Design Effects for your PowerPoint Slides
Lab length: 1/2 day
Prerequisites: PowerPoint Introduction (or equivalent knowledge).
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this Lab, students will be able to:
Add photos to a presentation using the Insert, , Picture command.
Use a photo as a slide background using the Format, Background command.
Overlay photos onto chart markers.
Fill drawn objects with photos using the Format AutoShape dialog box.
Create vertical title and picture bands using drawn objects with fill effects.
Lab content
Lab Activity 1: Include photographs in a presentation
Explore digital photograph resources
Insert a photo from the Microsoft Clip Gallery
Insert a photo from a file
Modify a photo using the Picture toolbar
Lab Activity 2: Use digital images to create eye-catching backgrounds
Add a slide background
Use a photo as a watermark
Use a watermark image as a background
Lab Activity 3: Use pictures to create unique chart markers
Create a graph
Insert a photo
Lab Activity 4: Turn pictures into AutoShapes to add a distinctive touch
Choose an AutoShape and a picture
Modify an AutoShape
Lab Activity 5: Add visual interest with vertical bands
Create a vertical title band with a gradient fill
Create a vertical band with a picture fill effect
