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CreatingaSinglePageFlyerinPowerPoint

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CreatingaSinglePageFlyerinPowerPointJaneZhao

janezhao@rice.eduDirector,DigitalMediaCommons

ThisguidewasdevelopedwithMicrosoftPowerPoint2010.LastupdatedbyJaneZhaoonThursday,February16,2017.

1. OpenMicrosoftPowerPoint2010,youwilltypicallyseeablankpresentation

withanewslidebasedonthedefaultofficetheme.Whenyoutypetextwithintheplaceholdersofthisslide,thetextshowsupinblackoverawhiteslidebackground.

2. Choosetheflyersizea. Design->PageSetupb. Input8.5forWidthand11forHeightininchesforalettersizeflyer.c. Chooseportraitorientation

3. Insertanimagea. Refertopage10-14onCreatinganAcademicPosterwithPowerPoint

forinformationonimageresolutionb. Insert->Picture,choosethepicturefileyouwanttousefortheflyerc. Doubleclickonthepicture,PictureTools->Crop,Clickanddragon

thecropcornerstocoverthepage

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d. TopickthecropoptionsFitorFill:Clickonthethesmalldownward-pointingarrowandthenselectFill,thenclickCropbutton.

4. Picturemanipulations

Afterinsertingapicture,thePictureToolsribbonappearsallowingyoutomanipulatethefollowing:Adjust

◦ RemoveBackground

Thisoptionhelpsfigureouttheboundariesofanobjectinthepicture,andallowstokeepsomeportionofthepicture,andremovetherest.

◦ CorrectionsThisoptionisusedtoadjustbrightnessandcontrast.

◦ ColorThisoptionisusedtoadjustcolorsaturation,colortone(i.e.coolorwarmcolor),andrecolor(e.g.grayscale,sepia,washout,etc.)

◦ ArtisticEffectsThisoptionoffersyouvariousartisticfilters(e.g.charcoaldrawing,canvas,watercolor,etc)

◦ CompressPictureBydefauly,PowerPointsimplycopiesyourinsertedpicturesintothepresentationfileleavingthesizeandformatunchanged.Thisoptionallowsyoutoreducethesizeoftheinsertedpicture.

◦ ChangePictureThisoptionallowsyoutoswapoutthepictureforanotherpictureonyourcomputer.(Anyformattingperformedontheoldpicturewillnottransfertothenewpicture)

◦ ResetPictureThisoptioncancelsthepictureformattingdonetothepicture.

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PictureStyle

◦ Frames

Addsapre-madeartisticbordertothepicture(e.g.bevels,roundededges,fade-outs,etc)

◦ PictureBorderChangesthecoloroftheframeselected.Ifnoframeisselected,thenathinrectangleofthecolorselectedisplacedaroundthepicture.

◦ PictureEffectsThisoptionaddeffectssuchasshadows,3Dtilts,orglowsaroundthepictureedges.Notethatsomeframesareapre-madecompositeofseveralpictureeffects.

◦ PictureLayoutThisoptionofferslayoutstopresetchartsorflowdiagramstomoreeasilyshowaflowofinformation.

Arrange

◦ BringForward

Allowsyoutoplacetheselectedpictureontopofotherswhenmultiplepicturesarepresentontheposter

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◦ SendBackwardAllowsyouplacetheselectedpictureunderneathotherwhenmultiplepicturesarepresentontheposter

◦ SelectionPaneToggletheapanethatlistsallobjectsonposterandtheiroptions

◦ AlignShiftspicturestovariousalignmentswithrespecttotheposterorotherpictures

◦ GroupWhenmultipleobjectsareselected,allowsyoutochooseforpicturestobetreatedasoneentityinsteadofindividualimages

◦ RotateThisoptionisusedtorotateorflipyourimage

Size

◦ Crop

Asdescribedonpages3-4,thisoptionallowsyoutoresizeyourphotoinsidethecroparea.

◦ ShapeHeightThisoptionchangestheheightoftheimagetotheuser-specifiedvalue,andscalesthewidthatthesametime

◦ ShapeWidthThisoptionchangesthewidthoftheimagetotheuser-specifiedvalue,andscalestheheightatthesametime

5. HowtoInsertashape

a. ClickInsert->Shapes,andselecttheshapetypedesired(e.g.RectangleorBlockArrows).

b. Draganddrawtheshapewhereyouwouldlikeittogo(e.g.atthetopofthepicture)

c. Doubleclickontheshape,andtheDrawingToolsribbonwillbeactivated.

6. ChangeshapestyleYoucanclickashapestyletoapplytoyourshapequickly.

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7. CreateyourownshapelookbyadjustingFillandLineoftheshape.

a. ClickonFill,chooseOrangeb. Right-Clickontheshape->FormatShapec. Fill->GradientFill,adjustthesettingsasbelow.

d. ClickonLine->noline.Youwillgetarectangleboxlookinglikebelow

8. Insertatriangleshapeandeditashape

a. Insertashape->Basicshapes->Righttriangle

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b. Draganddrawarighttriangleatthelowerleftcorneroftheflyer.i. Fill->white,darker5%;Line->nolineii. Selecttherighttriangle;holddowncontolkey,dragawayfrom

therighttriangletoduplicateit.c. Rotatetheduplicaterighttriangle180degree

i. Fill->white,darker15%ii. Movetheduplicatetriangletomakethetwotriangles

symmetricd. Createacustomshadoweffect

i. Rightclickovertheshape->FormatShape…

ii. Shadow->Outer->OffsetDiagonalBottomLeftiii. AdjusttheshadowsettingsasbelowandclickOKbutton.

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e. Rightclickovertheshape->Editpoints

f. Dragtheupperrightblacksquaretowardstheinnertriangleabit,

thendragthewhitesquarestowardstheinnertriangleabit.Seeabovefortheillustrations.

9. ConvertashapetoatextboxAssoonasyoustarttypinginashape,theshapewillbeconvertedtoatextbox.AlmostanyshapeinPowerPointisessentiallyalsoatextbox.

a. YoucanapplytextstylefromFormat->WordArtStyles

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b. c. OrHome->FontandParagraph

10. Insertatextbox

Itisconvenienttohaveatextboxsothatyoucanmanipulatetextseparatelythantheshape.

a. Insert->TextBoxb. Draganddrawatextboxatthetopoftheflyerc. Typeinthetextof“TheShepherdSchoolSymphonyOrchestra

ReturnstoCarnegieHall”d. Doubleclickonthetextbox,youwillnoticetheDrawingToolsribbon

isactivated,whichisthesameDrawingToolsribbonasyoudoubleclickashape.Inotherwords,ashapeandatextboxsharethesameFormatsettings.

e. Changethetextcolortowhiteandadjustthesizeto32f. Addafewtextboxesatthelowerleftcorneroftheflyertoinclude

date,time,location,ticketandwebsite.

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11. Yourfinalflyershouldlooksomethinglikethis

AdditionalActivityTrytoplaywiththepictureandtextprovidedandseeifyoucancreateaposterlikethis.

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Belowarethesettingsusedintheaboveflyer:1. Background:Autumn->Style11

2. Picture:

a. Arrange:Rotateb. PictureStyles:SimpleFrame,White

3. Shapea. Thetitleandbottomtextboxes

Shapestyles–SubtleEffect–Orange,Accent5

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b. The“tapelike”shapes

Formatshape->Fill–White,transparency17%;SoftEdges:7pt