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Students should be capable of creating a presentation by starting a new one from a text file, utilizing a master slide, and consistently inserting and editing various objects such as images, text, shapes, logos, slide headers, footers, and automated slide numbering. They should format master slide elements including headings, subheadings, bullets, and background color. Additionally, they must edit the presentation by applying slide layouts, inserting new slides, moving or deleting slides, and adding or modifying objects on slides, which may include text (headings, subheadings, bulleted lists), images (still images, video clips, animated images), charts, tables, audio clips, symbols, lines, arrows, call-out boxes, and shapes. Students should also add presenter notes, insert and edit hyperlinks to connect text or objects to slides, external files, or email addresses, and include action buttons with settings for navigation. They must apply consistent transitions and animation effects across slides, hide slides when necessary, and output the presentation for various purposes, including displaying it in a looped format or printing it in different layouts such as full-page slides, presenter notes, or handouts.

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Students should be capable of creating a presentation by starting a new one from a text file, utilizing a master slide, and consistently inserting and editing various objects such as images, text, shapes, logos, slide headers, footers, and automated slide numbering. They should format master slide elements including headings, subheadings, bullets, and background color. Additionally, they must edit the presentation by applying slide layouts, inserting new slides, moving or deleting slides, and adding or modifying objects on slides, which may include text (headings, subheadings, bulleted lists), images (still images, video clips, animated images), charts, tables, audio clips, symbols, lines, arrows, call-out boxes, and shapes. Students should also add presenter notes, insert and edit hyperlinks to connect text or objects to slides, external files, or email addresses, and include action buttons with settings for navigation. They must apply consistent transitions and animation effects across slides, hide slides when necessary, and output the presentation for various purposes, including displaying it in a looped format or printing it in different layouts such as full-page slides, presenter notes, or handouts

  • This point belongs to Presentations, especially Presentations outcomes.
  • You need to be able to students should be capable of creating a presentation by starting a new one from a text file, utilizing a master slide, and consistently inserting and editing various objects such as images, text, shapes, logos, slide headers, footers, and automated slide numbering. They should format master slide elements including headings, subheadings, bullets, and background color. Additionally, they must edit the presentation by applying slide layouts, inserting new slides, moving or deleting slides, and adding or modifying objects on slides, which may include text (headings, subheadings, bulleted lists), images (still images, video clips, animated images), charts, tables, audio clips, symbols, lines, arrows, call-out boxes, and shapes. Students should also add presenter notes, insert and edit hyperlinks to connect text or objects to slides, external files, or email addresses, and include action buttons with settings for navigation. They must apply consistent transitions and animation effects across slides, hide slides when necessary, and output the presentation for various purposes, including displaying it in a looped format or printing it in different layouts such as full-page slides, presenter notes, or handouts.
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Presentation Creation

You are tasked with creating a presentation for a school project. The presentation should start from a text file and use a master slide. It should include images, text, and shapes, and apply consistent formatting and transitions.

  1. a

    Explain the purpose of using a master slide in a presentation.

    Aim for approximately 2 distinct marking points.

    [2]
  2. b

    Describe how you would insert and format an image in the presentation.

    Aim for approximately 3 distinct marking points.

    [3]
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