1. 12 Presentations Chapter Contents pg. 393-425
Lesson Begin a Presentation (pg. 395)
Lesson Add Graphics to Presentations (pg. 401)
Lesson Add Animation to Presentations (pg. 408)
Lesson Add Charts to Presentations (pg. 412)
Lesson Investigate Print Options for Presentations (pg. 417)
Lesson Convert a Presentation Into a Web Page (pg. 420)
Chapter Assessment
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2. 12 Presentations You Will Learn To
Create presentations with design templates
Choose slide layouts that will work with your text
Add graphics to a presentation
Add animation to a presentation
Insert and modify a chart in a presentation
Print a presentation in various formats
Add hyperlinks to a presentation
Save a presentation as a Web page

3. 12 Presentations 12.1 Begin a Presentation pg. 395-399 Getting Started
A PowerPoint presentation contains:
Slides
Graphics
You should always create a PowerPoint presentation with a specific audience in mind.
Organizing Ideas
When preparing a PowerPoint presentation, you should:
Outline the presentation on paper
Organize and condense the information
Find the main point you want to get across in each slide and stay focused on it
slide An image created in PowerPoint that is displayed on a screen as part of a presentation and can contain text, graphics, sound, video, and animation.
The toolbars in PowerPoint are the same ones you have been using in other Microsoft Office programs.

4. 12 Presentations 12.1 Begin a Presentation pg. 395-399
Understand Your Audience
Empathizing with your audience will help you to create a presentation that:
Gives your audience the information they need
Holds their interest
Entering Text
Make your presentation interesting and easy to read by:
Using bullet points
Adding graphics to help explain the text
Formatting text using different font sizes and colors

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What are some advantages of using graphics when you are trying to explain something?
How could a PowerPoint presentation be used to explain and define a science experiment?
Give an example.
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Graphics Make a Presentation More Interesting
Make sure you are using graphics effectively by:
Using graphics that are related to the presentation topic
Using graphics that convey a presentation idea visually
Balancing graphics and text on the slide
Coordinating graphic and slide colors
Not letting distracting graphics crowd the slide or get in the way of the text
Making graphics large enough to be clear to the audience

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Create Shapes
You can use the Drawing toolbar to add your own artistic design to a slide by:
Creating symbols and shapes
Sizing and shading the shapes
Adding color to the shapes’ outlines and interior areas
After an object or text is selected, it can be deleted by pressing the Delete or Backspace keys.

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How have you used clip art?
Explain why you used the clip art.
Why do you think it is important to add clip art to slides?
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9. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Education and Training
pg. 407
Education and Training
Name:
Thelma King
Job Title:
Professor
Career Cluster:
Education and Training
Thelma King is an associate professor at a university. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she advises students and visits schools to observe her students that are interning or student teaching.
In her job, Thelma uses many digital communication tools, including the Internet, , a Tablet PC, a handheld, scanners, and digital cameras to:
Communicate with students, peers, and associates
Research and publish articles related to teaching
Teach an online class

10. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Education and Training
pg. 407
Education and Training
Thelma says, “Knowing that I make a difference in people’s lives and sharing my knowledge and experience is rewarding.”

11. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Question pg. 407
What are some of the challenges of teaching an online course, and how can a professor solve some of them?
Possible answers include:
Communication cannot often be carried out face-to-face. A professor must compensate by using , blogs, text messaging, and discussion groups.
Rather than using a traditional lecturing style, a professor must find other ways to convey information and make the subject material interesting to students

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What Is Animation?
Adding animation to a PowerPoint presentation can:
Make your presentation more interesting
Distract your audience if you use too much unnecessary animation
Footers
Use a footer to include important information such as:
Topic
Date of the presentation
What Is Animation?
Adding animation to a PowerPoint presentation can:
Make your presentation more interesting
Distract your audience if you use too much unnecessary animation
Footers
Use a footer to include important information such as:
Topic
Date of the presentation
animation A sound or visual effect that can be added to text and graphics in a presentation.

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What do you think is the purpose of adding animation to a presentation?
How might it enhance a presentation?
Give at least two examples and describe the general guidelines to follow when deciding whether or not to add animation.
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Displaying Charts
You can add charts to PowerPoint using:
Excel
PowerPoint’s Microsoft Graph application
If you use symbols to represent the types of data in your chart, include a legend.
legend A table that lists and explains the symbols used in a chart.

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Keep Your Audience’s Attention
When creating a PowerPoint presentation, you should:
Keep the text short and to the point
Use vocabulary words your audience will understand
Define words when necessary
Insert pictures taken with a digital camera instead of clip art when possible
Clearly label charts and graphs
Saving a Presentation As a New File
If you make a big change to a presentation, save the modified presentation as a new file in case you change your mind.
A report that has been created in Word can be shortened and designed as a PowerPoint presentation.
When creating a chart in PowerPoint, the Chart menu will appear on the menu bar. This is the same menu used in Excel to edit a chart.

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Would it be better to display the results of a survey in a chart or as a table in a presentation? Explain your answer.
If you used a chart in a presentation, which type of chart, such as pie, bar, or line, would work best? Why?
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17. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Keeping People Connected
pg. 416
Keeping People Connected
Name:
Bridget Burleson
Job Title:
Information Systems Engineer
Career Cluster:
Information Technology
Bridget Burleson is an information systems engineer at a public school. She works with colleagues to keep the computers and networks running smoothly at seven different schools.
In her job, Bridget uses , phones, beepers, and various computer and networking software to:
Keep in touch and share ideas with her colleagues
Troubleshoot wiring problems and network issues
Set up special systems, if needed, for students with disabilities

18. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Keeping People Connected
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Keeping People Connected
Bridget says, “Sometimes my job is stressful just because of the nature of it, but I enjoy getting to make technology work for people. I love it when it works and it makes them happy.”

19. 12 Presentations DIGITAL CAREER PERSPECTIVE Question pg. 416
What are some traits of a good information systems engineer?
Possible answers include:
Able to work as part of a team
Good communicator
Comfortable with the newest technologies
Able to learn new applications quickly
Strong critical thinker and problem solver
Detail-oriented

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Making a Hard Copy
You can increase a PowerPoint presentation’s effectiveness by giving audience members a hard copy of your presentation.
Handouts
With a handout, you can:
Print up to nine slides on each page
Include a header
Allow your audience to focus on your presentation without being distracted by the need to take notes
hard copy A paper printout of what is shown on a computer screen.
Documents with a white background use much less ink when printed than documents with colored backgrounds.

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Notes Pages
The notes pages printing option allows you to:
Enter additional information in the notes section
Include reminders of additional topics to cover
Use the printout to rehearse your presentation
Outline View
Use the Outline View if you want to save space and only print the text on the slides.
You should always use Preview to make sure everything looks correct before you print.

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Do you think it is helpful to print a hard copy of a presentation to give to your audience? Why or why not?
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23. 12.6 Convert a Presentation Into a Web Page
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Making a Web Page
You can use PowerPoint as an alternative to creating Web pages with HTML.
Are Changes Needed?
As usual, you should keep your audience in mind by:
Re-reading each slide to make sure it makes sense and conveys a complete thought
Adding additional information to make the presentation clear
Presentation Size
Make an online presentation accessible to those with slow Internet connections by:
Using small image files whenever possible
Limiting the use of animation, video, and sound
Any Microsoft Office document can be saved as a Web page.

24. 12.6 Convert a Presentation Into a Web Page
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When would it be appropriate to convert a PowerPoint presentation to a Web page?
What considerations do you need to keep in mind about the audience, the presentation’s purpose, and the size of the presentation?
digicom.glencoe.com Lesson 12.6, Rubric

25. 12 Presentations Chapter Assessment Question 1
Name the toolbar that allows you to create symbols and shapes. (Lesson 12.2)
Answer:
The Drawing toolbar allows you to create symbols and shapes.

26. 12 Presentations Chapter Assessment Question 2
When you create a chart, you often create a legend. What is a legend? (Lesson 12.4)
Answer:
A legend is a table that lists and explains the symbols used in a chart.

27. 12 Presentations Chapter Assessment Question 3
Experts say that animation, transitions, and sound distract the audience and can make them miss important points of the presentation. What is your opinion? Support your answers.
Answers supporting this point of view may include:
The idea that too much movement such as animations and transitions may make it difficult to focus on the message of a presentation.
Answers disagreeing with this point of view may include that graphics and animation:
Add to the visual appeal and interest of a presentation
Break up large blocks of text and make it easier for the audience to absorb the meaning of the presentation

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