USING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT 2013 Independent Project 4-2

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1 Guided Project 4-2 At the four colleges of the Sierra Pacific Community College District, concerts are held throughout the year by their respective music programs. In the summer, free outdoor concerts are performed by current students and alumni at each different college. For this presentation, you use the Slide Master to prepare an elegant background using decorative graphics and fonts for a concert of love songs from well-known movies to be held at American River College. Once your background is prepared, you modify other slide elements to blend with this new design. Skills Covered in This Project Flip and rotate a shape. Align objects with Gridlines. Layer objects and adjust stacking order. Use the Slide Master to change background shapes and slide layouts. Use the Slide Master to change theme fonts and text effects. Apply picture bullets. Remove a picture background. Step 1 start file IMPORTANT: Be sure to download the resource files needed for this project from the link. Make sure to extract the files after downloading the resources zipped folder. Please visit the SIMnet Instant help for step-by-step instructions. 1. Open the presentation LoveSongs-04. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to do so by your instructor, and save it. Click the Enable Editing button in the Message Bar at the top of the presentation so you can modify it. 2. Click the Slide Master button [View tab, Master Views group]. For this project you will make changes to four different layouts. 3. Align placeholders with Gridlines; then change size, color, and fonts. a. Select the first layout, Office Theme Slide Master: used by slides 1-5. b. Select Gridlines [View tab, Show group]. c. Select the title placeholder and press the down arrow several times so the top of it is even with the first horizontal grid line. d. Change the title placeholder size [Drawing Tools Format tab, Size group] (Height 1" and Width 13.33"). e. Click the Align button [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and choose Align Center. f. Change the Shape Fill to Dark Red, Accent 6, Darker 50% [Drawing Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group]. g. Change the font to Lucida Handwriting [Home tab, Font group] at 44 pt. Click Bold and Shadow. 4. Insert and rotate a decorative image a. On the first layout, click the Pictures button [Insert tab, Images group] to open the Insert Pictures dialog box. b. Select the Vine1-04 picture (Figure 4-124) downloaded from the link. Click Insert. c. Increase the decorative image height to 4.5" and the width will automatically adjust. d. Click the Rotate button [Picture Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and choose Flip Horizontal. Repeat to choose Rotate Left Vine1-04 picture PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 4 Customizing Images, Illustrations, and Themes Last Updated: 2/18/15 Page 1

2 e. Click the Align button [Picture Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and choose Align Top. Repeat to choose Align Right (Figure 4-125). 5. Add a rectangle and adjust stacking order. a. Select the Title Slide layout (the second layout). b. Click the Shapes button, select the Rectangle tool [Home tab, Drawing group], and draw a rectangle (Height 4.5" and Width 13.33"). c. Click the Align button [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and select Align Top. Repeat to select Align Center. d. Change the Shape Fill [Drawing Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group] to Black, Background 1. e. Change the Shape Outline [Drawing Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group] to No Outline. f. Click the Send Backward list arrow [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and select Send to Back. 6. Adjust placeholders. a. On the Title Slide layout, select the title placeholder and click the Align button [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group]. Select Align Top. b. Change the Shape Fill [Drawing Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group] to No Fill. c. Select the subtitle placeholder and click the Bring Forward list arrow [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group]. Select Bring to Front. d. Press the up arrow several times until the third text line is positioned on the thin rectangle. 7. Insert a decorative image and use Gridlines. a. On the Title Slide layout, click the Pictures button [Insert tab, Images group] to open the Insert Pictures dialog box. b. Select the Vine2-04 picture downloaded from the link. Click Insert. This decorative vine image has a wide horizontal shape. c. Drag the top and side sizing handles to increase the vine image size (Height 2.5" and Width 10.5"). d. Move the vine image to the bottom of the slide. Using the gridlines to judge spacing, move the vine image to be centered on the gray area at the bottom of the slide. Because the image has extra space on the left, the handles will not appear centered (Figure 4-126). PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 4 Customizing Images, Illustrations, and Themes Last Updated: 2/18/15 Page 2

3 8. Apply a Picture bullet. a. Select the Title and Content layout. b. Select the first two bulleted items. c. Click the Bullets list arrow [Home tab, Paragraph group] and choose Bullets and Numbering. d. Click the Picture button [Insert tab, Images group] to open the Insert Pictures dialog box. e. Select the Note-04 picture downloaded from the link. Click Insert. 9. Use Gridlines, align placeholders, and change text. a. Select the Section Header layout. b. Select the Title placeholder. c. Change its size (Height 3.5" and Width 9.65"). d. Click the Align button [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and select Align Right. e. Move the title placeholder up so the top is even with the second horizontal gridline. f. Change the font to Lucida Handwriting at 28 pt. [Home tab, Font group]. g. Click the Align Text button [Home tab, Paragraph group] and select Align Middle. h. Select the Subtitle placeholder. i. Change the font to Lucida Handwriting at 28 pt. [Home tab, Font group]. Click Bold and Shadow. j. Click the Align Text button [Home tab, Paragraph group] and select Align Middle. k. Resize the subtitle placeholder and align it on the Gridlines as shown in Figure l. Click the Rectangle tool [Home tab, Drawing group] and draw a rectangle (Height.3" and Width 13.33"). m. Click the Align button [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and select Align Center. n. Change the Shape Fill [Drawing Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group] to Black, Background 1. Repeat to change the Shape Outline to No Outline. o. Move this shape to fit above the title placeholder. 10. Copy an image from one layout and paste it on another layout. a. On the first layout, select the vine shape and press Ctrl+C. b. Select the Section Header layout. Press Ctrl+V. c. Using the rotation handle, rotate the image and position it on the lower left. (Figure ) 11. Click the Slide Master tab and click the Close Master View button. PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 4 Customizing Images, Illustrations, and Themes Last Updated: 2/18/15 Page 3

4 12. Slides 1 and 2 are complete with the changes made to the Slide Master. Notice that the slide 2 list now shows the round note picture bullets. 13. On slide 3, select the SmartArt graphic. Click the Change Colors button [SmartArt Tools Design tab, SmartArt Styles group] and select Dark 2 Fill. 14. Modify a table. a. On slide 4, select the table and click the More button [Table Tools Design tab, Table Styles group]. Select Medium Style 2. b. Select the table text and change the font to Lucida Handwriting [Home tab, Font group]. c. Resize the table slightly to align with the Gridlines as shown in Figure Deselect the Gridlines [View tab, Show group]. 16. Insert and align a picture a. With slide 4 selected, create a new slide with the Title Only layout. b. On slide 5, type the slide title Enjoy the Show! c. Click the Pictures button [Insert tab, Images group] to open the Insert Pictures dialog box. d. Select the Violin-04 picture downloaded from the link and shown in Figure Click Insert. e. Resize the violin (Height 5.75" and Width automatically changes to 3.83"). f. Click the Align button [Picture Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and choose Align Left. Repeat to choose Align Bottom. 17. Remove the picture background. a. On slide 5, select the picture. b. Click the Remove Background button [Picture Tools Format tab, Adjust group]. c. Increase the selection area size by dragging the handles to the edge of the photograph so the violin retains its original size. d. Click the Mark Areas to Keep button and click on the violin areas until they appear. e. Click the Mark Areas to Remove button and click the small area on the left of the violin until it is removed. f. Click Keep Changes. g. Click the Send Backward list arrow [Drawing Tools Format tab, Arrange group] and select Send to Back. 18. Review all the slides. PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 4 Customizing Images, Illustrations, and Themes Last Updated: 2/18/15 Page 4

5 IMPORTANT: When you are finished with this project, your presentation should contain 6 slides. If it does not, your project will not grade properly and you may lose a significant number of points. Check your work carefully. 19. Save and close the presentation (Figure 4-130). Step 2 Upload & Save 20. Upload and save your project file. Step 3 Grade my Project 21. Submit project for grading. PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 4 Customizing Images, Illustrations, and Themes Last Updated: 2/18/15 Page 5