CreatingaSinglePageFlyerinPowerPoint
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CreatingaSinglePageFlyerinPowerPoint
JaneZhao
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Director,DigitalMediaCommons
ThisguidewasdevelopedwithMicrosoftPowerPoint2010.
LastupdatedbyJaneZhaoonThursday,February16,2017.
1. OpenMicrosoftPowerPoint2010,youwilltypicallyseeablankpresentation
withanewslidebasedonthedefaultofficetheme.Whenyoutypetextwithin
theplaceholdersofthisslide,thetextshowsupinblackoverawhiteslide
background.
2. Choosetheflyersize
a. Design->PageSetup
b. Input8.5forWidthand11forHeightininchesforalettersizeflyer.
c. Chooseportraitorientation
3. Insertanimage
a. Refertopage10-14onCreatinganAcademicPosterwithPowerPoint
forinformationonimageresolution
b. Insert->Picture,choosethepicturefileyouwanttousefortheflyer
c. Doubleclickonthepicture,PictureTools->Crop,Clickanddragon
thecropcornerstocoverthepage
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d. TopickthecropoptionsFitorFill:ClickonthethesmalldownwardpointingarrowandthenselectFill,thenclickCropbutton.
4. Picturemanipulations
Afterinsertingapicture,thePictureToolsribbonappearsallowingyouto
manipulatethefollowing:
Adjust
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RemoveBackground
Thisoptionhelpsfigureouttheboundariesofanobjectinthepicture,
andallowstokeepsomeportionofthepicture,andremovetherest.
Corrections
Thisoptionisusedtoadjustbrightnessandcontrast.
Color
Thisoptionisusedtoadjustcolorsaturation,colortone(i.e.coolor
warmcolor),andrecolor(e.g.grayscale,sepia,washout,etc.)
ArtisticEffects
Thisoptionoffersyouvariousartisticfilters(e.g.charcoaldrawing,
canvas,watercolor,etc)
CompressPicture
Bydefauly,PowerPointsimplycopiesyourinsertedpicturesintothe
presentationfileleavingthesizeandformatunchanged.Thisoption
allowsyoutoreducethesizeoftheinsertedpicture.
ChangePicture
Thisoptionallowsyoutoswapoutthepictureforanotherpictureon
yourcomputer.(Anyformattingperformedontheoldpicturewillnot
transfertothenewpicture)
ResetPicture
Thisoptioncancelsthepictureformattingdonetothepicture.
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PictureStyle
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Frames
Addsapre-madeartisticbordertothepicture(e.g.bevels,rounded
edges,fade-outs,etc)
PictureBorder
Changesthecoloroftheframeselected.Ifnoframeisselected,thena
thinrectangleofthecolorselectedisplacedaroundthepicture.
PictureEffects
Thisoptionaddeffectssuchasshadows,3Dtilts,orglowsaroundthe
pictureedges.Notethatsomeframesareapre-madecompositeof
severalpictureeffects.
PictureLayout
Thisoptionofferslayoutstopresetchartsorflowdiagramstomore
easilyshowaflowofinformation.
Arrange
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BringForward
Allowsyoutoplacetheselectedpictureontopofotherswhen
multiplepicturesarepresentontheposter
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SendBackward
Allowsyouplacetheselectedpictureunderneathotherwhenmultiple
picturesarepresentontheposter
SelectionPane
Toggletheapanethatlistsallobjectsonposterandtheiroptions
Align
Shiftspicturestovariousalignmentswithrespecttotheposteror
otherpictures
Group
Whenmultipleobjectsareselected,allowsyoutochooseforpictures
tobetreatedasoneentityinsteadofindividualimages
Rotate
Thisoptionisusedtorotateorflipyourimage
Size
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Crop
Asdescribedonpages3-4,thisoptionallowsyoutoresizeyourphoto
insidethecroparea.
ShapeHeight
Thisoptionchangestheheightoftheimagetotheuser-specified
value,andscalesthewidthatthesametime
ShapeWidth
Thisoptionchangesthewidthoftheimagetotheuser-specifiedvalue,
andscalestheheightatthesametime
5. HowtoInsertashape
a. ClickInsert->Shapes,andselecttheshapetypedesired(e.g.
RectangleorBlockArrows).
b. Draganddrawtheshapewhereyouwouldlikeittogo(e.g.atthetop
ofthepicture)
c. Doubleclickontheshape,andtheDrawingToolsribbonwillbe
activated.
6. Changeshapestyle
Youcanclickashapestyletoapplytoyourshapequickly.
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7. CreateyourownshapelookbyadjustingFillandLineoftheshape.
a. ClickonFill,chooseOrange
b. Right-Clickontheshape->FormatShape
c. Fill->GradientFill,adjustthesettingsasbelow.
d. ClickonLine->noline.Youwillgetarectangleboxlookinglikebelow
8. Insertatriangleshapeandeditashape
a. Insertashape->Basicshapes->Righttriangle
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b. Draganddrawarighttriangleatthelowerleftcorneroftheflyer.
i. Fill->white,darker5%;Line->noline
ii. Selecttherighttriangle;holddowncontolkey,dragawayfrom
therighttriangletoduplicateit.
c. Rotatetheduplicaterighttriangle180degree
i. Fill->white,darker15%
ii. Movetheduplicatetriangletomakethetwotriangles
symmetric
d. Createacustomshadoweffect
i. Rightclickovertheshape->FormatShape…
ii. Shadow->Outer->OffsetDiagonalBottomLeft
iii. AdjusttheshadowsettingsasbelowandclickOKbutton.
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e. Rightclickovertheshape->Editpoints
f. Dragtheupperrightblacksquaretowardstheinnertriangleabit,
thendragthewhitesquarestowardstheinnertriangleabit.See
abovefortheillustrations.
9. Convertashapetoatextbox
Assoonasyoustarttypinginashape,theshapewillbeconvertedtoatext
box.AlmostanyshapeinPowerPointisessentiallyalsoatextbox.
a. YoucanapplytextstylefromFormat->WordArtStyles
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c. OrHome->FontandParagraph
10. Insertatextbox
Itisconvenienttohaveatextboxsothatyoucanmanipulatetextseparately
thantheshape.
a. Insert->TextBox
b. Draganddrawatextboxatthetopoftheflyer
c. Typeinthetextof“TheShepherdSchoolSymphonyOrchestra
ReturnstoCarnegieHall”
d. Doubleclickonthetextbox,youwillnoticetheDrawingToolsribbon
isactivated,whichisthesameDrawingToolsribbonasyoudouble
clickashape.Inotherwords,ashapeandatextboxsharethesame
Formatsettings.
e. Changethetextcolortowhiteandadjustthesizeto32
f. Addafewtextboxesatthelowerleftcorneroftheflyertoinclude
date,time,location,ticketandwebsite.
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11. Yourfinalflyershouldlooksomethinglikethis
AdditionalActivity
Trytoplaywiththepictureandtextprovidedandseeifyoucancreateaposterlike
this.
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Belowarethesettingsusedintheaboveflyer:
1. Background:Autumn->Style11
2. Picture:
a. Arrange:Rotate
b. PictureStyles:SimpleFrame,White
3. Shape
a. Thetitleandbottomtextboxes
Shapestyles–SubtleEffect–Orange,Accent5
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b. The“tapelike”shapes
Formatshape->Fill–White,transparency17%;SoftEdges:7pt
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