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History of Writing Tools Timeline

Timeline graphic with pictures(Intermediate)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert. Select the picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher.In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Crop tab, in the Crop position section, crop the picture to the following values:Width: 9Height: 2.65Left: .5Top: .5Adjust the values in the Picture position section to properly position the picture within the cropped image.Under Picture Tools, in the Format tab, in the Size group, click Crop, click Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Round Same Side Corner Rectangle (eighth option from the left).Drag the top yellow diamond adjustment handle slightly to the right to decrease the amount of rounding on the corners. Under Picture Tools, in the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Shadow, and then under Inner click Inside Center (second row, second option from the left).

To reproduce the timeline effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.In the bottom right corner of the Drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher.In the Format Shape dialog box, do the following:In the Size tab, set the Width of the rectangle to 9, and then set the Height to .73In the Line Color tab, select No line.In the Fill tab, select Solid fill, and then set the following values:Color: Black, Text 1, Lighter 35% Transparency: 20%In the Shadow tab, click the button next to Presets, and then under Inner click Inside Center (second row, second option from the left). Drag the rectangle onto the bottom of the picture. Press and hold SHIFT and select the rectangle and the picture. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, and then do the following: Click Align and then click Align Selected Objects. Click Align and then click Align Center.Click Align and then click Align Bottom.Click Align and then click Align to Slide.Click Align and then click Align Center.

To reproduce the month labels for the timeline, do the following:On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box.Type the text you want to appear in the text box (this example uses months of the year, so you might type JAN), and then select the text. Format the text in the textbox using the following steps:On the Home tab, in the Font group, choose the Gill Sans MT Condensed font and a font size of 18.Click the arrow next to Font Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1, Darker 35% (fifth row, first option from the left). In the Paragraph group, click Center.Select the text box. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat the process until there is a total of six text boxes. On the slide, drag the text boxes onto the rectangle to form a row. Press and hold CTRL and select all six text boxes and the rectangle.Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, do the following:Click Align, and then click Align Selected Objects.Click Align, and then click Align Middle. Press and hold CTRL and cancel the selection of the rectangle, keeping the text boxes selected. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Arrange group, do the following:Click Align, and then click Align to Slide.Click Align, and then click Distribute Horizontally. To change the text in the duplicate text boxes, click in each text box and edit the text (this example uses months of the year).To change the color of a text box, select the text in the text box, and then on the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to Font Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).

To reproduce the vertical line with text effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Line, and then, in the slide, draw a line.On the Home tab, in the drawing group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher.In the Format Shape dialog box, in the Size tab, under Size and rotate, set the following values:Height: 1.2Width: 0Rotation: 0Also in the Format Shape dialog box, in the Line Style tab, set the Width to .75 pt and then, under Arrow settings, set the following values:Begin type: Oval Arrow (second row, third option from the left).Begin size: Arrow L Size 1 (first row, first option from the left).End type: Oval Arrow (second row, third option from the left).End size: Arrow R Size 1 (first row, first option from the left).Also in the Format Shape dialog box, in the Line Color tab, select Solid line, and then set the Color option to White, Background 1, Darker 25% (fourth row, first option from the left).Close the Format Shape dialog box.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow under Copy, and then click Duplicate. Select the duplicate line. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, in the Shape Height box, enter 2.6.Press and hold SHIFT and select both lines. On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, do the following:Click Align, and then click Align Selected Objects.Click Align, and then click Align Center.Click Align, and then click Align Top.Drag both lines together on the slide to position them under one of the timeline month labels. Press and hold SHIFT and select both lines and the text box they are under. On the Format tab, in the Arrange group, do the following:Click Align, and then click Align Selected Objects.Click Align, and then click Align Center.Create the subtext boxes:On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw the text box.Type the text you want to appear in the text box, and then select the text. Format the text in the textbox using the following steps:On the Home tab, in the Font group, choose the Gill Sans MT font and a font size of 20.Click the arrow next to Font Color, and then under Theme Colors click White, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left). In the Paragraph group, click Align Text Left.On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align Text Left to align the text left in the text box.On the slide, drag the text box to position it to the right of the vertical line.

To reproduce the background on this slide, do the following:Right-click the slide background area, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, select Gradient fill in the Fill pane, and then set the following values:Type: LinearDirection: Linear Down (first row, second option from the left).Angle: 90Under Gradient stops, click Add or Remove until two stops appear on the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select the first stop, and then set the following values:Position: 50%Color: Black, Text 1 (first row, second option from the left).Select the second stop, and then set the following values:Position: 99%.Color: Black, Text 1, Lighter 35% (third row, second option from the left).

3200 BCE: First instance of written language in Sumeria.Sumerian was spoken in Sumer in southern Mesopotamia (part of modern Iraq) from perhaps the 4th millennium BC until about 2,000 BC, when it was replaced byAkkadianas a spoken language, though continued to be used in writing for religious, artistic and scholarly purposes until about the 1st century AD.http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sumerian.htm

Amber Child (AC) - 1250 BCE: Writing Develops in China During the Shang Dynasty

The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called "oracle bones"-recorded divination used by the Shang royal house. The words were carved with a stylus, some were written with brush and ink made of lampblack or cinnabar. On bronzes, inscriptions were cast on sacrificial vessels, ritual bells, and seals. These inscriptions range from a few to as many as five hundred characters.http://asiasociety.org/china-learning-initiatives/writing-and-technology-china

1100 BCE: Phoenician AlphabetThe Phoenician alphabet was perhaps the first alphabetic script to be widely-used - the Phoenicians traded around the Mediterraean and beyond, and set up cities and colonies in parts of southern Europe and North Africa - and the origins of most alphabetic writing systems can be traced back to the Phoenician alphabet, including Greek, Etruscan, Latin, Arabic and Hebrew, as well as the scripts of India and East Asia.http://www.omniglot.com/writing/phoenician.htm

100 BCE: Chinese Invented PaperPaperwasinventedaround 100 BC inChina. In 105 AD, under the Han Dynasty emperor Ho-Ti, a government official inChinanamed Ts'ai Lun was the first to start apaper-making industry.

http://quatr.us/literature/paper.htm

600 AD: Quill Pens First Appeared in SpainQuill pens came into existence about the sixth century BCE. People soon found that long wing feathers from swans, turkeys, and geese worked best. The feathers were first plucked (or found) and then dried. Next, all of the oily and fatty materials which might interfere with the ink had to be removed. The quill was dried with the application of gentle heat.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/11/16/1256074/-History-101-Pens-and-Ink

1440-1450: Printing Press was InventedAprinting pressis a device for applying pressure to aninkedsurface resting upon aprintmedium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. Typically used for texts, the invention of the printing press is widely regarded as one of the most influential events in the second millennium,ushering in theperiod of modernity.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press

1564: Invention of the Lead PencilThe lead pencil (which contains no lead) was invented in1564when a huge graphite (black carbon) mine was discovered in Borrowdale, Cumbria, England. The pure graphite was sawn into sheets and then cut into square rods. The graphite rods were inserted into hand-carved wooden holders, forming pencils.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/p/pencil.shtml

1714: Typewriter InventedInventing the typewriter, John Pratt's Pterotype, the inspiration for Sholes in July1867. Typewriters had been invented as early as1714by Henry Mill and reinvented in various forms throughout the 1800s. It was to be Sholes, however, who invented the first one to be commercially successful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes

1888: Ballpoint Pen was InventedThis principle of the ballpoint pen actually dates back to an1888patent owned by John J. Loud for a product to mark leather. However, this patent was commercially unexploited. Laszlo Biro first patented his pen in1938, and applied for a fresh patent in Argentina on June 10, 1943.http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa101697.htm

1970s: Word Processing was inventedWord processing gained popularity in the 1990s with the help of printers and personal computers

1992: SMS Used For The First Time (Evolved Into Texting)On December 3rd 1992, a 22-year-old Canadian test engineer sat down and typed out a very simple message, "Merry Christmas." It flew over the Vodafone network to the phone of one Richard Jarvis, and since then, we just haven't been able to stop texting.http://gizmodo.com/5965121/the-first-text-message-was-sent-20-years-ago-today

1997: Nokia Became First Manufacturer to Produce a Mobile Phone With a Full Keyboard.

1997: AOL Launched AIM (Instant Messaging)When you think of AIM, you can probably hear the sounds of opening and closing doors when friends appeared and disappeared on your Buddy List. Like the services before it, AIM allowed users to send messages to each other, and included user profiles,away messagesand icons for more engagement. With AIM also came the development of different bots, such as StudyBuddy and SmarterChild (which have since been retired), with whom users could interact. By 2005, AIM dominated the instant messaging market with53 million users. Chat rooms, in which multiple people could IM with each other, were another popular AOL feature.http://mashable.com/2012/10/25/instant-messaging-history//#eh9Gf_2FREqX

2004: Facebook was CreatedIts website was launched on February 4, 2004, byMark Zuckerbergwith hisHarvard Collegeroommates and fellow studentsEduardo Saverin,Andrew McCollum,Dustin MoskovitzandChris Hughes.The founders had initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students, but later expanded it to colleges in the Boston area, theIvy League, andStanford University. It gradually added support for students at various other universities and later to high-school students. Since 2006, anyone who is at least 13 years old was allowed to become a registered user of the website, though the age requirement may be higher depending on applicable local laws.Its name comes from theface bookdirectories often given to American university students.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook