Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 Activities

Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 Activities is suitable for use on Macintosh systems.

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Summary of the Chapters

A presentation for the Wattle Valley Animal Park is progressively developed throughout the chapters.

Chapter 1: Getting Started With PowerPoint

This chapter introduces:

• the components of the PowerPoint screen.
• creating a title slide and a text slide.
• formatting text.
• Adding backgrounds.

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Chapter 2: Using Graphics in Slides

This chapter introduces the use of clip art, photos and drawing tools to enhance a slides appearance: It includes:

• inserting a clip art layout.
• inserting clip art images.
• using a design background.
• using the Drawing Tools.
• inserting a photo layout and adding photos to it.

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Chapter 3: Using Transitions

This chapter demonstrates how to insert transitions between slides. It includes:

• applying a transition to one slide.
• using slide sorter view.
• applying transitions to multiple slides.

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Chapter 4: Animation Effects

This chapter demonstrates how to add animations to objects within a slide. It includes:

• animating text frames.
• animating images.
• entrance, enhance and exit effects.
• different types of animation effects.
• removing animation effects
• adjusting the animation order.
• using animation schemes.

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Chapter 5: Movie and Diagram Layouts

This chapter demonstrates how to insert movie clips into slides and how to create organisation chart slides. It includes:

• creating a movie clip layout and inserting a movie clip.
• adding a message to the movie clip.
• creating an organisation chart slide.
• creating a chart of different types of reptiles at the animal park.

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Chapter 6: Action Buttons

This chapter demonstrates how to insert buttons into slides and set them to carry out commands. This includes:

• inserting preset buttons.
• inserting autoshapes and setting them to buttons.
• setting text as a button (hyperlinks).
• adding sounds to buttons.
• setting buttons to open other presentations.

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Chapter 7: Table Layouts

This chapter demonstrates how to insert tables into slides to display data more efficiently. It involves:

• inserting a table layout slide.
• formatting the table.
• adjusting row heights and column widths.
• inserting and deleting cells.
• adjusting borders and shading.

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Chapter 8: Chart Layouts

This chapter demonstrates how to insert charts to display information in a graphical form. It includes:

• inserting a chart layout slide.
• entering the chart data.
• formatting columns, axes and walls.
• looking at different types of charts.

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Chapter 9: Delivering Presentations

This chapter demonstrates the tools used to deliver a presentation. It includes:

• using screen tools such as the Pen tool.
• creating speaker notes.
• creating handout notes.
• sending slides to a word processor.

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Chapter 10: Self-Running Shows

This chapter demonstrates how to create shows that run continuously and create custom shows. It includes:

• rehearsing the timing of slides.
• setting the slide show to continuous.
• hiding slides
• adding a narrative to the presentation
• creating custom shows.

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Chapter 11: Text Formatting

This chapter demonstrates how to use the more advanced text formatting features of PowerPoint. It includes:

• creating sub-points.
• formatting bullets.
• Turning bullets off.
• paragraph spacing.
• bullet spacing.
• spell checking.
• the Format Painter tool.

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Chapter 12: Slide Masters

This chapter introduces the use of slide masters to carry out global tasks on the entire presentation. It includes:

• using slide master miniatures.
• modifying the format of text in all slides.
• adding a navigation bar to all slides.
• adding footer items.
• applying slide masters to slides.
• adjusting the Title slide using the Title Master.

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Chapter 13: Publishing as a Web Page

This chapter demonstrates how to convert the presentation into a web page for publishing on the internet or the school's intranet. It includes:

• setting the location of the web site.
• the web options.
• viewing the web site.

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Chapter 14: Useful Tools

This chapter provides some useful tools that student might like to use when creating presentations. It includes:

• using the help features.
• saving presentations as a QuickTime movie.
• using the Project Gallery.

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