Objective 1.5 Change presentation options and views

  • 1.5.1. Display different views of a presentation
  • 1.5.2. Display and edit presentation properties
  • 1.5.3 Change slide size

1.5 Practice & Exam Tasks

Practice Tasks

The practice file for these tasks is located in the Objective 1-5 practice file folder. The folder also contains a result file that you can use to check your work.

1. Open the PowerPoint_1-5 presentation and do the following:
  1. Review the slide content, specifically noting the appearance of the image on slides 3, 4, and 5.
  2. Display the Properties list and expand it to show all properties.
  3. Change the Title property to Vacation Ideas 
  4. Set the Status property to In Progress.
  5. Display the presentation in Slide Sorter view.
  6. Set the slide size for the presentation to On-screen Show (4:3), and choose the option to maximize the slide content.
    • Notice the effect of this selection on the text on slide 2 and the image on slides 3 through 5.
  7. Undo the slide size change. 
  8. Set the slide size for the presentation to On-screen Show (4:3), and choose the option to ensure the fit of slide content.
    • Notice the effect of this selection on the slide content and the difference between the two fit options.
  9. Manually rescale the image on the slide master, setting the Scale Width to match the Scale Height (100%).
  10. Ensure that the image is vertically aligned with the top of the content placeholder.
  11. Close Slide Master view.
  12. Display the presentation as it would appear in grayscale.
    • Click the Back to Color View button when you're done.
  13. Display the presentation as it would appear in black and white.
    • Notice the changes required to make the presentation content visible and effective in each of those color schemes.
    • Click the Back to Color View button when you're done.

PP16_PT1-5_Ex01

2. Save the PowerPoint_1-5 presentation.

3. Open the PowerPoint_1-5_results presentation. Compare the two presentations to check your work.

4. Close the open presentations.

Exam Tasks

1.5.2. Display and edit presentation properties

Changing / Adding properties

  • Change the file properties so that the Title is "Example".
  • Add "Example" to the file property Categories.
1.5.3_Change slide size
  • Change the slide size to 8 in (20.32 cm) high and 11 in (27.94 cm) wide. Scale the content to ensure it fits.

Tasks

Open the PP16_ExamTask_1-5 presentation and do the following:

PP16_ExamTask_1-5-2_Ex01

 Change the file properties so that the Title is "Vacation Ideas".

PP16_ExamTask_1-5-2_Ex02

 Add "In Progress" to the file property Status.

PP16_ExamTask_1-5-3_Ex01

 Change the slide size to 8 in (20.32 cm) high and 11 in (27.94 cm) wide. Scale the content to ensure it fits.