note that the slide bullets are not in parallel construction. The first bullet point needs to be changed to active voice. Select Class Attendance, and then type Attend class. r. Click the Tranisitions tab, and then click the More button in the Transition to This Slide group. Click Push in the Transition to This Slide group. s. Click Apply to All in the Timing Group. t. On Slide 1, click the File tab, click Print, click Full Page Slides, and click Frame Slides to activate it. Click Print All Slides, and then click Print Current Slide. Click Print Current Slide if your instructor asks you to submit a printed slide. u. Click the File tab, click Print, click Print Current Slide, and then click Custom Range. Type 2-7 as the slide range. Click Full Page Slides, and then select Notes Pages. Click Notes Pages, click Frame Slides, and then click Print if necessary. v. Staple the title page you printed to use as a cover page to the front of the Notes Pages if your instructor asked you to print this exercise. w. Press Ctrl+S to save the presentation. Click the File tab, click Save As, change the Save as type to PowerPoint Show, and then click Save. Close the presentation. Submit files based on your instructor's directions. Tips for a Successful Presentation FROM SCRATCH Your employer is a successful author who has been asked by the local International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) to give tips for presenting successfully using PowerPoint. He created a storyboard of his presentation and has asked you to create the presentation from the storyboard. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 2 and 3 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 1.33 as you complete this exercise. Techniques to Consider The Delivery is Up to You Keep Something in Provide Handouts t pumomtdy M*w fetif* not jiirt wfcm you My But counts, if» *bo how \aaaaatf Mftean musnet o pwwottng it. FIGURE 1.33 Successful Presentations > a. Open a new blank presentation and save it as p01p2tips_lastnamefirstname. b. Click the Insert tab, click Header & Footer, and then click the Notes and Handouts tab. c. Click the Date and time check box, and then click Update automatically, if necessary. d. Click the Header check box, and then type your name in the Header box. e. Click the Footer check box, and then type your instructor's name and your class. Click Apply to All. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to PowerPoint

4 f. On Slide 1, click in the title placeholder, and then type Successful Presentations. Click in the subtitle placeholder, and then type your instructor's name. On the next line of the subtitle placeholder, type your name. g. Click the Home tab, click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group, and then click Title Only. h. Click in the title placeholder, and then type Techniques to Consider. i. Click the Insert tab, click Table in the Tables group, and then use the grid to select two columns and five rows. j. Type the following information in the table cells, pressing Tab to move from cell to cell. Position the table attractively on the slide. Feature Rehearse Timings Header/Footer Hidden Slides Annotate a Slide Use Helps you determine the length of your presentation Puts identifying information on the top and bottom of slides, notes, and handouts Hides slides until needed Write or draw on a slide k. Click the Home tab, click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group, and then click Title and Content. Type The Delivery is Up to You in the title placeholder. 1. Click in the content placeholder, and then type the following bullet text: Practice makes perfect Arrive early on the big day Maintain eye contact Speak slowly, clearly, and with sufficient volume Allow time for questions m. Click New Slide, and then type Keep Something in Reserve in the title placeholder. n. Click in the content placeholder, and then type the following bullet text: Create hidden slides to answer difficult questions that might occur Press Ctrl+S while in Slide Show view to display hidden slides o. Click New Slide, and then type Provide Handouts in the title placeholder. p. Click in the content placeholder, and then type the following bullet text: Allows the audience to follow the presentation Lets the audience take the presentation home q. Click the New Slide arrow, and then click Title Slide. r. Type I passionately believe that it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it. in the title placeholder, and then click the placeholder border. Change the font size to 28. s. Type Alain de Botton in the subtitle placeholder. t. Check Spelling. Accept Lets in Slide 5, if necessary. Review the presentation in Slide Show view to fix any spelling or grammatical errors. u. Click the Design tab, click the More button in the Themes group, and then click Hardcover. v. Click the Slide Show tab, and then click From Beginning in the Start Slide Show group. Press Page Down to advance through the slides. When you reach the last slide of the slide show, press the number 3, and then press Enter to return to Slide 3. w. Right-click, point to Pointer Options, and then click Highlighter. Highlight Speak slowly, clearly, and with sufficient volume. x. Press Esc when you reach the black slide at the end of the slide show, and then click Keep to keep your slide annotations. y. Press Ctrl+S to save the presentation. Close the file and submit based on your instructor's directions. Practice Exercises PowerPoint 2O1O

5 The ethics and values class you are taking this semester requires a final presentation to the class. You create a presentation to review basic copyright law and software licensing. You add clip art, a transition, and an animation. This exercise follows the same set of skills as used in Hands-On Exercises 2, 3, and 4 in the chapter. Refer to Figure 1.34 as you complete this exercise. FIGURE 1.34 Copyright and the Law Presentation > a. Open p01p3copyright and save it as p01p3copyright_lastnamefirstname. b. Click the Insert tab, click Header & Footer, and then click the Notes and Handouts tab. c. Click the Date and time check box, and then click Update automatically, if necessary. d. Click the Header check box, and then type your name in the Header box. e. Click the Footer check box, and then type your instructor's name and your class in the Footer box. Click Apply to All. f. Click the Slide Show tab, and then click From Beginning in the Start Slide Show group. Read each of the slides' bullet items. Press Esc to return to Normal view. g. Click the Design tab, click the More button in the Themes group, and then select the Flow theme. h. On Slide 1, click in the subtitle placeholder, and then replace the words Student Name with your name. Replace Student Class with the name of the class you are taking. i. Click the Insert tab, and then click Clip Art in the Images group. Type copyright in the Search for box. Click the Results should be arrow, and remove the check mark from all categories except Videos. Include results from Office.com. Select the animated copyright symbol, and then drag it to the title slide next to your name. Close the Clip Art pane. / N TROUBLESHOOTING: If the animated copyright clip does not appear when you search for the copyright keyword, change the keyword to law, and then select an image that relates to the presentation content and that uses the same colors. v / ]. Click the Transitions tab, and then click the More button in the Transition to This Slide group. Click Rotate, and then click Apply To All. k. On Slide 6, select the blue box at the bottom of the slide. 1. Click the Animations tab, and then click Fly In in the Animation group, m. Click Effect Options, and then click From Bottom-Left. n. Click the Start arrow in the Timing group, and then click After Previous. o. Click Preview in the Preview group to see the result of your custom animation, p. On Slide 9, click the Home tab, and then click the New Slide arrow in the Slides group, q. Click Section Header from the list of layouts. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to PowerPoint

6 FYI r. Click in the title placeholder, and then type Individuals who violate copyright law and/or software licensing agreements may be subject to criminal or civil action by the copyright or license owners. s. Click the placeholder border, change the font size to 40 pt, and then click Center in the Paragraph group. t. Click the border of the content placeholder, and then press Delete. u. Resize the title placeholder until all of the text is visible and is centered vertically on the slide, v. Save and close the file, and submit based on your instructor's directions. C" Practice Exercises PowerPoint 2O1O