Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

In-Class Activities

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Activity One• You are the president of the

Los Angeles branch of First Choice Travel. You are interested in arranging a vacation travel package to Cancun, Mexico. Connect to the Internet and search for information on Cancun. (One possible site: www.cancun.com)

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1. Using PowerPoint, create a presentation about Cancun that contains the following:

• Title slide containing the company name, First Choice Travel, and the subtitle Vacationing in Cancun

• Slide containing the names of at least three major airlines that travel to Cancun

• Slide containing the names of at least four hotels or resorts in Cancun

• Slide containing the names of at least four restaurants in Cancun

• Slide containing at least four activities in Cancun

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Activity One Continued…

• Add a transition and sound of your choice to all slides in the presentation

• I am looking as well for clarity- Please present comprehensible PowerPoint for your targeted audience.

• Save!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Activity Two

• Formatting Presentation– Apply a Sans Serif Font to

each heading and title of your presentation

– Apply a Serif Font to all the content of your presentation

– Bold each heading/title– Italicize every sub-heading– Use the Format Painter to

change your headings/titles

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Formatting Continued…• Insert a ClipArt or

picture on each slide• Recolor ClipArt to

follow your slide design color scheme

• Size and move the image so it is positioned attractively on the slide

• Apply an animation scheme to each slide of your presentation

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Activity Three

• Insert a New Slide after slide 3 with more info about a specific hotel/resort

• Insert a title using WordArt– Format the color and shape to your

presentation theme

• Insert 3 Basic Shapes from AutoShapes – Provide three facts about the hotel/resort

(one fact in each shape)

• Connect the 3 shapes using Connector Lines

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Slide Master• Select Slide 2• Create a Slide Master:

– Hold down Shift Key– Click Normal View– Release Shift Key

• Edit the Master title style– Change color, font, bold and italicize

• Edit the Master text– Change color, font etc.

• Change the bullets• Write your last name in the footer

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Last but not least…

• Create a hyperlink to the hotel/resort homepage from slide 4

• Create Action Buttons that hyperlink to the next slide- including the last slide!!!

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Activity 4

• Select slides 3-5 and apply a new design

• Add a New Slide• Customize and format a

table providing the airlines and airline rates information from slide 2

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Search for Sound Clips• Make slide 6 ( Your new slide) the

active slide• Click Insert, point to Movies and

Sound, and then click Sound form Clip Organizer.

• Click the Clip art on Office Online hyperlink located toward the bottom of the Clip Art task pane

• At the Microsoft Office Online Web site, change the Search option to Sounds, type songs, and then press Enter. When a list of songs displays, download a song that interests you and then insert the song in slide 6.

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Timings

• Rehearse your presentation• Set the timings for your

presentation• Click Yes at the message

asking if you want to record the new slide timings

• Set up the slide show to run continuously.

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Finally…

• Save and Publish your presentation as a website

• Use the directions in your text

Have a fabulous Thanksgiving Break!!!