Using a Title Only Template and AutoShapes

Slide 7

For Slide 7 we’ll be using a Title Only Template.

So, click-on the slide template in the upper right corner of the Apply slide layout screen (see arrow at right)

Click in the Click to add title box and type: Enjoy your sandwich!

Now, let’s make the letters larger. Highlight your title (Enjoy your sandwich!) by placing your cursor at the beginning of the first word, click and hold down the left mouse button and drag it across the words, then release the left button. The Title should be highlighted it should look like the picture below. Since you are “really” in Microsoft Word when you are working with text in PowerPoint XP, you can also place your cursor on Enjoy your sandwich! and quickly click the left mouse button three times and you will notice that the phrase is highlighted (just like the ruby slippers in Wizard of Oz!)

First, we’ll change the font of the text. Click-on the down triangle next to Ariel in the button bar at the top of the screen. Use the elevator bar on the right of the font screen that appears and move down and select Times New Roman (see picture and arrow at right).

Next, place your cursor on the box under the tool bar that has a number in it (when your cursor is on it the Text Help box will indicate Font Size – see the image on the right). Click on the down triangle and scroll down to 60 and click on 60. You should now see larger text than you had before. You can do this to any text in your PowerPoint presentation.

Save your work!

AutoShapes

We’re now going to try something new – a technique for adding clever shapes and a few “secret” things to our slides.

First, point the cursor away from the Title box and click the left mouse button. This is called “clicking away.” This will “turn-off” the square “box” around the Title.

Next, point to View in the Menu Bar and click. When the menu list appears, move the cursor down to Toolbars. Look at the Toolbars drop down list. Notice that, normally, the first two selections (Standard and Formatting) have a small check mark in front of them. This indicates that these toolbars are visible on the screen. Look further down the list until you see Drawing. If you see a check mark (like in the picture on the left), then simply point away from the drop down menu, click the mouse, and look for the Drawing Tool bar (normally at the bottom of your screen).

If you do not see a check mark, click-on Drawing. The Drawing toolbar will appear at the top, side or bottom of the screen. It will look like the tool bar below.

Move up and down the pop up menu box and notice the different shapes that appear next to each choice. Then, click-on Callouts. Click-on the far right callout (cloud callout) in the top row. When you have clicked, the cursor will change to “cross hairs” when you move it into the slide area.

Now move the cross hairs up into the area just below the title. Click and hold down the left mouse button, and drag down and to the right. Release the button. A cloud shape should appear similar to the one below.

Drag this Cloud callout to the upper right corner of your screen just under your title (move your cursor over the Cloud until you see the four arrow shape, click and hold down the left mouse button and drag the cloud).