microsoft office 2007- illustrated working with advanced tools and masters

Microsoft Office 2007- Illustrated

Working with Advanced Tools and Masters

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Objectives

• Draw and format connectors

• Use advanced formatting tools

• Customize animation effects

• Create custom slide layouts

• Format master text


Objectives

• Change master text indents

• Adjust text objects

• Customize Handout and Notes Masters


Drawing and Formatting Connectors

• PowerPoint has three types of line or arrow connector tools• Straight• Elbow (90° bend)• Curved

• Use connector lines or arrows to connect different shapes


Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont.

• A connector attaches to a shape at a connection site • Small red square

Connection site


Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont.

• A connector displays red handles (filled circles) at each of its ends

• A connector also has an adjustment handle to alter its path

HandleAdjustment handle


Drawing and Formatting Connectors cont.• A freeform shape can consist of

straight lines, curved lines or a combination of the two• To draw a freeform shape, click the

Freeform button in the Shapes gallery• To draw a straight line, click where you

want to begin, then drag the pointer


Using Advanced Formatting Tools

• Change the following attributes: fill texture, 3-D effects, text and object shadow

• Use the Format Painter tool to pick attributes from one object and apply them to another object• Double-click the Format Painter tool to

apply formatting to multiple objects.


Using Advanced Formatting Tools (cont.)

• Right-click a shape to open the Format Shape dialog box• Change the shape texture, lighting,

depth, rotation, and perspective

• Create columns within text objects• Select the text object, click the Columns

button in the Paragraph group on the Home tab


Customizing Animation Effects

• Animating objects allows you to control how information flows on the slide.• Customizing animation effects using the

Custom animation task pane provides many options not available in the Animations group

• Effect options you can change include starting time, direction, and speed


Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.)


Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.)• Animation effects

• Entrance – An effect that moves an object onto the slide at the beginning of the slide time

• Emphasis – An entrance effect that focuses on a particular aspect of the object, such as its color or size


Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.)• Animation effects

• Exit – An effect that moves an object off the slide at the end of the slide time

• Motion Paths – Moves an object in a particular designated path


Customizing Animation Effects, (cont.)• Understanding animation timings

• Each animated object on a slide has a starting time in relation to the other objects on the slide

• Three timing settings• Start On Click• Start With Previous• Start After Previous


Creating Custom Slide Layouts

• Create a custom slide layout when you need a special layout.• Open and save new layouts in Slide

Master view• Apply up to eight different placeholders,

including text, chart, and media


Creating Custom Slide Layouts (cont.)

• Drag the pointer to create a placeholder

Placeholder


Creating Custom Slide Layouts (cont.)

• Restore the Slide Master layout• Click the Master Layout button in the

Master Layout group


Formatting Master Text

• Use standard theme fonts for consistency in a presentation• A font theme defines two fonts

• Major font – used in headings• Minor font – used in body text


Formatting Master Text (cont.)

• Change master text color, style, size, and bullet• A bullet can be a character symbol, a

picture, or any other image you can scan into your computer

• Change the bullet using the Bullets and Numbering dialog box



• Exceptions to the Slide Master• Individual formatting changes that are

not affected by future design theme changes


Changing Master Text Indents

• Master text and content placeholders have nine levels of text called indent levels• Adjust indent levels using the ruler to

change the position of the indent level• Change the space between the bullet

and the text


Changing Master Text Indents


Changing Master Text Indents (cont.)

• The position of each indent level is represented by indent markers on the ruler• First line indent marker• Hanging indent marker• Left indent marker

• Hanging indent – first line of text is to the left of subsequent lines of text


Changing Master Text Indents (cont.)

• Use tabs to place an indent on the ruler in a specific place• Click the tab selector on the ruler,

choose one or four tabs, then click the ruler to place the tab


Adjusting Text Objects

• All text in PowerPoint is created within a text box• A margin is the distance between the

text and the edge of the object

Changed margin


Adjusting Text Objects (cont.)

• Two types of paragraph spacing• Leading – is the amount of space

between lines of text within the same paragraph

• Paragraph spacing – is the space before and after paragraphs or bullet levels


Customizing Handout and Notes Masters

• Handout Master is used to customize handouts


Customizing Handout and Notes Masters (cont.)

• Notes Master is used to customize notes pages


Customizing Handout and Notes Masters (cont.)

• Create handouts in Microsoft Word• Use Word to create detailed handouts

or notes pages• Click the Office button, point to Publish,

then click Create Handouts in Microsoft Office Word

• Choose one of five document layouts• A new Word document is created

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