Unit 5 Digital Presentation

Note: Do the following question answer in IT copy.

Q1. Define slide, presentation and slide show.
Ans. Slide – It is a digital or an electronic page of a presentation.

Presentation – It is a collection of slides arranged in a sequential manner to convey information

and entertain or provide information.

Slide Show – It is a sequential display of slides, which is shown to the audience with an
objective of providing information and exchanging ideas/views on a particular topic.

Q2. Write any five points to keep in mind for designing effective presentation.
Ans. Points to keep in mind while designing a presentation are:
a. Number of lines: On one page or slide try to include 5 to 8 lines.
b. Font-size: While preparing the presentation, you need to take care of the room size,
distance between the screen and the audience
c. Correct use of grammar and language: The grammar and language should be correct in
your presentation.
d. Inserting images, drawings, tables or graphs: Try to avoid inserting more than two
graphics (images, drawings, tables or charts) in any slide. Inserting too many graphics
becomes confusing for the audience
e. Use of colours: Try to use dark colours, bold letters with different fonts to highlight
certain points.
f. Animation and videos: Do not include more than one animation or video in one slide..
g. Pay attention to target group: While creating the presentation, give attention to meet
the requirements of the target audience.
Q3-What are the advantages of using a presentation
Ans-Presentations make it easier to engage your audience. Striking images can hold an
audience's attention, while clear bullet points or summary text helps the audience follows
the logic of a presentation.
Q4-What objects can be added to presentation
Impress offers the capability of inserting in a slide various types of objects such as music ,sound
or video clips, Writer documents, Math formulas, Tables,Charts and Shapes.

5. What are the steps to add picture or object to the slide?

Ans. To insert an image in your document, position the cursor where you want to insert the file,
select Insert → Image.
Or Insert-Media-Gallery
OR
Click on the insert image icon, located below the Formatting Toolbar. Select the image file and
click on Open button or just double click on the image file. The image will get inserted in the
file.

Q6. How can text be added to header or footer on the sliders?

Ans. Steps to add header and footer on slides are:
1. Click Insert -> Header and Footer.
2. Header and Footer dialog box appears.
3. Select Footer check box and write text in Footer text box.
4. Click Apply to All button to apply footer on all slides.
Q7. Write the steps to create a table in a presentation.
Ans. Steps:
a. Click on Slide where table has to be inserted.
b. Select Insert ------ Table.
c. Specify the number of rows and columns and click on OK.
OR
a. Click on Table icon on Standard toolbar.
b. Select number of rows and columns to be inserted in table.

OR
a. Select Title and Content layout of the slide.
b. Click on Table icon on slide and specify number of rows and columns.
c. Click on OK.

Q8. Name few popular presentation software.

Ans. LibreOffice Impress, OpenOffice Impress, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Slides, Adobe
Connect.
Q9.What is a layout? Name the different layout
Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and placeholder boxes for all of the content that
appears on a slide. ... impress includes built-in slide layouts, and you can modify these layouts
to meet your specific needs.eg- Title slide, Title content, Centred text ,Title and 2 content

Q10. Write steps to save your presentation as pdf.

Ans. a. Click on File menu ------ Export As PDF option.
b. In PDF Options dialog box, click on Export button.
c. In Export dialog box, select the location where to save the file.
d. Type file name and click on Save button.

Q11. Write the steps to create a duplicate slide.

Ans. i. Select the slide from Slide Pane.
ii. Click on the Slide menu------- Duplicate slide option.
Or
i. Right click on the selected slide and select Duplicate Slide option.
Or
Click on Duplicate Slide icon on the Presentation toolbar.

Q12. Write the steps to:

i. Inserting a new slide.
Ans. Click on Slide menu-------New Slide option
Or
Click on New Slide icon on Presentation toolbar.
Or
Select a slide, right click on it and select New Slide option.
Or
Press Ctrl + M

ii. Delete a Slide

ans. Click on Slide menu ------ Delete Slide.
Or
Right click on the slide to be deleted and select Delete Slide from context menu or press Delete
key.

iii. Renaming Slide

ans.
a. Select the slide in Slide Pane.
b. Click on Slide menu-------Rename option.
Or
Right click on the Slide ------choose Rename option from context menu.

Q13. Explain different views of slide.

Ans. Different views of slides are:
a. Normal View – It is the main view for creating and editing slide. We can use this view to
add text, graphics, sound, animations, and other effects.
b. Outline view – It shows all the slides of a presentation in a sequence. This view only
displays the text that is contained in the slide.
c. Notes view – This view can be used to add notes to a slide. These notes are not visible in the
slide show.
d. Slide Sorter view- This view displays the miniature view of all the slide present in the
presentation. All the slides are visible in the form of thumbnails. We can easily work on
multiple slides, i.e., change the order of slides, copy or delete slides, add transition and
animation effects.

Q14. How do you group different shapes together?

ans. Select the first shape. Press and hold the Shift key and select other shapes by
clicking on it.
Ist Method: Click on Format menu ------ Group ------Group sub option

IInd method – Press Shift + Ctrl +G

Q15. What is a slide master?

ans. Slide Master is a master slide that enables us to control information and formatting of all
slides, such as theme, layout background, color, positioning of text, etc.

Q16. What are themes?

ans. Themes are the sets of predesigned formats that include text, layouts, background, colour
schemes, etc., which can be applied to any presentation in order to enhance its appearance.

Q17. What is the purpose of watermark?

ans. Watermark is a logo, text, pattern that is intentionally superimposed onto another image or
background. Its purpose is to make it more difficult for the original image to be copied or used
without permission.
Q18- Why is meant by Slide Transitions? How to add and remove slide Transitions?

Slide transitions are the effects that take place between slides when slides change in a
presentation. Transitions can add a professional look to a slide show, smoothing the change
over between slides. Transitions can be applied to individual slides or all the slides in a
presentation.

Adding transitions

1. In the Sidebar, select the Slide Transition icon to open the Slide Transition section

2. In the Slides Pane select the slide or slides to apply the transition
3. Modify the selected transition by changing the speed or adding a sound,
4. If a sound is selected, the Loop until next sound option becomes active. Select this
option to play the sound repeatedly until another sound starts. If there are no subsequent
sounds in your slide show, the selected sound will play continuously for the remainder of
the show.
5. Select how to advance to the next slide: manually (On mouse click)
or automatically (Automatically after). If you select an automatic advance, you can
specify how long the slide remains visible before it automatically advances to the next
slide.
6. If you want the transition to apply to all slides, click Apply to All Slides.

Removing transitions
To remove a slide transition:

1. Select the slides from where you want to remove the transitions.
2. Select None transition in the Slide Transition pane.

Q 19-What is slide Animation? How to add slide Animation

Slide animations are applied to individual elements in a single slide: title, chart, shape, or
individual bullet point. Animation effects are applied from Normal view so that you can select
individual objects on a single slide
Applying animation effects
1. Select the slide and the object (text box, image) you want to apply the animation effect
to.
2. In the Sidebar, select Custom Animation icon to open the Custom Animation
section.
3. Click Add to open the Custom Animation dialog and Select the animation effect
4. As you add animation to objects they appear on the Custom Animation list in the
Sidebar.
5. In the Effect Plus section you can set how the animation will start
 • On click − the animation does not start until you click the mouse.
• With previous − the animation runs at the same time as the previous animation.
• After previous − the animation runs as soon as the previous animation ends.

Select the Duration of the animation effect from the Speed drop down list.

If required, select Automatic preview so you can check the animation effect on the object.