Hello class welcome to another lesson
By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:
- Describe special characters in PowerPoint Presentation without referring to any book.
- Identify five (5) special characters in a given PowerPoint Presentation.
- Outline the steps involved in inserting a special character and image in a PowerPoint presentation without assistance from a teacher or colleagues
On your previous lesson we learnt about the features of Microsoft PowerPoint interface, templates and themes.
watch pictures below to revise on the previous lesson
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| Microsoft PowerPoint interface |
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| power point themes and templates |
This lesson will be based on how to use special characters in Microsoft PowerPoint
Special Characters
A special character is one that is neither an alphabetic nor a numeric character. Special characters include things like punctuation and other symbols. Special characters, as opposed to alphanumeric characters, may be used in numerous contexts.
Read more on special characters here
Insert Tab
As the name suggests, it is used to insert or add extra features in your presentation . It is commonly used to add tables, pictures, clip art, shapes, page number, etc. The Insert tab has seven groups of related commands; Pages, Tables, Illustrations, Links, Header & Footer, Text and Symbols.
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| insert tab |
Read more on insert Tab here
Symbols groups
Symbol groups is where special characters and other symbols are found.
Symbol - Drop-Down. Lets you insert symbols into your presentation. The drop-down contains the commands: Euro, Pound, Yen, Copyright, Registered, Trademark, Plus-Minus, Not Equal To, Less-Than or Equal To, Greater-Than or Equal To, Division, Multiplication, Infinity, Micro, Alpha, Beta, Pi, Ohm, Summation, Smiley Face and More Symbols
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| Symbol groups |
Now lets learn how to identify special characters
Click the Insert tab → the Symbol drop-down button → More Symbols. Then the Symbol dialog will pop up.
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| these are some special characters |
Inserting special characters and images in a presentation.
Below are the steps to insert special characters in presentation
1. Click in a text box and position your cursor where you want to insert the special character. Select Insert> Text> Symbol.
The Symbol dialog box appears.
2. From the Font drop-down menu, choose a font. The special characters you see vary depending on the font you choose, not just in appearance but in number.
3. From the Subset drop-down menu, choose the type of symbol you are interested in. Alternatively, you can scroll through the symbol window to find the symbol you are looking for. Choose the symbol you want to insert, and then click Insert.
4. PowerPoint inserts the selected symbol. Click Close to dismiss the Symbol dialog box.
Below are the steps to insert image in presentation
1. Open a PowerPoint presentation.
2. Click the Insert tab on the Ribbon bar at the top.
3. In the Images section, click the Pictures icon.
4. In the Insert Picture window, find and select the picture file you want to insert, then click OK
This is the end of the lesson, In summary we learnt about:
Special characters, the insert tab, symbol groups, identifying special characters and how to insert special characters into presentation
Below is a video of the lesson
Design a 7-slide presentation on the topic “Computer
System” in MS-PowerPoint using the tools under the insert ribbon. And submit it through this link https://forms.gle/heZAP2wxtR8bC1S67
This is your ASSIGNMENT
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Our next topic will be Demonstrating how to change text case, size, color and decorate text.
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