Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter One: Creating and Editing a Presentation

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Table of Contents

Chapter Objectives

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PPT 2: What Is Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007?

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PPT 3: Project — Presentation with Bulleted Lists

3

 

PPT 5: Starting PowerPoint

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PPT 6: The PowerPoint Window

5

 

PPT 16: Choosing a Document Theme

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PPT 16: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Find the Appropriate Theme

7

 

PPT 18: Creating a Title Slide

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PPT 18: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

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PPT 20: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

 

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PPT 21: Formatting Characters in a Presentation

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PPT 23: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

 

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PPT 25: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

 

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PPT 26: Saving the Project

10

 

PPT 26: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Determine Where to Save the Document

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PPT 29: Adding a New Slide to a Presentation

11

 

PPT 31: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

12

 

PPT 31: Creating a Text Slide with a Single-Level Bulleted List

12

 

PPT 33: Creating a Text Slide with a Multi-Level Bulleted List

12

 

PPT 39: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

12

 

PPT 40: Ending a Slide Show with a Closing Slide

13

 

PPT 43: Changing Document Properties and Saving Again

14

 

PPT 46: Moving to Another Slide in Normal View

14

 

PPT 48: Viewing the Presentation in Slide Show View

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PPT 52: Quitting PowerPoint

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PPT 53: Starting PowerPoint and Opening a Presentation

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PPT 55: Checking a Presentation for Spelling Errors

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PPT 58: Correcting Errors

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PPT 59: Displaying a Presentation in Grayscale

18

 

PPT 59: Printing a Presentation

18

 

PPT 63: PowerPoint Help

19

 

End of Chapter Material

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Glossary of Key Terms

21

 

Chapter Objectives

Students will have mastered the material in this Chapter One when they can:


l  Start and quit PowerPoint

l  Describe the PowerPoint window

l  Select a document theme

l  Create a title slide and text slides with single- and multi-level bulleted lists

l  Save a presentation

l  Copy elements from one slide to another

l  View a presentation in Slide Show view

l  Open a presentation

l  Display and print a presentation in grayscale

l  Check spelling

l  Use PowerPoint Help


PPT 2: What Is Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007?

LECTURE NOTES

·         Describe Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

·         Describe the nine major features of PowerPoint 2007

·         Discuss the terms presentation and slide show

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Class Discussion: Ask students to list occupations in which the skill of making an exciting or pleasing presentation can mean the difference between success and failure. What products, or people, are known for the way they are presented? Why? How can an effective presentation enhance a message? How can the wrong image confuse or distort a person’s message? Ask them for examples.

PPT 3: Project — Presentation with Bulleted Lists

LECTURE NOTES

·         Describe and review the requirements of the presentation using Figures 1-1a through 1-1e

·         Review the tasks performed to create the presentation

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-1a, 1-1b, 1-1c, 1-1d, 1-1e

 

TEACHER TIPS

Introduce PowerPoint 2007 to students by using the slides in Figures 1-1a through 1-1e. Point out the different slide layouts: title slide, single-level bulleted list slide, multi-level bulleted list slides, and closing slide. The document theme that they choose will determine how text is entered and the size, color, and styles of the font. Be clear that the Figures 1-1a through 1-1e show students what their final presentation will look like for this chapter.

 

It is helpful at this point to reveal any personal experiences that you have had or have seen in regard to appropriate or inappropriate themes, graphic choices, and animations. It is helpful for students to understand the importance of choosing carefully when you point out that the Crayon background would not be appropriate for a presentation to a group about health insurance, for example. Or that car screeching animated bullets gets old after just one line.

 

Emphasize the importance of creating two ways to transfer a file from one location to another. Suggest that they always save their presentation to a flash drive and email it to themselves when they must be assured that they will have access to it for a presentation. Backups are essential!

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Class Discussion: Ask students how many of them have the need to create a PowerPoint presentation? Can they think of places in their lives (such as clubs, jobs, and volunteer activities) where a PowerPoint presentation could be advantageous? Where might they use it?

 

2.      Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups. Ask students to create a specific scenario (classroom, business, or volunteer activity) that might be conducive to a PowerPoint presentation. Ask them to address some of the following concerns:

1)      What types of themes would be appropriate?

2)      Would graphics be appropriate? What types would and what types would not be appropriate?

3)      If you will be creating the file in a different location than where you will be presenting it, what do you need to do to be assured it will be accessible when you are ready to give it?

 

3.      Assign a Project: Printed advertisements on posters and in newspapers and magazines are like one-slide presentations, designed to attract the eye and provide information. Of course, they also attempt to lure customers. Have students locate an effective print advertisement. What information does the advertisement provide? How does the intended audience of the advertisement impact the advertisement’s design? Why is the advertisement effective? Encourage students to keep their answers to these questions in mind as they use PowerPoint to create presentations. Also, have them assess the advertisement based on presentation guidelines given in the chapter.

 

4.      Quick Quiz:

1)      If you are giving a presentation for a class or business, how should PowerPoint be used? (Answer: PowerPoint should accompany the speaker’s message and help the audience members retain information)

2)      What can you provide audience members to help retain information presented by a speaker?(Answer: handouts)

PPT 5: Starting PowerPoint

LECTURE NOTES

·         Point out that the figures in this book require a resolution of 1024 x 768, and refer students to Appendix E for more information about how to change the resolution on their computers

·         Use Figures 1-2 and 1-3 to illustrate starting PowerPoint

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-2, 1-3

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Decreasing Resolution. Mention to students that, at times, it may be necessary to decrease the resolution of a monitor if you know you are going to run your presentation on another computer that uses a lower resolution, such as 800 x 600 or 640 x 480. This lower resolution, however, may affect the appearance of the slides.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of starting PowerPoint.

 

TEACHER TIPS

There are alternate ways to start PowerPoint: 1) Many students will be familiar with desktop icons. Note that a desktop icon is an alternate way to start PowerPoint. 2) They also can locate a PowerPoint file in My Computer or Windows Explorer and open the file and it will open PowerPoint. 3) If they previously used PowerPoint, it will be listed in the Start menu of the recently used programs.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups. Ask students to compare the PowerPoint window to other Microsoft 2007 applications (such as Word and Excel). What similarities do they see? What differences exist?

 

2.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What is a maximized window? (Answer: A maximized window fills the entire screen)

PPT 6: The PowerPoint Window

LECTURE NOTES

·         Define slide, layouts, Title Slide, and landscape orientation

·         Use Figure 1-4 to introduce the components of the PowerPoint window

·         Discuss Slides and Outline tabs, Slide pane, status bar, view buttons, Notes pane, scroll box, scroll bar, scroll arrow, Previous Slide and Next Slide buttons, and the mouse pointer

·         Describe the three main views shown by buttons in the bottom-right corner of the window: Normal (the default), Slide Show, and Notes Page view

·         Introduce interface features of Office 2007 using Figures 1-5a and 1-5b

·         Introduce the Ribbon, top-level tabs, Home tab, and groups

·         Use Figure 1-6 to illustrate contextual tabs

·         Describe galleries, live preview, Enhanced ScreenTips, the Dialog Box Launcher, and a task pane using Figures 1-7 through 1-9

·         Demonstrate the Mini toolbar, shortcut menu, the Quick Access toolbar, the Office Button, menu, submenu, Key Tip badge, and Key Tips using Figures 1-10a through 1-15

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-4, 1-5a, 1-5b, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10a, 1-10b, 1-11, 1-12a, 1-12b, 1-12c, 1-13, 1-14, 1-15

 

BOXES

1. BTW: Portrait Page Orientation. Demonstrate how to change the slide orientation to portrait.

 

2. BTW: Using the Notes Pane. Demonstrate how to type comments to yourself in the Notes pane.

 

3. BTW: Minimizing the Ribbon. Demonstrate how to minimize and restore the Ribbon.

 

4. BTW: Turning Off the Mini Toolbar. Demonstrate how to turn off the Mini toolbar.

 

5. BTW: Quick Access Toolbar Commands. Demonstrate how to add buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar.

 

TEACHER TIPS

Discuss the PowerPoint 2007 window in Figures 1-3, 1-4, and 1-5a and -5b. Starting with Figure 1-3, point out the title bar, as well as the Minimize, Maximize/Restore Down, and Close buttons. Define a slide as the basic unit of a PowerPoint presentation.

 

It is common to retain the default landscape slide orientation, but it is possible to change the slide layout to portrait. This could be helpful if photographs that were in portrait layout were often used within a presentation.

 

The Notes pane is handy as a location to include notes that you would like to convey to your audience. The notes can be printed for the audience or for yourself.

 

It is very helpful to know that the Ribbon can be minimized, thus allowing more screen space for slides. To minimize the Ribbon, right-click the Ribbon, click Minimize the Ribbon on the shortcut menu, double-click the active tab, or press ctrl+f1. To restore the Ribbon, use the same process.

 

The Mini toolbar can be turned off if you do not find it helpful. Just click the Office Button, click the PowerPoint Options button on the Office Button menu, and then clear the Show Mini Toolbar on selection check box in the panel.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups. Ask each group to label as many parts of the PowerPoint window in Figure 1-4 as possible. Have them skip the buttons on the toolbar but ask them to label all other features that they can. Have an informal contest to see which group can label the largest number of features. Go over them in class so that everyone is aware of all of the parts of the window.

 

2.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What is a placeholder and what can it contain? (Answer: A placeholder is a box with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are displayed when you create a new slide. A content text placeholder is displayed for text, art, or a table, chart, picture, graphic, or movie.)

2)      Why might you want to add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar? (Answer: The Quick Access Toolbar offers easy access to buttons used frequently)

3)      What buttons are on the Quick Access Toolbar by default? (Answer: Save, Undo, and Redo)

4)      What is the default view of PowerPoint? (Answer: Normal view)

5)      What is a gallery? (Answer: A set of choices, often graphical, arranged in a grid or in a list)

6)      What does live preview allow? (Answer: It allows you to point to a gallery choice and see its effect in the document — without actually selecting the choice)

7)       What does the Mini toolbar contain? (Answer: Commands related to changing the appearance of text in a slide)

8)      When does a shortcut menu appear? (Answer: When you right-click an object)

9)      What happens when you press a Key Tip? (Answer: Additional Key Tips related to the selected command may appear)

PPT 16: Choosing a Document Theme

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss the document theme with the Office theme as the default

·         Use Figures 1-16 through 1-18 to illustrate choosing a document theme

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-16, 1-17, 1-18

 

TEACHER TIPS

Emphasize how important it is for students to choose an appropriate theme based on the content of the presentation and the audience. Most of the themes in PowerPoint 2007 do not have special effects such as crayons or fireworks as some of the themes in PowerPoint 2003 had so it is not as important to choose carefully; however, the feel of the theme should be in line with the content.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Critical Thinking: Ask students how many document themes are available in PowerPoint 2007. Do they think that any additional themes might be available? Where? The More Themes on Microsoft Online option is available under the theme gallery. Ask them to select this option, thus going to Microsoft’s Web site. Search for additional document themes that they might be able to download. Ask students to identify two specific themes and what type of presentation they might be well suited for.

 

2.      Quick Quiz:

1)      How are document themes arranged? (Answer: In alphabetical order running left to right by theme name)

PPT 16: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Find the Appropriate Theme

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss how to select the document theme

·         Describe why some PowerPoint slide show designers use the default Office Theme

PPT 18: Creating a Title Slide

LECTURE NOTES

·         Describe how default title slides have two placeholders: title and subtitle

·         Use Figures 1-19 and 1-20 to illustrate entering the presentation title

·         Discuss that all slides other than a blank slide have a placeholder for a title at the top of the slide

·         Discuss line wrapping in placeholders, the backspace and delete keys, paragraphs marked with the enter key, and levels

·         Use Figures 1-21 and 1-22 to illustrate entering the presentation subtitle paragraph

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-22

 

TEACHER TIPS

The AutoFit button displays when you have typed text that does not fit on one line. The AutoFit Options button allows you to AutoFit Text to Placeholder (the default and happens automatically if you just keep typing more text), Stop Fitting Text to This Placeholder (the extra text will spill outside of the placeholder), and Control AutoCorrect Options (which opens the AutoCorrect dialog box and allows changes for AutoCorrect, Smart Tags, and AutoFormat As You Type commands).

 

Point out to students that they can highlight a word, for example, and type a new word and it will replace the existing text. Many students highlight the word, press delete or backspace, and then type the new word. Eliminate the middle step for them.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      How many sizing handles are on each placeholder? (Answer: Eight)

2)      How many paragraph levels does PowerPoint allow? (Answer: Five)

PPT 18: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss the importance of choosing appropriate text for the title slide

·         Describe why some PowerPoint users create the title slide as their last step

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1. Class Discussion: Ask students to think of 10 titles of books or movies. Ask them to consider how interesting, clever, and appealing they are. Do they peak your interest? Then ask them to rank them in order from 1 to 10 based on these combined criteria. Call on several students to share their number one title and why they chose it the highest.

PPT 20: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss why you may want to change a document’s text attributes, color scheme, and layout

·         Discuss graphic designer rules (graphic designers have created the themes): avoid all capital letters, use a minimum of 24 point font text size, and choose colors carefully

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Class Discussion: How important is color and a specific color scheme? In advertising it is very important. Many well-known household name brands have a color scheme that the majority of consumers can identify. Ask students the color scheme of McDonalds (red and yellow), Burger King (red, blue, and yellow), Google (blue, red, yellow, and green), and UPS (brown and gold). Ask students to come up with five or six in addition to these examples. Check the Internet if you are in a lab setting to confirm their color schemes.

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1.      The previous Class Discussion activity could be done in a lab. If all students are comfortable with using an Internet browser, you could do the previous activity in a lab setting. Ask students to individually think of three companies or organizations that can be identified by their color scheme. Then ask them to verify their choices through the Internet. You could also ask them to locate one or two more with unique color schemes through the Internet that they had not thought of.

PPT 21: Formatting Characters in a Presentation

LECTURE NOTES

·         Define font characteristics: style, size, and point (1/72 of an inch in height)

·         Demonstrate font formats: italics, bold, color, increase/decrease, and size

·         Use Figures 1-23 and 1-24 to illustrate selecting a paragraph

·         Use Figure 1-25 to illustrate how to select multiple paragraphs

·         Describe how to change the text color using Figures 1-26 and 1-27

·         Use Figures 1-28 and 1-29 to show how to select a group of words

·         Discuss increasing font size using Figure 1-30

·         Use Figure 1-31 to discuss bolding text

·         Use Figure 1-32 and 1-33 to illustrate decreasing the title slide title text font size

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-23, 1-24, 1-25, 1-26, 1-27, 1-28, 1-29, 1-30, 1-31, 1-32, 1-33

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Formatting Words. Demonstrate how to format a word by having the insertion point anywhere within a word.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of italicizing a paragraph.

 

3. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to change the text color.

 

4. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to increase font size.

 

5. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to bold text.

 

6. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to decrease the title slide title text font size.

 

TEACHER TIPS

A full word does not need to be highlighted to apply formatting features to it. For example, click just in one word and then click the Italic button. The full word is italicized.

 

If you do want to select a full word, you can double-click and the word will be selected; triple-click and the paragraph will be selected. Encourage student to use these mouse shortcuts rather than dragging to select each specific character.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What is another word for typeface? (Answer: Font)

2)      What is the size of one point? (Answer: 1/72 of an inch in height)

3)      What is the keyboard shortcut for italics? (Answer: ctrl+i)

4)      What is the keyboard shortcut for bold? (Answer: ctrl+b)

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1.      Ask students to type their first and last name in a placeholder on a slide. Have them copy and paste their name until they have a total of 10 lines of text. Ask them to creatively format each name line using a variety of fonts, formatting, sizes, and colors so that each one is individual, creative, and unique.

PPT 23: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss color blindness; at least 15 percent of men have difficulty distinguishing varying shades of green or red

·         Discuss how this problem is more pronounced when the colors appear in small areas

PPT 25: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Identify How to Format Specific Elements of the Text

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss avoiding line wraps or adjusting font size

PPT 26: Saving the Project

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce the terms file and file name

·         Explain why it is important to save the presentation frequently

·         Illustrate how to save a presentation in Microsoft Vista using Figures 1-34 through 1-38

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-34, 1-35, 1-36, 1-37, 1-38

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Saving in a Previous PowerPoint Format. Demonstrate how to save a PowerPoint file in PowerPoint 97-2003 format.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways of saving a presentation.

 

TEACHER TIPS

When saving in Microsoft Vista, if the Navigation pane is not displayed in the Save As dialog box, click the Browse Folders button to expand the dialog box. If a Folders list is displayed below the Folders button, click the folders button to remove the Folders list.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      How many characters can a file name have in Microsoft Vista? (Answer: 260)

2)      What is a folder? (Answer: A specific location on a storage medium)

3)      Name at least six invalid characters for file names in Microsoft Vista? (Answer: backslash (\), slash (/), colon (:), asterisk (*), question mark (?), quotation mark (“), less than symbol (<), greater than symbol (>), and vertical bar (|))

4)      What information is included in file properties? (Answer: file name, author name, date the file was modified, and tags)

 

LAB ACTIVITIES

1.      The Save As feature in PowerPoint 2007 offers five different formats to save a PowerPoint file. Ask students to closely read and investigate each format. Then ask them to create realistic scenarios in which they might use each format. You can ask them to write their scenarios or simply think of a scenario to share with the class. If you are not in a lab or choose not to use the computer, it is possible to do this exercise using Figures 1-34, 1-35, and 1-36. Reconvene the class and compare the suggested circumstances to show why each format might be used and clarify any misunderstandings.

PPT 26: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Determine Where to Save the Document

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss various storage media and when to use each

·         Describe why to save a backup copy

·         Discuss portable media and their benefits

PPT 29: Adding a New Slide to a Presentation

LECTURE NOTES

·         Point out the New Slide button on the Home tab

·         Use Figures 1-39 and 1-40 to illustrate adding a new text slide with a bulleted list

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-39, 1-40

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to add a new text slide with a bulleted list.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Group Activity: Divide the class into small groups and have them each look at Figure 1-40 in the textbook. The figure has many callouts that describe various aspects of the PowerPoint window after inserting a new slide. Ask them to cover up each callout for another student and have them ask the student to identify each of the labeled sections. Emphasize the importance that all students are aware of all of these so invite questions.

 

2.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What is the keyboard shortcut to insert a new slide? (Answer: ctrl+m)

2)      On which tab is the New Slide button located? (Answer: Home)

PPT 31: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss the importance of the 7 x 7 rule

PPT 31: Creating a Text Slide with a Single-Level Bulleted List

LECTURE NOTES

·         Remind students that all slides except the Blank slide has a title placeholder

·         Use Figure 1-41 to illustrate entering a slide title

·         Use Figure 1-42 to show how to select a text placeholder

·         Define line spacing and single-level bulleted lists

·         Use Figures 1-43 and 1-44 to illustrate typing a single-level bulleted list

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-41, 1-42, 1-43, 1-44

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to select a placeholder.

 

TEACHER TIPS

Encourage students to change (increase) line spacing if they want more room between bulleted lines of text rather than skip bullets. Also, discuss how pressing the enter key defines a paragraph. This is helpful to understand because they can triple-click the mouse to select a paragraph, which may only be a word (different than they typically think of as a paragraph in a word processed document, for example).

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      List at least four of the six icons grouped in the middle of a new slide. (Answer: table, chart, SmartArt graphic, picture, clip art, and media clip)

PPT 33: Creating a Text Slide with a Multi-Level Bulleted List

LECTURE NOTES

·         Compare a single-level bulleted list to a multi-level bulleted list

·         Use Figures 1-45 and 1-46 to illustrate adding a new slide and entering a slide title

·         Discuss promoting and demoting text

·         Use Figures 1-47 through 1-50 to show how to type a multi-level bulleted list

·         Discuss typing the remaining text for Slide 3 using Figure 1-51

·         Use Figure 1-52 to illustrate creating Slide 4

·         Use Figures 1-53 through 1-55 to show how to create a third-level paragraph

·         Discuss typing the remaining text for Slide 4 using Figure 1-56

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-45, 1-46, 1-47, 1-48, 1-49, 1-50, 1-51, 1-52, 1-53, 1-54, 1-55, 1-56

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to add a new slide and enter a slide title.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to type a multi-level bulleted list.

 

TEACHER TIPS

One very important keyboard shortcut for students to learn early is the tab and shift+tab keys. The tab key indents a bulleted line of text to the next level and, after pressing enter at the end of a bulleted line of text, the shift+tab keys demote the bullet level to the higher paragraph level. Be sure all students are familiar with these keyboard strokes and it will save them a lot of time.

PPT 39: Plan Ahead Box (Critical Thinking): Choose the Words for the Slide

LECTURE NOTES

·         Define black slide

·         Discuss the default PowerPoint setting that uses a black slide at the end of presentations

·         Discuss why it is a benefit to have a final closing slide

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Critical Thinking: PowerPoint’s default setting is to end a presentation with a black slide. What are reasons for ending a slide presentation with a black slide? Is it a good idea? Why or why not? What might be an alternate way to end a slide show?

PPT 40: Ending a Slide Show with a Closing Slide

LECTURE NOTES

·         Demonstrate why and how to duplicate a slide using Figures 1-57 through 1-59

·         Demonstrate drag and drop in the Tabs pane using Figure 1-60

·         Use Figures 1-61 through 1-63 to illustrate deleting all text in a placeholder

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-57, 1-58, 1-59, 1-60, 1-61, 1-62, 1-63

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to arrange a slide.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to delete all text in a placeholder.

 

TEACHER TIPS

Students need to be aware that dragging and dropping is a common feature of nearly all software. They should become comfortable using this method. They also can drag and drop selected text or an object from one window to another window. For example, you can open two PowerPoint presentations and demonstrate how to drag and drop a slide from one presentation window into the other. Students may want to be familiar with this so that different students can create separate slides for a classroom presentation, for example, and then combine them into one presentation.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      From what two locations in PowerPoint can you drag and drop slides into different locations? (Answer: The Outline tab and the Slide Sorter view)

2)      What does the border of a placeholder look like when the border is selected? (Answer: A solid line)

3)      What does the border of a placeholder look like when the text inside of a placeholder is selected? (Answer: A dashed line)

4)      Where is the Cut button located? (Answer: In the Clipboard group on the Home tab)

PPT 43: Changing Document Properties and Saving Again

LECTURE NOTES

·         Describe document properties, also known as metadata: project author, title, and subject

·         Contrast standard properties and automatically updated properties

·         Illustrate how to change document properties using Figures 1-64 through 1-66

·         Illustrate how to save an existing presentation with the same file name using Figure 1-67

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-64, 1-65, 1-66, 1-67

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Converters for Earlier PowerPoint Versions. Demonstrate how to access updates and converters if you are using earlier versions of PowerPoint from the Microsoft Web site.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to save existing presentations with the same file name.

 

TEACHER TIPS

It is helpful to know that the Microsoft Office Web site offers updates and converters so that PowerPoint 2007 files can be viewed in previous versions. The Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Format allows you to open, edit, and save Office 2007 files.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What are document properties (metadata)? (Answer: The details about a file)

2)      What are automatically updated properties? (Answer: File system properties, such as the date you create or change a file, and statistics, such as the file size)

3)      What are the nine menu options on the Office Button menu? (Answer: New, Open, Save, Save As, Print, Prepare, Send, Publish, and Close)

4)      What is one keyboard shortcut to save a file? (Answer: ctrl+s or shift+f12)

PPT 46: Moving to Another Slide in Normal View

LECTURE NOTES

·         Demonstrate ways to move between slides

·         Use Figures 1-68 through 1-70 to illustrate using the scroll box on the Slide pane to move to another slide

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-68, 1-69, 1-70

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to use the scroll box.

PPT 48: Viewing the Presentation in Slide Show View

LECTURE NOTES

·         Show where the Slide Show button is in the PowerPoint window using Figure 1-71

·         Use Figures 1-71 and 1-72 to illustrate how to start Slide Show view

·         Demonstrate how to move manually through a slide show using Figures 1-73 and 1-74

·         Show the Slide Show toolbar, known as the pop-up menu

·         Use Figure 1-75 to illustrate displaying the pop-up menu and going to a specific slide

·         Use Figure 1-76 to illustrate using the pop-up menu to end a slide show

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-71, 1-72, 1-73, 1-74, 1-75, 1-76

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to start Slide Show view.

 

2. Other Ways: Demonstrate how to move manually through slides in a slide show.

 

3. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to use the pop-up menu to end a slide show.

 

TEACHER TIPS

Two helpful keyboard shortcuts for running and ending a presentation are f5 and esc, respectively. These two keys are definitely worth remembering.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      Where does the pop-up menu appear when you are running a slide show? (Answer: Near the mouse when you right-click)

2)      What are the 10 options on the pop-up menu? (Answer: Next, Previous, Last Viewed, Go to Slide, Custom Show, Screen, Pointer Options, Help, Pause, and End Show)

3)      What keyboard keys can be used to advance and reverse slides? (Answer: page up and page down, and the right, left, down, and up arrow keys)

PPT 52: Quitting PowerPoint

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss quitting PowerPoint

·         Review the dialog box options resulting from quitting PowerPoint using Figure 1-77

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figure — 1-77

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to quit PowerPoint.

 

TEACHER TIPS

There are a variety of ways to quit PowerPoint (as with other Microsoft Office 2007 programs: 1) With one document open, double-click the Office Button; 2) Click the Office Button, click Exit PowerPoint on the Office Button menu; 3) With one document open, right-click the Microsoft PowerPoint button on the Windows Vista taskbar, click Close on the shortcut menu; and 4) With one document open, press alt+f4.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Class Discussion: Ask if any students remember what saving files was like prior to Vista or Windows. What happened if you closed a program window prior to saving a file? Some students may remember that if you accidentally closed a program window prior to saving a file, there was not a pop-up box asking if you would like to save the file: Yes, No, or Cancel. Instead, the file was lost without the changes saved.

 

2.      Quick Quiz:

1)      What happens if you click the Cancel button in the dialog box that results when you quit PowerPoint? (Answer: The dialog box closes and the presentation is redisplayed without any changes being saved)

PPT 53: Starting PowerPoint and Opening a Presentation

LECTURE NOTES

·         Demonstrate starting PowerPoint and opening a presentation using Figures 1-78 through 1-80

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-78, 1-79, 1-80

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to open a presentation from PowerPoint.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      Why might you want to retrieve a presentation from a storage medium? (Answer: You might want to revise the presentation or print it.)

2)      What documents are shown in the Recent Documents list? (Answer: The most recently opened document file names)

PPT 55: Checking a Presentation for Spelling Errors

LECTURE NOTES

·         Define custom dictionary and discuss its use to check presentations for spelling errors and style consistency

·         Use Table 1-1 to discuss the Spelling dialog box buttons and actions

·         Use Figures 1-81 through 1-84 to illustrate checking spelling

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-81, 1-82, 1-83, 1-84

 

BOXES:

1. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to check spelling.

 

TEACHER TIPS

The buttons in the Spelling Dialog box, Table 1-1, can be used to:

·         Ignore – Ignore the highlighted error

·         Ignore All – Ignore all instances of the highlighted error in this presentation and throughout the current PowerPoint session

·         Change – Change the highlighted error to the current selection in the Suggestions list

·         Change All – Change all instances of the highlighted error in this presentation

·         Add – Add the highlighted word to the custom dictionary

·         Suggest – Add the highlighted word to the Suggestions list

·         AutoCorrect – Add the error and its correction to the AutoCorrect list so that it will be corrected automatically when it is typed

·         Close – Close the Spelling dialog box

 

Emphasize the importance of spell checking a presentation but do not forget to communicate the added importance of self-editing a presentation. Show them that f7 is the spell check key and to use it regularly!

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Assign a Project: Ask students to create a list of 10 words that they may use somewhat regularly that would not be in a standard dictionary. Then ask them to put a check mark next to the ones that would be helpful to add to the dictionary. As a challenge, ask them to discover if they can remove words from the dictionary that they mistakenly add.

PPT 58: Correcting Errors

LECTURE NOTES

·         Discuss the types of corrections made to presentations

·         Describe the three methods of deleting text

·         Discuss how to replace text in an existing slide

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Certification. For more information on the MCAS program see Appendix F or visit the PowerPoint 2007 Certification Web page.

 

TEACHER TIPS

List the three types of corrections generally made to a presentation: additions, deletions, and replacements. Tell when each type of correction is necessary. Explain that editing text in PowerPoint essentially is the same as editing text in a word processing program.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.       Group Activity: Create a slide slow with several common errors. Suggestions include: there/their, its/it’s, too/to, too much text on each of three bullets, misspelled words, too many bullets on a slide, etc. Then divide the class into two groups. Ask each group to identify every correction that should be made. Have them list the errors and the corrections on a sheet of paper. Ask each group for one correction they would make and why. Then see if all groups agree. You should come out with one finalized, improved presentation.

PPT 59: Displaying a Presentation in Grayscale

LECTURE NOTES

·         Use Figures 1-85 through 1-88 to illustrate displaying a presentation in grayscale

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-85, 1-86, 1-87, 1-88

 

TEACHER TIPS

The Color/Grayscale button is on the Color/Grayscale group on the View tab. The Color/Grayscale button shows the presentation in black and white; Pure Black and White alters the slide’s appearance so that black lines display on a white background, and shadows and other graphical effects are hidden.

 

Emphasize the importance of viewing a presentation on the screen just the way you will print it so as to not waste paper.

PPT 59: Printing a Presentation

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce the terms hard copy and printout

·         Describe why you may want to print handouts

·         Illustrate how to print a presentation using Figures 1-89 through 1-90e

·         Describe making transparencies

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-89, 1-90a, 1-90b, 1-90c, 1-90d, 1-90e

 

BOXES:

1. BTW: Quick Reference. Point out the location for the Quick Reference Summary and the Word 2007 Quick Reference Web page.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to print a presentation.

 

TEACHER TIPS
Save first, then print! Many people believe that getting information from the computer to the printer is one of the most difficult tasks in using the computer. It is quite true that trying to print a document may cause the document to be changed, or may cause the computer system to freeze. For this reason, it is always a good idea to save a document before students attempt to print it. Also, point out that ctrl+p is the shortcut method of printing and handy to remember.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:

1.      Assign a Project: Ask students to click the Office Button and the Print command. Ask them to become familiar with the three options: Print, Quick Print, and Print Preview. What is the difference between Print and Quick Print? When should you use the Print Preview command? Then have them open the Print dialog box. Point out that they can select a different printer with the arrow on the Name box, change the number of copies that print, print only selected slides, print handouts, and preview from this box.

PPT 63: PowerPoint Help

LECTURE NOTES

·         Introduce PowerPoint Help

·         Use Figures 1-91 through 1-93 to search for PowerPoint Help

·         Discuss the steps to quit PowerPoint

 

FIGURES and TABLES: Figures — 1-91, 1-92, 1-93

 

BOXES:

 

1. BTW: PowerPoint Help. Demonstrate how to access PowerPoint Help.

 

2. Other Ways: Encourage your students to explore other ways to search for PowerPoint Help.

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

1.      Quick Quiz:

1)      Where is the Microsoft Office PowerPoint Help button located? (Answer: Near the upper-right corner of the PowerPoint window)

2)      Can a PowerPoint Help window be minimized and maximized? (Answer: Yes)

3)      What buttons exist near the top of a PowerPoint Help window? (Answer: Back, Forward, Stop, Refresh, Home, Print, Change Font Size, Show Table of Contents, and Keep on Top

End of Chapter Material

·         Learn It Online is a series of online student exercises that test your knowledge of chapter content and key terms.

 

·         Apply Your Knowledge is a student assignment that helps you to reinforce the skills and apply the concepts you learned in this chapter.

 

·         Extend Your Knowledge is a student assignment that challenges you to extend the skills you learned in this chapter and to experiment with new skills. You may need to use Help to complete the assignment.

 

·         Make It Right is a student assignment that requires you to analyze a presentation and correct all errors and/or improve the design.

 

·         In the Lab (Lab): In the Lab is a series of student assignments that ask you to design and/or create a presentation using the guidelines, concepts, and skills presented in this chapter. The assignments are listed in order of increasing difficulty.

 

·         Cases and Places is a series of student assignments where you apply your creative thinking and problem solving skills to design and implement a solution.


Glossary of Key Terms


·         active tab (PPT 9)

·         AutoFit (PPT 19)

·         Automatically updated properties (PPT 44)

·         black slide (PPT 39)

·         charting (PPT 2)

·         collaborating (PPT 2)

·         color (PPT 21)

·         contextual tabs (PPT 9)

·         custom dictionary (PPT 55)

·         demoting (PPT 34)

·         Dialog Box Launcher (PPT 11)

·         Document Information Panel (PPT 44)

·         document properties (PPT 43)

·         document theme (PPT 8)

·         drag and drop (PPT 41)

·         drawing (PPT 2)

·         e-mailing (PPT 2)

·         Enhanced ScreenTip (PPT 10)

·         file (PPT 26)

·         file name (PPT 26)

·         folder (PPT 27)

·         font (PPT 21)

·         format (PPT 21)

·         gallery (PPT 9)

·         hard copy (PPT 61)

·         Home tab (PPT 9)

·         horizontal scroll bar (PPT 8)

·         inserting multimedia (PPT 2)

·         Key Tip (PPT 15)

·         Key Tip badge (PPT 15)

·         keywords (PPT 43)

·         landscape orientation (PPT 6)

·         layouts (PPT 6)

·         level (PPT 19)

·         live preview (PPT 9)

·         line spacing (PPT 32)

·         line wraps (PPT 18)

·         metadata (PPT 43)

·         menu (PPT 14)

·         Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 (PPT 2)

·         Mini toolbar (PPT 11)

·         mouse pointer (PPT 7)

·         multi-level bulleted list slide (PPT 33)

·         Normal view (PPT 8)

·         Notes Page view (PPT 8)

·         Notes pane (PPT 8)

·         Office Button (PPT 14)

·         Office Theme (PPT 16)

·         Outline tab (PPT 8)

·         outlining (PPT 2)

·         paragraph (PPT 19)

·         placeholders (PPT 7)

·         point (PPT 21)

·         pop-up menu (PPT 51)

·         PowerPoint Help (PPT 63)

·         preparing delivery (PPT 2)

·         presentation (PPT 2)

·         printout (PPT 61)

·         promoting (PPT 34)

·         Quick Access Toolbar (PPT 13)

·         Ribbon (PPT 8)

·         saving to the Web (PPT 2)

·         scroll arrow (PPT 7, PPT 8)

·         scroll bars (PPT 8)

·         scroll box (PPT 7, PPT 8)

·         shortcut menu (PPT 12)

·         size (PPT 21)

·         slide (PPT 6)

·         slide indicator (PPT 47)

·         Slide pane (PPT 8)

·         slide show (PPT 2)

·         Slide Show view (PPT 49)

·         Slides tab (PPT 8)

·         splitter bar (PPT 8)

·         standard properties (PPT 43)

·         status bar (PPT 8)

·         style (PPT 21)

·         submenu (PPT 15)

·         tab (PPT 8)

·         task pane (PPT 11)

·         Title Slide (PPT 6)

·         vertical scroll bar (PPT 7)

·         view (PPT 8)

·         word processing (PPT 2)


 

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