Activity Six October 26th/27th 10 points
DUE: 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, November 1st MW sections
11:59 p.m. Wednesday, November 2nd TR sections
Remember: the quiz on PowerPoint is November 2nd/3rd
1. Open the file you created for Activity 5.
2. Save the file as “Act6_lab section number_last name.”
3. Use the Slide Show option from the menu bar and experiment with View Show, Set Up
Show, Rehearse Timings, and Slide Transition to change some properties of your
presentation.
4. Select Format from the menu bar and use Slide Color Scheme and Background to
change the appearance of the presentation.
5. Add 2-3 new slides. Use View from the menu bar and choose Slide Sorter to change
the order of your slides.
6. Use Slide Show and find the options Action Buttons and Action Settings. There are
different buttons for different actions.
7. Use a sound button and attach an action (example, playing the sound on mouse-click or
mouse-over) to the button. Note: you can attach a sound to the button for mouse-over
and another sound to the same button for mouse-click. You can also attach a sound and
a link to the same button. Add a sound button to a few of your slides, keeping the
button size small.
8. Add an Action Button to each slide for previous slide and next slide.
9. Add animation to your presentation (Slide Show in the menu bar, Preset Animation
option). This is the way the lines of text will appear on each slide.
10. Add your name and the date to all slides in the footer (use View in the menu bar).
Some things to remember:
Keep the transitions and animations consistent through out a presentation. Having
something new occur with each slide will distract from the “message” of your
presentation. Your audience is more likely to watch and listen to the slides instead of
you if the slides aren’t consistent or if you have too many “bells and whistles.”
The slides are to present the outline of your presentation, not all you want to say. The
recommended size of the font is 24; use of fonts smaller than 18 points may cause your
text to be unreadable.
When using bullets, remember the 7 x 7 rule: no more than 7 bulleted lines per slide
and no more than 7 words of text per bullet.
11. Save your file. Notice that the Save as type in the window (the box at the bottom) is
Presentation.
12. Save the file again, this time as a show. Use File in the menu bar and select the Save
As option. In the window that appears, click the drop down arrow of the Save as type
box and scroll to find PowerPoint Show. Click on it to select this type then click the
Save button. A Show is the same file as a Presentation but without the option of
modifying the presentation. This file will occupy less space.
13. Submit the Show version of your work the same way you have for previous activities.
