It is always great to see how a given instrument is applied in practice.
So far we learned about several power point tools and it is time to see how they can be combined in
order to produce a complete slide the slide that we will create.
And this exercise will be a simple one.
Let's say that we've attended a meeting during which we were able to take some notes.
You can see a Word file containing our hypothetical notes.
The best way to organize these notes and to send them to a co-worker or to one of our superiors is by
creating a neat PowerPoint slide.
Let's create this slide I will insert a rectangular shape to the slide
and then use the control plus D shortcut in order to replicate it three times
next.
I will move each of the three copies in one of the corners of the slide
please note that I am respecting the slides blank space borders.
As we discuss in one of the first lessons of this course we need to use the aligned commands in order
to align perfectly the four boxes.
I will select the two boxes on the top and press Alt and for which would allow me to align the two shapes
to the top.
Perfect.
Afterwards I will repeat the same operation for the two boxes below.
I am pressing for because this is the number assigned to the Align top command within the quick access
toolbar we have to align the boxes to the left side too.
I will select the two pairs of boxes and press Alt plus 1 as a line left is the first command within
the quick access toolbar combining the alt key with quick access Toolbar Buttons is great isn't it.
We can modify the appearance of the four boxes by selecting them and opening the format shape menu.
I will change the fill of the four shapes to dark blue
next.
I'll open the line color settings and create a white outline let's create a shadow effect which is transparent
at 80 percent very well.
We can close the format shaped menu.
I'll open the Word file containing the text that needs to be inserted within the four boxes and copy
its first paragraph.
We already saw how to insert text in a given shape.
We need to right click on the shape and select edit text.
Let's paste the text that we copied within the box.
Now we have to organize the text and adjust its font and font size.
I'd like to have the following formatting a title in bold on the top of the box
and bullet points for the rest of the sentences
the title will have a font size of 14 while the rest of the text will have a font size of 11.
We have to carry out the exact same operations for the other three boxes as well.
Once we've done that our slide will be ready.
This is the first slide that we've created.
Not bad right.
And this is just the beginning.
Get excited as by the end of the course you will be able to create jaw dropping PowerPoint presentations.