Microsoft Office 2007- Illustrated
Inserting Illustrations, Objects, and Media Clips
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Objectives
• Create custom tables
• Design a SmartArt graphic
• Format a SmartArt graphic
• Insert an animation
• Insert a sound
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Objectives
• Uses macros
• Add action buttons
• Insert a hyperlink
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Create Custom Tables
• Use a table to display related information• Tables display the styles and colors of
the design theme• Customize tables to fit your information
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Create Custom Tables (cont.)
Custom column style
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Create Custom Tables (cont.)
• Draw a custom table• When you have limited space• When the table needs to be a specific
size
• Click the Table button on the Insert tab• Pencil pointer appears• Drag to create the boundaries of the
table
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Designing a SmartArt graphic
• The SmartArt graphic combines content with illustrations
Text pane
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Designing a SmartArt graphic (cont.)
• Each shape in the SmartArt graphic can be individually formatted• Each shape has sizing handles and a
rotate handle• Each shape can be moved within the
boundaries of the SmartArt graphic
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Designing a SmartArt graphic (cont.)
• Organizational charts• Illustrate business structure• Layouts are found in the Hierarchy
group in the SmartArt feature
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Formatting a SmartArt Graphic
• Use the tools on the SmartArt Tools Format tab to change the following:• Shape styles• Shape fills• Shape outline• Shape effects
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Formatting a SmartArt Graphic (cont.)
New shape Added pictures
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Inserting an Animation
• Use animated GIF’s to illustrate a point or capture the attention of your audience• An animation contains multiple images
that move or stream together when you run a slide show
• PowerPoint includes a number of GIF’s
• A movie is live action captured in digital format using a movie camera
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Inserting an Animated GIF file (cont.)
Animation
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Inserting an Animated GIF file (cont.)
• Inserting movies• Insert movies from the Clip Organizer,
the Microsoft Web site, or from other sources
• To insert a movie, click the Movie button list arrow on the Insert tab
• Edit the movie using the Picture Tools Format tab
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Inserting a Sound
• Use sounds to enhance the message of a presentation• Insert from the Microsoft Clip Organizer,
the Internet, or other sources• PowerPoint automatically links sound
files over 100KB• PowerPoint sounds are Windows Audio
files (.wav)
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Inserting a Sound (cont.)
• Playing music from a CD• Play an audio track during a slide show• Click the sound button list arrow on the
Insert tab, then click Play CD Audio Track
• An audio track can play manually or automatically during a slide show
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Inserting a Sound (cont.)
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Using Macros
• Macro• Used to automate tasks• A recording of an action or set of
actions• Consists of command codes created in
Visual Basic for Applications language• Created in Microsoft Visual Basic• Identified by the file extension .pptm
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Using Macros (cont.)
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Adding Action Buttons
• Action button• Interactive button used to perform a
specific task• Play a sound or movie• Hyperlink to another slide• Hyperlink to an Internet address• Open another presentation or file
• Created using shapes from the Shapes gallery
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Adding Action Buttons (cont.)
Action button
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Inserting a Hyperlink
• Use a hyperlink to “jump to” and view another document during a slide show• A hyperlink is a specially formatted
word, phrase, graphic, or drawn object that you click to display something else
• Another slide in the same or different presentation
• Another file in another program• An address on the Web