1. Microsoft Office 2007- Illustrated Working with Advanced Tools and Masters

2. 2Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Objectives Draw and format connectors Use advanced formatting tools Customize animation effects Create custom slide layouts Format master text

3. 3Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Objectives Change master text indents Adjust text objects Customize Handout and Notes Masters

4. 4Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Drawing and Formatting Connectors PowerPoint has three types of line or arrow connector tools Straight Elbow (90° bend) Curved Use connector lines or arrows to connect different shapes

5. 5Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont. A connector attaches to a shape at a connection site Small red square Connection site

6. 6Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont. A connector displays red handles (filled circles) at each of its ends A connector also has an adjustment handle to alter its path Handle Adjustment handle

7. 7Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont. A freeform shape can consist of straight lines, curved lines or a combination of the two To draw a freeform shape, click the Freeform button in the Shapes gallery To draw a straight line, click where you want to begin, then drag the pointer

8. 8Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Using Advanced Formatting Tools Change the following attributes: fill texture, 3-D effects, text and object shadow Use the Format Painter tool to pick attributes from one object and apply them to another object Double-click the Format Painter tool to apply formatting to multiple objects.

9. 9Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Using Advanced Formatting Tools (cont.) Right-click a shape to open the Format Shape dialog box Change the shape texture, lighting, depth, rotation, and perspective Create columns within text objects Select the text object, click the Columns button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab

10. 10Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Animation Effects Animating objects allows you to control how information flows on the slide. Customizing animation effects using the Custom animation task pane provides many options not available in the Animations group Effect options you can change include starting time, direction, and speed

11. 11Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.)

12. 12Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.) Animation effects Entrance – An effect that moves an object onto the slide at the beginning of the slide time Emphasis – An entrance effect that focuses on a particular aspect of the object, such as its color or size

13. 13Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.) Animation effects Exit – An effect that moves an object off the slide at the end of the slide time Motion Paths – Moves an object in a particular designated path

14. 14Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.) Understanding animation timings Each animated object on a slide has a starting time in relation to the other objects on the slide Three timing settings Start On Click Start With Previous Start After Previous

15. 15Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Creating Custom Slide Layouts Create a custom slide layout when you need a special layout. Open and save new layouts in Slide Master view Apply up to eight different placeholders, including text, chart, and media

16. 16Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Creating Custom Slide Layouts (cont.) Drag the pointer to create a placeholder Placeholder

17. 17Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Creating Custom Slide Layouts (cont.) Restore the Slide Master layout Click the Master Layout button in the Master Layout group

18. 18Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Formatting Master Text Use standard theme fonts for consistency in a presentation A font theme defines two fonts Major font – used in headings Minor font – used in body text

19. 19Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Formatting Master Text (cont.) Change master text color, style, size, and bullet A bullet can be a character symbol, a picture, or any other image you can scan into your computer Change the bullet using the Bullets and Numbering dialog box

20. 20Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Formatting Master Text (cont.)

21. 21Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Formatting Master Text (cont.) Exceptions to the Slide Master Individual formatting changes that are not affected by future design theme changes

22. 22Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Changing Master Text Indents Master text and content placeholders have nine levels of text called indent levels Adjust indent levels using the ruler to change the position of the indent level Change the space between the bullet and the text

23. 23Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Changing Master Text Indents

24. 24Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Changing Master Text Indents (cont.) The position of each indent level is represented by indent markers on the ruler First line indent marker Hanging indent marker Left indent marker Hanging indent – first line of text is to the left of subsequent lines of text

25. 25Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Changing Master Text Indents (cont.) Use tabs to place an indent on the ruler in a specific place Click the tab selector on the ruler, choose one or four tabs, then click the ruler to place the tab

26. 26Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Adjusting Text Objects All text in PowerPoint is created within a text box A margin is the distance between the text and the edge of the object Changed margin

27. 27Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Adjusting Text Objects (cont.) Two types of paragraph spacing Leading – is the amount of space between lines of text within the same paragraph Paragraph spacing – is the space before and after paragraphs or bullet levels

28. 28Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Handout and Notes Masters Handout Master is used to customize handouts

29. 29Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Handout and Notes Masters (cont.) Notes Master is used to customize notes pages

30. 30Microsoft Office 2007-Illustrated Customizing Handout and Notes Masters (cont.) Create handouts in Microsoft Word Use Word to create detailed handouts or notes pages Click the Office button, point to Publish, then click Create Handouts in Microsoft Office Word Choose one of five document layouts A new Word document is created