1 0:00:00,60 --> 0:00:01,70 - [Instructor] You might want to come up with 2 0:00:01,70 --> 0:00:05,00 a slide like this, with nice graphics above text, 3 0:00:05,00 --> 0:00:07,50 but it's hard if you don't have a graphics department 4 0:00:07,50 --> 0:00:11,50 or access to a stock footage company website. 5 0:00:11,50 --> 0:00:15,70 We can do this with icons, and we can make good icons 6 0:00:15,70 --> 0:00:18,70 look even better by putting them behind shapes, 7 0:00:18,70 --> 0:00:20,50 and it's also a good way to learn the skill 8 0:00:20,50 --> 0:00:22,70 of object layering. 9 0:00:22,70 --> 0:00:26,30 So let's start by creating a completely blank slide. 10 0:00:26,30 --> 0:00:29,70 I'll click New Slide, and because it took the layout 11 0:00:29,70 --> 0:00:31,80 of the slide above it, I'm going to change it 12 0:00:31,80 --> 0:00:36,80 to a blank layout, and let's get started with some text. 13 0:00:36,80 --> 0:00:39,70 I'm going to click once to select this text box. 14 0:00:39,70 --> 0:00:44,10 I'll hold the Shift key, select this one, and this one. 15 0:00:44,10 --> 0:00:47,50 With all three text boxes selected, I'm going to hit 16 0:00:47,50 --> 0:00:50,00 Control C on my keyboard. 17 0:00:50,00 --> 0:00:52,90 I'll come over to this slide, and hit Control V. 18 0:00:52,90 --> 0:00:55,40 It's going to put that text right in. 19 0:00:55,40 --> 0:00:57,40 I am going to change the color of it. 20 0:00:57,40 --> 0:01:00,20 We'll leave the slide background white. 21 0:01:00,20 --> 0:01:03,20 Now let's start adding some icons. 22 0:01:03,20 --> 0:01:05,60 I'll change to the Insert Ribbon tab. 23 0:01:05,60 --> 0:01:08,40 Let's click Icons. 24 0:01:08,40 --> 0:01:10,10 A new feature of PowerPoint is that 25 0:01:10,10 --> 0:01:13,00 it comes with some really fun icons. 26 0:01:13,00 --> 0:01:14,70 Take some time and look at this. 27 0:01:14,70 --> 0:01:17,60 You'll be able to build a great looking presentation 28 0:01:17,60 --> 0:01:20,00 just from these icons alone. 29 0:01:20,00 --> 0:01:22,90 It comes with a long list of categorized icons 30 0:01:22,90 --> 0:01:26,40 that you are able to use in your presentation. 31 0:01:26,40 --> 0:01:27,90 I'm going to come back up because 32 0:01:27,90 --> 0:01:30,80 I did see ones that I wanted to use. 33 0:01:30,80 --> 0:01:32,00 Here they are. 34 0:01:32,00 --> 0:01:33,90 You can select each icon, 35 0:01:33,90 --> 0:01:35,70 and when you're done selecting them, 36 0:01:35,70 --> 0:01:37,70 click the Insert button. 37 0:01:37,70 --> 0:01:40,50 Now right now they're going to work like graphics. 38 0:01:40,50 --> 0:01:42,40 All three of them are selected, 39 0:01:42,40 --> 0:01:45,20 so I can resize them all at once. 40 0:01:45,20 --> 0:01:47,30 I'll hold the Shift key down, 41 0:01:47,30 --> 0:01:50,50 drag the top corner, and make them a little bit bigger. 42 0:01:50,50 --> 0:01:53,80 Now I can separate them out. 43 0:01:53,80 --> 0:01:56,70 In fact, they do work like images. 44 0:01:56,70 --> 0:01:59,60 If I decided that I still want to make them bigger, 45 0:01:59,60 --> 0:02:03,20 I can click and drag with my mouse to select them all, 46 0:02:03,20 --> 0:02:06,30 hold down the Shift key, and only resize one, 47 0:02:06,30 --> 0:02:08,60 but because they're all selected, 48 0:02:08,60 --> 0:02:11,80 they'll all be resized. 49 0:02:11,80 --> 0:02:14,30 I can even change the color of these icons. 50 0:02:14,30 --> 0:02:16,40 I'll change to the Format tab. 51 0:02:16,40 --> 0:02:19,00 Under Graphics Fill, I can change them 52 0:02:19,00 --> 0:02:22,40 to all sorts of different colors. 53 0:02:22,40 --> 0:02:25,00 It's already starting to look a lot better. 54 0:02:25,00 --> 0:02:27,00 But let's make them stand out even more, 55 0:02:27,00 --> 0:02:29,10 and put shapes behind them. 56 0:02:29,10 --> 0:02:31,20 I'll change to the Insert Ribbon tab, 57 0:02:31,20 --> 0:02:33,80 click the dropdown next to Shapes, 58 0:02:33,80 --> 0:02:36,50 and here is all the shapes I have to choose from. 59 0:02:36,50 --> 0:02:39,60 I'll choose a rounded corner rectangle. 60 0:02:39,60 --> 0:02:42,00 I'll click and drag, and here I can see 61 0:02:42,00 --> 0:02:43,70 the shape that I'm making. 62 0:02:43,70 --> 0:02:45,70 Now I can see the figure behind it, 63 0:02:45,70 --> 0:02:47,90 but when I let go of my mouse, 64 0:02:47,90 --> 0:02:52,20 it instantly disappears because this shape is on top of it. 65 0:02:52,20 --> 0:02:55,00 So what I need to do is right click 66 0:02:55,00 --> 0:02:57,80 and choose Send to Back. 67 0:02:57,80 --> 0:03:00,50 This is going to send the shape to the background 68 0:03:00,50 --> 0:03:03,30 and bring the image to the front. 69 0:03:03,30 --> 0:03:06,20 I want the same shape for the rest of my icons, 70 0:03:06,20 --> 0:03:09,10 so I'm going to once again hit Control C on my keyboard, 71 0:03:09,10 --> 0:03:11,00 and Control V. 72 0:03:11,00 --> 0:03:15,40 I'll do it twice, once for each icon. 73 0:03:15,40 --> 0:03:19,90 I'll drag it on top, and now I need to right click, 74 0:03:19,90 --> 0:03:24,30 and choose Send to Back two more times. 75 0:03:24,30 --> 0:03:26,00 Now that the icon is in front, 76 0:03:26,00 --> 0:03:27,70 I might need to do a little bit more 77 0:03:27,70 --> 0:03:29,70 wiggling around of the shape 78 0:03:29,70 --> 0:03:31,80 to align it properly and to make sure 79 0:03:31,80 --> 0:03:34,20 that the icon is centered 80 0:03:34,20 --> 0:03:36,70 in between that shape. 81 0:03:36,70 --> 0:03:40,00 But once it's done, I have some great looking icons, 82 0:03:40,00 --> 0:03:42,40 and even now, I could further change it. 83 0:03:42,40 --> 0:03:45,60 If I decide that I would like to change the colors, 84 0:03:45,60 --> 0:03:47,70 I can still go back to the Format tab 85 0:03:47,70 --> 0:03:50,10 because I can access the icon. 86 0:03:50,10 --> 0:03:51,60 I'll change the color 87 0:03:51,60 --> 0:03:55,50 and make them nice and uniform. 88 0:03:55,50 --> 0:03:58,20 Now that looks good, and these were all tools 89 0:03:58,20 --> 0:04:00,00 that came right from PowerPoint 90 0:04:00,00 --> 0:04:05,00 with no graphics of my own needed.