In this lecture..! We are going to "Design - 6 Level Vertical Timeline Slide". Let's
start with inheriting our "Timeline 1" layout. So, let me go to insert a "New
slide" under "Home" tab and choose "Timeline 1" layout. After inserting this, let me
format the background by going to "Design", "Format Background" and let me choose our
usual "Gradient fill". Okay..! Our formatting background is done. Now..! I'm going to
change the "Title", "Subtitle" and also the "color of the subtitle". I am going to name
the 'title' as " 3 Slide Vertical Timeline " and the subtitle as " Start to
Finish - 6 Stage Timeline ". Now, let me change the color of
this ' Start to Finish ' text alone, by going to " Home " and choosing a different " font
color ", such as this one. Only now, we are going to jump into the design process of
this timeline slide. Let's start by inserting ' an icon ' . Let me go to " Insert ",
" Icons ", let me go to " Vehicles " and choose this ' rocket icon '.
Let me resize it to 2.5 cm. Now I'm going to color it using our " Graphics
fill ", the usual " Aqua Accent 1 " theme color. But the look will entirely change,
when we add, inner shadow to this icon. Let's see..! "how to do it?". Go to " Graphic
effects ", " Shadow " and choose " Inside Bottom Right " Shadow effect. Can you see the
difference? This is no shadow..! And this is with inner shadow..! It adds an embossed
like effect, Right..! It adds a superior premium touch to your slide design. Let
me bring this to the center of the slide. So, let me go to "View" and enable 'guides'.
It's already at the center. Let me position it, somewhat at the top. Now, I'm
going to add a 'subheading' named 'Start'. So, let me go to " insert ", " text box ", make a
" click " here and " type - 'Start' ".
Let me change the 'font' to " Segoe UI semi-bald ". Let me increase the 'font size'
to '28' and add character spacing of " Loose " preset. Let me place it here
and change the 'color' of the text, this one or a bit darker. Say..! Like this..! Let me
add a few more text, below the 'Start' subheading. So, let me go to "insert", "text
box" and make a "click" here. I am going to paste a quote as usual whereas you can
type, your own description or your text, that's appropriate at " Stage 1", i.e.,
at Starting Stage. Let me 'resize' this 'text' first and change the 'font'
" Seagoe UI light "
and reduce the 'font size' to " 12 ".
Let me place it here and change the color of the text to a bit
grace. Like we added, inner shadow to this icon, Now.! We are going to add a
"Reflection effect', to this text, which will bring our slide design to the next
level. Now..! Let me select the "Start" subheading, the " text " and then press
" Ctrl-g " to group them together. Now, I'm going to add a reflection to this text
group, like we did inner shadow to this icon. So, let me go to " Drawing tools "
Format tab, " Shape Effects ", " Reflection " and let me choose this 'preset'. When you
choose reflection from 'shape effects', you will get a 'total reflection' whereas when
you add reflection through 'text effects', you will get 'reflection for each line',
which won't look that good..! So..! That's why..! I prefer to add reflection from 'shape
effects'. Now..! Let me take a 'copy' of this icon, this text group. Press " Ctrl C " and
then " Ctrl V ". Let me move it here.
Bring this text group to the left and change the "Alignment" to "Right". And..! Let me
move this subheading to the right too.
and rename the subheading to "Idea". Let me delete this icon and insert a new
one, for this idea stage. Let me go to " Insert ",
"Icons" and let me come down to this "Medical" category, where we can find a
"human head with brain" which indicates "Idea". So, Let me 'insert' this
and move it down a bit like this. Now, I'm going to paste the same format of this
'rocket icon' to this 'brain icon'. So, let me "click" on the 'rocket icon' first, go to
" Home ", click on "Format Painter", "Paste" the effect to this "brain icon" by "clicking it".
Let me change the 'color' of this icon to our next one i.e., "Aqua accent 2".
Similarly..! Let me change the 'Color' of this subheading to "Aqua Accent 2 - Dark
shade". The last step in this lecture is to add "dashed line" beneath this rocket and
the human brain. This is very important step, in case of timeline slides Because,
this gives the Illusion of Multiple Timeline Slides into a Single Slide. So,
let me add a "dashed line". Before that, We need to remove this 'guideline'. So that..!
You can see the dashed line, clearly. Let me go to "View" and 'disable' - "guides". Now..! I'm going
to insert a 'simple line', connected from the rocket to the brain and
change the 'color' and the 'preset' to this 'dotted line'. And let me take a 'copy' by
holding "Ctrl" key. 'Paste' one here and connect it to the
brain icon. Let me UNZOOM the slide. You can see here. We can even 'lighten' the
'color' of this dashed connectors. Let me go to "Drawing tools" Format tab, "Shape
Outline" and choose a "light color", like this.
That's it..! We have completed designing the " Slide A " of this " 3 Slide
Vertical Timeline ". In the next lecture..! Let's start designing the " Slide B ".