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PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 2 Illustrating with Pictures and Information Graphics 11/25/13

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Guided Project 2-3 Solution Seekers, Inc., has been asked to develop a presentation for a meeting of personnel managers about salary trends for information technology workers. In the current economy, some jobs are paying less than they were a few years ago. For this project, you prepare tables and charts showing average salaries and salary changes for selected jobs.

Skills Covered in This Project  Convert text to a SmartArt graphic.

 Apply a SmartArt style and effects.

 Create a pie chart.

 Format a table.

 Create a column chart.

 Apply chart styles.

 Format chart elements.

 Insert WordArt and apply effects.

 Apply a picture style.

 Insert and align text boxes.

When you are finished with this project, your presentation should contain 6 slides. If it does not, your project

will not grade properly and you may lose a significant number of points.

1. Open the presentation InfoTechSalaries-02.

NOTE: If the document opens in Protected View, click the Enable Editing button in the Message

Bar at the top of the document so you can modify it.

2. The file will be renamed automatically to include your name. Change the project file name if directed to

do so by your instructor, and save it.

3. On slide 2, convert the bulleted text to a

SmartArt graphic and modify the style and

colors.

a. Select the bulleted text and click the

Convert to SmartArt button [Home tab,

Paragraph group].

b. Select More SmartArt Graphics to open

the Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog

box.

c. Select the Relationship type and the

Counterbalance Arrows layout. Click

OK to close the dialog box.

d. Apply the Cartoon style [SmartArt Tools

Design tab, SmartArt Styles group]. e. Select the down arrow shape pointing to

“Fewer Layoffs” and click the Shape Fill button

list arrow [SmartArt Tools Format tab, Shape

Styles group].

f. Select Gradient and under Dark Variations,

click Linear Down to emphasize the

downward movement.

g. Select the up arrow and repeat step

to apply a Linear Up gradient

(Figure 2-115).

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PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 2 Illustrating with Pictures and Information Graphics 11/25/13

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4. After slide 2, insert a new slide with a Title and Content layout.

5. On slide 3, create a pie chart and modify it.

a. Type the slide title Employee Salary

Satisfaction. b. Click the Chart button in the content

placeholder.

c. Click the Pie chart type; then select the

3-D Pie. Click OK to close the dialog box.

d. Replace the spreadsheet data with the data

shown in Figure 2-116. Close the spreadsheet.

e. Drag the chart title to the top left of the

chart area. Increase the font size to 24 pts.

[Home tab, Font group].

f. Click the Chart Elements button on the right

side of the slide and select Legend. Click Right.

g. Increase the font size to 20 pts. and drag the legend to the bottom right of the chart area.

h. Click the Chart Elements button again and select Data Labels. Click Inside End. i. Click the Chart Elements list box arrow and select Series “Satisfaction%” Data Labels [Chart Tools

Format tab, Current Selection group]. Increase the font size to 24 pts. and apply bold (Figure 2-117 ).

6. On slide 4, modify table formatting.

a. Select the table. Increase the font size to 20 pts.

b. Select Header Row and Banded Rows [Table Tools Design tab, Table Style Options group].

c. Apply the Themed Style 1, Accent 2 style [Table Tools Design tab, Table Styles group].

d. Increase the table height to 4" and click the Center Vertically button [Table Tools Layout tab].

e. Select columns 2–4 and change to Right alignment.

7. After slide 4, insert a new slide with a Title and

Content layout.

8. On slide 5, create a column chart and modify it.

a. Type the title Salary Change, Selected Jobs

b. Click the Chart button on the content

placeholder. c. Select the Clustered Column and

click OK.

d. Replace the spreadsheet data with the data

shown in Figure 2-118. Select Column D, right-

click, and select Delete. By removing the blank

column, the chart displays correctly with no blank space. Close the spreadsheet.

e. Delete the chart title.

f. Click the Chart Elements button on the right side of the chart, select Legend, and then click More Options to open the Format Legend pane. Select Top Right and deselect Show the legend without

overlapping the chart. g. Click the Shape Fill button [Chart Tools Format tab, Shape Styles group] and change the legend color

to Brown, Accent 2, Darker 50%.

h. Click the chart frame to select the Chart Area and change the Shape Fill color to Teal, Accent 1,

Darker 50%.

i. Select the Legend and increase the font size to 18 pts. Repeat to increase the Vertical (Value) Axis

font size to 18 pts.

PowerPoint 2013 Chapter 2 Illustrating with Pictures and Information Graphics 11/25/13

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j. Select the Horizontal (Category) Axis

and increase the font size to 20 pts.

(Figure 2-119).

k. On slide 6, apply the Moderate Frame,

Black picture style [Picture Tools Format

tab, Picture Styles group].

9. On slide 6, insert WordArt text.

a. Click the WordArt button [Insert tab, Text

group] and select the Fill - White, Text 1,

Outline - Background 1, Hard Shadow -

Background 1 style (Figure 2-120).

b. Type the text Employees Are

Valuable and move this text above the

picture. c. Click the Text Effects button [Drawing Tools

Format tab, WordArt Styles group], select

Shadow, and click Offset Diagonal Bottom

Right.

d. Click the Text Outline button [Drawing

Tools Format tab, WordArt Styles group]

and select Black, Background 2.

e. Deselect the WordArt text.

10. On slide 6, insert text boxes.

a. Click the Text Box button [Insert tab, Text

group] and type the first salary of $74,270.

Change the font color to Black,

Background 2, increase the font size to 20

pts., and apply bold.

b. Position this salary below the first person

on the left of the picture.

c. With the salary text box selected, press

Ctrl+D and position the duplicated text

box below the second person. Repeat

for the remaining figures.

d. Edit the text boxes to change the

salaries to $62,844, $54,340, and

$48,982.

e. Select all of the salary text boxes and

click the Arrange button [Drawing Tools

Format tab, Drawing group]. Select

Align and Align Bottom (Figure 2-120).

11. Apply the Blinds transition to all slides; then

apply the Zoom transition to slide 6.

12. Save and close the presentation

(Figure 2-121).

13. Upload and save your project file.

14. Submit project for grading. Step 3

Grade my Project

Step 2 Upload & Save