Chapter 14-15 Study Guide
This is to help you study for your quiz over Chapter 14-15.
Do not only memorize this guide word for word, you should be prepared to show that you understand the terms and ideas listed below.
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A power point presentation is a collection of slides used to enhance a informative speech.
Before creating a powerpoint presentation, you should plan the purpose of the presentation, consider the audience, develop the content, and design the layout.
Avoid using more than three fonts, and pay close attention to how readable your text is.
You can select a layout in the the slide layout panel
Deleting a slide - Edit -> delete slide, or select a slide in layout view, then hit delete.
Placeholders hold text and other content such as pictures.
3 Views -
Normal is the default view that divides the window into the left pane, slide pane and notes pane
Slide sorter displays thumbnails of all the slides
Slide Show view displays current slide displays the current slide in full-screen mode. F5 will also enter slide show view
The color scheme is the set of colors used throughout the slideshow
The Slide Master controls the design of the entire presentation
Serif fonts have small strokes at the end of the characters, while Sans Serif ("no serif") do not. Serif fonts are easier to read, while sans serifs are considered more modern.
Images can either be added from a file (Insert->Picture->from file) or from the clip art library.
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Animation adds a visual effect on how items move in the slide. Slide Show-> Animation Schemes will display the animation schemes
Transitions are the way one slide changes to another. Slide Show- Slide Transition
Charts can be added from Excel by copying and pasting
Annotations are markings made on the slide to help the audience understand. Ink is the feature that allows you to "mark up" your slide.
A design template is a set of layouts, formatting, and backgrounds that are used again and again whenever a presentation of that type is needed.
A presentation has a file extension of .ppt, while a presentation template is .pot
Sound can be added from either a file or the sound clip library. Insert -> movies and sounds-> Sound from file or Sound from clip
Movies can be added from either a file or the movie clip library. Insert -> movies and sounds-> movie from file or movie from clip
Common movie files are .avi, .mov, .mpeg, .mpg or .wmv
It's important to test a powerpoint before using it in a live presentation. Be sure all the fonts, movies and other features work.
Packaging a presentation for CD can help ensure your presentation will work on a different computer.
Powerpoint files can be password protected, although the password protection is not very secure, and can be fairly easily broken.
Hyperlinks link to URLs
A powerpoint file can be made into a HTML file to be published to the web by using File -> Save as Web Page
A photo album can be made easily by using the photo album feature. Goto Insert->Picture->New Photo Album