"How to" Series

To help you complete your project there is a list of short movies below. Each movie focuses on a specific task and provides an example method of how to achieve it.

Use these movies as quick reminders of how to complete a task. For explanations in greater detail look back at previous work completed in S1 (Animal Kingdom) and S2 (The Simpsons)

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1. Adding a new slide Adding a slide to your presentation. 2. Adding text Putting text into your presentation.. 3. Formatting Text Changing the appearance of your text 3. Inserting an image Adding a picture or image into your presentation. 4. Images & irregular shapes. Placing a picture in an odd shape. 5. Inserting a Sound Putting sound into your presentation. 6. Inserting a Movie Putting a movie into your presentation. 7. Making a Text Hyperlink Helping out with navigation by linking text to other slides. 8. Adding a hyperlink to a Graphic. Linking graphics or images to other slides. 9. Adding animation to slides Getting things to move on a slide. 10. Controlling animation Changing the order of events and how they happen. 11. Adding a background. Changing the backdrop to slides. 12. Adding slide transitions. Changing the way slides change from one to another 13. Adding Action Buttons More help with navigation through presentations.

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