Advanced PowerPoint Features
Chapter 13
Adding Slide Transitions
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Slide Transition
◦ The way one slide changes to the next Slide
Show view.
 Can appear to fall off the screen to reveal the next slide
 Dissolve into the next slide
◦ Click Transitions to This Slide More button to
display a gallery of transitions
 Point to transition in the gallery to view a live preview
◦ Options in the Timing group affect the transition
speed and sound (if any)
◦ Apply the same transition to every slide for a
more professional look
 Use slide master or Slide Sorter view
Animating Objects on a Slide
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Animation
◦ Visual effect in which objects appear to move
◦ To animate
 Select text or object
 Click Animation More button to display a gallery
 Select Animation ⇒ Preview
Practice:

Complete Human Geography Quiz – Part
1 of 2
Drawing Annotations in a Slide
Show
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Annotations:
◦ Markings made on a slide that help the
audience better understand the content
 Highlighting and drawing on slides
Practice:

Complete Human Geography Quiz – Part
2 of 2
Creating a PowerPoint Template
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Template
◦ A master presentation that includes the basic
formatting and elements for particular types of
presentation.
 Used again and again
 Includes customized layouts, placeholders that indicate the
type of information to place in them, a theme, and additional
changes to the colors or fonts.
◦ To create
 Format a new presentation
 File ⇒ Save As ⇒ point to Save As Type list ⇒ choose
PowerPoint Template
◦ To open
 File ⇒ New ⇒ My Templates ⇒ choose created template
Practice:
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Complete Contini, Holiday Cookies
Adding Audio
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An audio file can be added to a slide and
played during a slide show
◦ Insert ⇒ Audio
◦ Click Audio from File to display a dialog box
where an audio file can be selected
Adding Video
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Video clips can be added to a PowerPoint
presentation
◦ Insert ⇒ Video
Practice:

Complete Guest House
Delivering a Presentation
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Many ways to deliver a presentation
◦ Refers to the location and manner in which the audience
experiences the presentation
 Live speaker lectures or narrates while presentation is projected
onto a large screen
 Live speaker in one location while audience views presentation
on a home computer using software such as Microsoft Office
Live Meeting, WebEx, Adobe Acrobat Connect, or GoToMeeting.
 Presentation is played in a continuous loop on an unattended
computer, and viewed by anyone who chooses to watch it
(Kiosk)
 Presentation is distributed on CD or published to the Web to be
viewed at any time
 The presentation is printed on paper in various layouts and given
to the audience to read
◦ File ⇒ Save & Send
Practice:

Complete Guest House Promo
Hyperlinks on a Slide
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PowerPoint automatically turns web
addresses to hyperlinks
◦ Click link on screen to activate
◦ Insert ⇒ Hyperlink
Creating a Photo Album
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PowerPoint has a photo album feature
that is used to create a slide show of
pictures
◦ Insert ⇒ Photo Album ⇒ New Photo Album
Practice:
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Complete Alaska Photos