2 Part II Enhancing a Presentation
Changing the Presentation Design Design template Professionally created slide designs contain –Color schemes –Custom formatting – Over 100 background designs –Styled fonts –Template change occurs throughout the file
SS of Apply Design preview box shows sample of selected design template design template file names folder containing design template files selected template Apply Design Screen
Changing the Color Scheme Color Schemes are professionally designed to render a pleasing, consistent look
SS of Color Scheme (3 of them) changing color scheme
color scheme changes for this slide selected scheme
making changes to Color Scheme
color palette
Drawing objects –Pictures –Clip art Inserting clip art Inserting new slides Graphics
Objects such as charts, drawings, pictures and scanned images can be added for additional impact Drawing objects - shapes, lines and boxes using Drawing toolbar
Graphics Pictures - either compilations of shapes and lines or graphical files Clip art - collection of bundled graphical images
Inserting clip art
Drawing Shapes
Arrows
Adding Pictures and Sounds click for sound
Changing Slide Layout Autolayout - 24 predefined slide layouts for controlling placement of objects on a slide Layout styles for title and bulleted text; title, bulleted text and clip art; and others Easy way to keep slides consistent and professional looking
Inserting a New Slide Insert, New Slide Autolayout options displayed for user choosing
Also called graphs Visual representation of numerical data More effective than simply numbers with most audiences PowerPoint has 14 different types, with many formats Creating Charts
X axis Y axis Legend Titles Some chart elements
Area Bar Column Line Pie Basic Chart Types
Chart and associated data set
Area Chart Shows relative importance of a value over time by emphasizing area underneath the curve
Bar Chart Vertical categories and horizontal values. More emphasis on comparisons, less on time
Pie Chart Shows the relationship of each value in a data series to the series as a whole. Each slice represents a value
Column Chart Similar to bar chart, with categories and values reversed
Drawing a Box Can be used to define chart space Click on rectangle tool Draw box Choose fill and line options as desired