CHAPTER 4

POWER POINT
1. What is Presentation? What are its uses?

Ans. Microsoft PowerPoint helps to develop dynamic, easy to create, professional presentations. It
can be used to create and organize slide shows, speaker notes, handouts. It is used by teachers and
trainers to make the lecture presentations. It is used in the corporate sector to present project plans
and strategies. It improves the presentations with pictures, sound effects, tables and charts.

2. What are different views options available in PowerPoint?

Ans. PowerPoint consists of different views to help in the creation and presentation of slides. The
views are Normal View, Slide Sorter View, Notes Page and Slide show.

Normal View

It is the default view where one can write and design presentation. It has four working areas:

Outline tab, Slides tab, Slide pane, Notes pane. In Outline tab it displays small images called

thumbnails. Slides tab shows all the text on the slides. Slide pane shows the currently selected

slide. Notes pane is used for entering notes about the current slide.

Slide Sorter View

It displays the thumbnails of all the slides in the presentation. It allows to sort, move, add and

delete slides easily.

Notes Page

It displays a page layout of the notes and the slide. It allows to rearrange the notes and compare

them to the content of the slide.

Slide Show View

It displays the presentation from the beginning with animation.

3. Write the steps to insert ClipArt in a slide.

Ans. Adding an image from Clip Art

1. Select Insert tabIllustrations groupClip Art.

2. In the Clip Art task pane, in search for text box, type a word or phrase that describes the Clip Art.

3. Click Go.

4. In the list of results, click the Clip Art to insert it.

4. Write steps to insert textbox and WordArt.

Ans. Adding WordArt

1. Select Insert tabText groupWordArt.

2. Click WordArt, select the style from the list.

3. Type the text.

Adding Text Box

1. Select Insert tabText groupText Box.

2. Click Text Box, and drow text box in a slide.

3. Type the text.

Ans. Slide Animation

Custom animation is a set of effects which can be applied to objects in powerpoint so that they will

animate in the slide show they can be added under the Custom animation function or through use

of visual basic for Application motion paths allow objects to move around the slide show

Create Custom Animation Effects for Objects

1. Select Animation tabAnimationsCustom Animation.

2. Custom Animation Panel appears on the right hand side of the current slide.

3. Select the object.

4. Click the Add Effect button and choose an animation style.

Slide Transition

Slide transitions are the animation effects that occur between slides. Speed of transition slide can

also be controlled and sound can also be added.

Create Slide Transition Effects

1. Select Animations tabTransition to this slide.

2. Select the transition from the list.

3. Click on Transition Sound button to apply sound effect.

4. Click on Transition Speed button to adjust the speed.

5. Click on Apply to All the transition to all the slides.

6. What is a Slide Layout?

Ans. Slide layouts in PowerPoint determine which content placeholders appear in a slide.

They also determine where they are placed. To change the placeholders in a slide, you

can apply a new slide layout to it. When you apply a slide layout, you determine which

placeholders appear in the slide. You can also reset a selected slide’s layout back

Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and placeholder boxes for all of the

content that appears on a slide. Placeholders are the dotted-line containers on slide layouts

that hold such content as titles, body text, tables, charts, SmartArt graphics, pictures, clip art,

videos, and sounds.

7. What Is Custom Animation in Powerpoint?

Ans. Custom animation in PowerPoint 2007 is used to animate pictures, graphics and charts.

Many presenters like to add animation to make their presentations more dynamic.

There are four types of animations that can be applied: an entrance effect, emphasis

effect, an exit effect, and a motion path effect. Each of these effects have numerous

animation styles available to choose from.

Entrance Effect

The entrance effect tells PowerPoint how the item will appear in the presentation. By
default, all images, graphs and other graphic items simply appear in the slide. However,

by applying an entrance effect, the user can control not only how the item appears, but

also when. This allows the presenter to display graphical items before, during or after

discussing the slide.

Emphasis Effect

Sometimes presenters like to have an image change once it is in the slide. These

changes can include having the object grow, shrink, fade, change colors, change fonts,

become transparent or blink. This gives the benefit of emphasizing a point while

speaking, and also adds some pizzazz to the presentation. For example, you can use the

emphasis effect as you talk about each bar in a bar chart.

Exit Effect

The exit effect is essentially how an animation leaves the screen. Presenters often use

exit effects in conjunction with entrance effects to have an item disappear in tandem as

another object is appearing. Some exit effects can be subtle, like simply disappearing,

while other effects can be more exciting, like spiraling out or bouncing off the screen.