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Tutorial

1         New file Presentation

Create a new file and call it “Eunoia PowerPoint Tutorial”

Under the “Design” menu select the Integral theme

On top while still under the menu Design select variants, select Colours and under colours select Red Violet

Now we are going to create s font style for the entire presentation. Still on variants select font and for the heading and for the body choose Times Roman, name your new style Eunoia

Still under variants, select the Effect and choose “Smokey Glass”

Still under the design menu, select “format background” , select “Pattern Fill”. Now choose “Foreground” and select “Blue, Accent 5”. Under “Background” select “White, Background 1”. Click “Apply All”

Still under Design menu select “Slide Size”, then choose “Standard (4:3)”. Under Slide Size select “Custom Slide Size”. Under “Slides Sized for” select On Screen Show (4:3),  still on this select “Number Slides from” and choose 0. Click ok and save Go back to variants under font and ensure that font style Eunoia is selected.

2         Beginning your slide

.Click on “Home” menu and click inside your presentation where it says “Click to Add Title”, go up the menu to where it says paragraph section and select “Align Left”. Now type in your title, “Power Point Tutorial” and “My PowerPoint Presentation” in the subtitle.

Under your slide in the top right corner right click and select new slide. A new slide should appear. Right click on the new slide, select Layout and ensure it is the “Title and Content”, if it is not click on Title and Content.

2.1        Text Formatting

In the title of the first slide that you added, write “Learning”

Click inside the text box. Now go to paragraph section select Line Spacing and choose 1.0 Now go to bullets and click on bullets to remove the bullets selection.

Then inside the text box type the following

The objective is to learn how to format and enter text into PowerPoint. Here we learn how to ensure we can put bullets in the slide.

  • Learning to make presentation standards
  • Text formatting
  • Table formatting
  • Animation
  • Drawing Shapes and sizes
  • Smart shapes

To format the bullets, select the Bullets Option on paragraph section and choose the “Filled Square Bullets”. Go to view Menu on top and click on ruler. Select your bullet text and move the ruler that appeared on top and move the second part of the ruler to half an inch.  Select the text in bullets and go to Increase List level, click on once on it.

Whilst under the menu Home perform the following

In the paragraph section select “Alight Text” and choose “Top”. Now select all the text and select “Align Left”

 

 

Now add a new slide and this time change the layout to “Title Only”.

2.2        Images and Smart Tools

In the tile of the slide type “Images”.

Click anyway inside the slide outside the menu. Select “Insert” menu on top of the main menu of the slide. Select insert picture, choose any picture that you have and it will apeear on your slide. If the picture is too big we are going to resize. Click on the picture, now click on the menu Format with Picture Tools on top

Click on “Compress Pictures”, and deselect “Apply only to this picture”. This enables you to reduce the size of the file hence file size will be smaller.

Now perform the following on the picture

  • Select “Drop Shadow Rectangle” from the Picture Styles section
  • Click on picture and select “Picture Layout” and click on Picture Caption List. Enter in the caption Business Learning

  • Your picture has now been converted to a smart picture with new menus appearing for Smart Tools
  • Under Smart Tools select Design menu and select the Powder effect.
  • Change the tile of the slide you are on to “Images and Smart Tools”
  • Click on the picture and a smart section on the right should appear and you can type the following
    • Our amazing journey
    • We started small
    • Now we are here
  • Tab for each new line that you have entered to make them appear in bullet form

  • Insert another picture
  • Resize the picture
  • Click on picture
  • Select “Picture Layout” and click on “Vertical Picture Accent List”
  • Type in the text box that appears “Awesome”
  • Click on Design (Smart Tools) and select “White Outline”
  • Click on format (Smart Tools)
  • Now click on the outside border of the picture smart shape
  • Select fill shape and click Turquoise Accent 1

  • Insert another picture and put under the awesome picture
  • Click on the picture, right click on it click format picture, a Format Picture should appear on the right
  • Select reflection

  • Move the Size to 11%
  • Move the distance to 2pt
  • Select 3D format , Top bevel and change the width to 0.5pt

Now that you have put pictures lets us chang the theme design. On the main menu go to Design for changing theme menu and select “Facet” theme.

Add new slide

2.3        Table Format

Right click on slide and ensure the layout is “Title and Content”

Right on the title “Table lessons”

Inside the text box slect tables and add a table with 3 columns and 4 rows

  • On menu Design under Table tools and choose Medium Style- Accent 2
  • Enter the following data
Time Date Amount
14:00 28 July 2017 3000
15:00 28 July 2017 4000
16:00 28 July 2017 5000
  • Stretch the table to fill most of the page
  • Click on Layout under Table Tools,
  • Clickthe table to select it
  • Now in Alignment section select the following
    • Center
    • Center Vertically
  • Click on Design under “Table Tools” and click on “Eraser”
  • No go to the table and click on the border line between Date and Amount, click on it. This merges the columns, click ESC on your keyboard
  • Select the merged cell. Right click and split the sell to 2 columns and 1 row. Now put back date and amount to the correct columns
  • Select both date and amount, under layout select Rotate all text 270 degrees
  • Select both Date and Amount cell on heading and under layout, select shading, and click on Gold Accent 3
  • Select the entire table, go on Effects under Design (Table Tools), select Cell Bevel and choose “Circle”
  • Select the cells with dates and amounts excluding the heading, click on shading and select Red, Accent 5, Lighter 60%
  • Under Design (Table Tools), on the far right click First Column
  • Select the table, right click and click Format Shape, format shape will appear on the right
  • Click on fill in format shape on the right side and select “Gradient fill”, under type select “Path”

  • Add a new slide with Tile and Content

2.4        Charts

Inside the text table click on charts

Select the line graph and enter the following table

Cars
Harare 500000
Bulawayo 230000
Gweru 250000
Mutare 400000

 

Delete the other extra columns

Close the excel that appeared

  • Right click on the chart and select Format Chart Area and Format Plot Area should appear on the right
  • Under Fill in Format Plot Area, select Picture or Texture fill, under Insert Picture choose select picture from File
  • Insert picture
  • Under texture for the picture change transparency to 71%
  • Click Tile Picture as texture
  • Ensure the picture fills entire slide by changing scale and offset
  • Click on chart
  • Go to Format (Chart Tools), click Shape Effects, under glow select Dark Green, 5pt glow, Accent color 2
  • Format (Chart Tools), select Text fill, choose purple color

  • Insert a new slide

1.1        Drawing

For the new slide ensued it is Title Only

  • Click on Insert
  • Click on Shapes and select under rectangle the first rectangle

 

  • Right inside the shape and click Add text
  • Write inside “Fantastic Shape”
  • Increase the shape to fill the page more and also increase the font
  • Select the shape
  • Under Drawing Tools, select Shape Style and choose, shape style Intense Effect-Red, Accent 5
  • Select the fantastic shape
  • Under Format (Drawing Tools) select Text Effects, select 3-D Rotation and choose Perspective Relaxed under perspectives
  • Still under shape effects, in Bevel and choose Art Deco
  • Now choose another shape this time under Stars and Banner, choose 6-point star
  • Increase the star size , right click on it and choose send to back
  • Position it as shown below

 

  • Under shape styles change the shape style to Colored Fill- Gold , Accent 3
  • Click on the star, under shape effects select the shadow, perspective and choose below
  • Under Format (Drawing Tools), select Edit Shape, select Change Shape and choose 12-Point star
  • Click on the 12-point star and right click Format shape
  • On format shape select fill
  • Select Gradient fill, on type select Path, change transparency to 73%
  • Change position to 62%
  • Change brightness to 15%
  • Now under Gradient stops (Format shape) change color to yellow

  • Add new slide

1.1        Animations

For the new slide change the layout to blank

Insert a picture

  • Click on picture
  • Select animation
  • Click Add Animation and select Swivel
  • Go to Animation Pane, select the drown on arrow on the picture , select Timing, where it says repeat choose until end of slide

  • Insert a new shape text shape over the slide and type “Animation Made Awesome” and place it above your picture. Go to Animations select Turns down effect Duration 05:00Sec Star with Previous

  • Select Under Insert, Smart Shapes, Cycle select Segmented Cycle

  • Inside write 1,2,3
  • Change colours of the shape to White Outline
  • Select animation and choose Wheel
  • Duration 02:00Sec
  • Start with Previous
  • Create a shape Flow Chart Summing Junction
  • Shape colour Coloured Fill Red Accent 5
  • Click Add Animation and select Grow & Turn
  • Go to Animation Pane, select the drown on arrow on the picture , select Timing, where it says repeat choose until end of slide
  • Create Text Box with Numbers 1 2 3 spaced with a colour:

Coloured Fill Red Accent 5

  • Go to Animation Pane, select the drown on arrow on the picture , select Timing, where it says repeat choose until end of slide
  • Enhancements Animate By Letter
  • Select Animation :Darken