Project 4-1: Service with a Smile
You are the sales manager for a large chain of auto dealerships that prides itself on service and warranty
packages that give customers a sense of security. The company, Car King, is rolling out a new line of extended
warranties to offer its customers. You have created a presentation that details three levels of warranties. Now
you need to improve the look of the slides to make customers take notice.
GET READY. LAUNCH PowerPoint if it is not already running.
1. OPEN the Warranty Plans presentation and save it as Warranty Plans Final.
2. With slide 1 active, insert a new Title and Content slide.
3. Change the slide layout to Title slide.
4. Type the title Car King and the subtitle Extended Warranty Plans.
5. Drag the title slide above slide 1 so the title slide becomes the first slide.
6. Click the Design tab, and then click the More button in the Themes group to display the Themes gallery.
7. Click the Wood Type theme to apply this theme to all slides.
8. Click the More button in the Variants group. On the menu that appears, point to Fonts, and then scroll down to
locate and click the Times New Roman-Arial theme font combination.
9. Click the More button in the Variants group, and on the menu that appears, point to Colors, and then click
Customize Colors.
10. Click the Accent 1 drop-down arrow, then click the 25% darker version of the current color. For example, if the
current color is Orange, Accent 1, then choose Orange, Accent 1, Darker 25%.
11. Click the Accent 2 drop-down arrow, then click the 50% darker version of the current color.
12. Type CarKing as the color scheme name, and then click Save.
13. Go to slide 1, if necessary.
14. Change the Themes Background Style to Style 9.
15. SAVE the presentation and CLOSE the file.
LEAVE PowerPoint open for use in the next project.
Project 4-2: Special Delivery
As a marketing manager for Consolidated Delivery, you have been asked to prepare and present information
on the company’s services to a prospective corporate client. You need to add some interactive features to a
standard presentation to make your delivery especially interesting.
1. OPEN the Messenger Service presentation and save it as Messenger Service Links.
2. Go to slide 2. Change slide’s layout to Title and Content.
3. Select the text Contact Consolidated in the text box at the bottom of the slide.
4. Insert a hyperlink to slide 6. Our Numbers, in the same document.
5. Go to slide 5, Our Rates, and insert an Information action button.
6. Draw a button near the bottom of the slide and set the action to Hyperlink to: Other File. Select the file Contract
Plans.
7. Go to slide 6, select the website address, and then create a hyper link to http://www.
consolidatedmessenger.com.
8. Insert an automatically updating date, slide numbers, and the footer Consolidated Messenger on all slides
except the title slide. (You may need to adjust the location of your action button on slide 5 after you add slide
numbers and the footer.)
9. Using a Function key, run the slide show from slide 1, Consolidated Messenger.
10. Use the Navigation tool on slide 2, Our Services, to go to slide 6, Our Numbers.
11. Advance to slide 4 and then to slide 5.
12. On slide 5, click the action button to open the Contract Plans file. Close Microsoft Word to return to the slide
show.
13. Advance to slide 6 and click the website link. Close the browser and end the slide show.
14. SAVE the presentation and CLOSE the file.
LEAVE PowerPoint open for use in the next project.
Project 4-3: Travel Tips
You are an assistant at Sunny Day Travel, and your boss has created the beginnings of a presentation
containing travel tips for various destination types. Because there will eventually be many slides per
destination, you will organize the slides into sections for the destination types and make some changes to the
slide master that will improve the slides' look.
1. OPEN the Travel Tips presentation and save it as Travel Tips Sections.
2. Go to slide 2. Notice that the title is obscured by the graphic.
3. Switch to Slide Master view, and select the slide master.
4. Drag the bottom border of the title placeholder upward so its height is 0.75”. Use the Height box on the Drawing
Tools Format tab to gauge the height, or use the vertical ruler.
5. Close Slide Master view, and confirm on slide 2 that the title no longer overlaps the graphic.
6. Create a section that starts with slide 3. Name it Sand and Sun.
7. Create a section that starts with slide 6. Name it Adventure.
8. Create a section that starts with slide 9. Name it Cruise.
9. Create a section that starts with slide 12. Name it City.
10. Create a section that starts with slide 15. Name it Summary.
11. Move the City section before the Cruise section.
12. On slide 2, select the graphic for Sand and Sun, and then create a hyperlink that jumps to slide 3.
13. Create additional hyperlinks for the other three graphics, jumping to the first slide in their respective sections.
14. SAVE the presentation and CLOSE the file.
LEAVE PowerPoint open for use in the next project.
Project 4-4: Senior Meals
As the activities director for Senior Meal Services, you are responsible for educating your staff about the
dietary recommendations for senior citizens. You have created a presentation, and now you will modify its
slide master, theme, and colors to make it more appealing.
1. OPEN the Meals presentation and save it as Senior Meals.
2. Apply the Slice theme to the entire presentation.
3. Change the font theme to Century Gothic.
4. Change to the variant with the red background.
5. Display the Slide Master, and then change the background on the Slide Master to Style 2 from the Background
Styles list.
6. Close Slide Master view, and then go to slide 1.
7. Select the website address on slide 1, and make it into a live hyperlink.
8. Set the current date to appear at the bottom of each slide, and set the date to not automatically update.
9. SAVE the presentation and CLOSE the file.
LEAVE PowerPoint open for use in the next project.
Project 4-5: The Art of the Biography
You work for the editorial director of Lucerne Publishing. She has asked you to fine-tune a presentation on
new biographies she plans to deliver to the sales force. You want to make some global changes to the
presentation by customizing the presentation’s slide masters, and you need to create a new layout that you will
use to introduce sections of biographies.
1. OPEN the Biographies presentation and save it as Biographies Masters.
2. Switch to Slide Master view and apply the Parallax theme to the slide master.
3. On the Title and Content layout, create a new layout.
4. Deselect Title in the Master Layout group to remove the title placeholder from the new layout.
5. Insert a text placeholder in the center of the slide. Delete the sample bulleted text, remove bullet formatting,
and change font size to 40 point. Center the text in the placeholder.
6. Apply a different background style to this new layout.
7. Rename the new layout Introduction.
8. Close Slide Master view.
9. Insert a new slide after slide 1 using the Introduction layout. Type American History in the placeholder.
10. SAVE the presentation and CLOSE the file.
LEAVE PowerPoint open for use in the next project.
Project 4-6: Adventure Works
You are a coordinator for Adventure Works, a company that manages outdoor adventures for children and
teenagers. To introduce your programs you have created a presentation to show at local schools and recreation
centers. Finalize the presentation with design elements and effects that will catch the eye.
1. OPEN the Adventures presentation.
2. Apply the Celestial theme to the presentation, and apply the green-and-blue variant (which may be the second
variant from the left in the Variants gallery).
3. Customize theme fonts by applying the Corbel font theme.
4. Make the e-mail address and website address on slide 5 active hyperlinks.
5. Change the layout on slide 1 to Title Slide.
6. Add a footer that contains the text Adventure Works to all slides, including the title slide.
7. SAVE the presentation as Adventures Final and CLOSE the file.
You are a sales representative for Contoso Food Services. You are preparing a brief presentation to introduce
your company to the Food Services Committee at Trey College, in hopes of receiving a contract to provide
food services for the campus dining hall.
Project 1: Create a Presentation
Begin by creating slides from a blank presentation. Then add slides from another presentation, rearrange the
slides, and print the presentation.
GET READY. LAUNCH PowerPoint if it is not already running.
1. Create a new blank presentation and save it as Trey Proposal.
2. On the title slide, type Contoso Food Services in the title placeholder.
3. Type Trey College Proposal in the subtitle placeholder.
4. Reuse slides 2-4 from the Boilerplate presentation.
5. Rearrange slides so that slide 2 becomes slide 3.
6. Print the presentation as slides in Grayscale mode.
7. SAVE the presentation.
PAUSE. LEAVE PowerPoint and your presentation open for the next project.
Project 2: Format Your Presentation
Now that you have the bare bones of your presentation written, you can concentrate on formatting to improve
the presentation's appearance. You will use WordArt, a theme, font styles, and other formatting options to give
your slides punch.
USE the presentation that is open from the previous project.
1. Apply the Wisp theme, and then apply the third variant (blue tint).
2. On slide 1, delete the title text and the title placeholder box.
3. Create a WordArt graphic using the Fill - Black, Text 1, Shadow preset (the first one in the WordArt Styles
gallery). Type the text CONTOSO FOOD SERVICES.
4. Make these changes to the WordArt graphic:
a. Set the font size to 56 pt. (Hint: Click in the Font Size box on the Ribbon and type 56 directly into it.)
b. Change the WordArt text fill to Purple, Accent 6, Darker 50%. (Hint: Use the Text Fill button in the
WordArt Styles group on the Drawing Tools Format tab.)
c. Change the WordArt text fill to a gradient, using the Linear Down option in the Dark Variations section
of the Gradient gallery.
d. Change the WordArt outline color to Purple, Accent 6.
e. Apply the Tight Refl ection, touching effect to the WordArt graphic.
f. Reposition the WordArt graphic 0.5" above the slide's subtitle box.
5. Apply italics to the slide 1 subtitle.
6. Center the subtitle horizontally under the title. Figure 1 shows the completed slide 1.
7. Go to slide 2. Make these changes to the text in the right-hand placeholder:
a. Select all text in the right-hand placeholder and change the font size to 24 pt.
b. Right-align the last three paragraphs (the attribution), and adjust line spacing so
there is no extra space above these lines. (Hint: Choose Line Spacing Options at the
bottom of the Line Spacing menu.)
c. Use the Format Painter to copy formats from the quote paragraph and the quote
attribution on slide 2 to the quote text and attribution on slide 3.
8. Go to slide 4. Insert a text box below the picture that is as wide as the picture and type
the following text:
Contoso Food Services is proud to serve institutions in fifteen states in this country
and three Canadian provinces. Our reputation for quality is second to none.
9. Format the text box as follows:
a. Center the text in the text box.
b. Apply a Shape Style of your choice to the text box.
10. SAVE the presentation.
PAUSE. LEAVE PowerPoint and your presentation open for the next project.
Project 3: Add Design Touches to Your Presentation
You are ready to do the final formatting and add the finishing touches to the presentation. You will adjust the
slide master, add a slide, and change the background.
USE the presentation that is open from the previous project.
1. Insert an automatically updating date and slide numbers that appear on all slides except the title slide.
2. In Slide Master view, move the Date placeholder to the left of the Footer placeholder. Close Slide Master view.
3. Insert a new slide at the end of the presentation using the Two Content layout.
4. Type the slide title Contact Us.
5. Insert the following contact information in the left-hand text placeholder. Format the information as desired.
Mailing address:
17507 Atlantic Blvd
Boca Raton, FL 33456
Phone:
561 555 3663
561 555 3664
6. Insert the following information in the right-hand text placeholder:
E-mail:
[email protected]
Website:
www.contoso.com
7. Create a hyperlink from the website text to the website at http://www.contoso.com if PowerPoint did not make it a
hyperlink when you typed it.
8. Apply a different background style to slide 5 only to make it stand out. (Hint: Rightclick the desired background
style and click Apply to Selected Slides.)
9. Go to slide 3. Insert an Information action button above the date in the lower-left corner of the slide that links to
the Pricing Excel file.
10. Go to slide 2, and apply the Blue Tissue Paper texture fill to the text box that contains the quotation. Repeat for
the text box on slide 3.
11. Run the presentation in Slide Show view. Test the action button on slide 3 to make sure it works in Slide Show
view.
12. SAVE your changes to the presentation.
13. SAVE the presentation again as Trey 2003 in the 97-2003 format, and then CLOSE the file.
EXIT PowerPoint.