Unit 5

Presentations

Aim: To create a presentation which includes graphics and different slide designs.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this unit, the pupil will be able to:
• Create a simple presentation
• Add a new slide
• Change the layout of a slide
• Add text and pictures in a slide
• Format text in a slide

Presentations

Activity 1: Creating a Presentation

1. I open MS PowerPoint 2007

2. I click on Design to choose a theme.

3. I click on the small arrow to view more themes.

The slide now looks like as shown below:

Activity 2: Adding a new slide and changing its layout

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.

4. I click on the Layout button to change the layout of the new slide.

The second slide looks as shown below:

6. I click on the New Slide button to add another slide.
Note: The third slide has the same layout as the second slide.

Activity 3: Adding text and pictures 

Activity 4: Adding text and pictures 

Activity 5: Adding text and pictures 

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.
2. I click on the third slide in the Slide tab.
3. I click in the title box and type FRUITS.
4. I click in left text box and type ‘Banana’.
5. I click in right text box and type ‘Kiwi’.
6. I insert the picture of a banana from the folder Grade 3 under the word Banana.
7. I insert the picture of a kiwi from the folder Grade 3 under the word Kiwi.
8. I save and close the presentation ‘Fruits’

Activity 6: Formatting text 

1. I open the PowerPoint presentation ‘Fruits’.
2. I change the font size of the title ‘FRUITS’ to 40 points in all the three slides.
3. I change the font colour of the word apple to red and that of the word Orange to orange in the second slide.
4. I change the font colour of the word banana to yellow and that of the word Kiwi to green in the third slide.
5. I italicize and underline the words ‘Grade 3’ in the first slide.
6. I save the presentation.
7. I click on Slide Show and then From Beginning to view the presentation.