UNIT 4

To create a text box in Google Slides, simply click on the________button. A________will appear, and you can______to get a box the right size.

1:text box button 2:crosshair symbol 3:click and drag

Naomi is about to give a presentation about mandatory layoffs for store staff. Which of these should be her opening sentence?

As you know, our current state is that sales are down because of competition from big-box retailers and online sellers. This means that we're about to have a conversation that's going to be hard for all of us, but we'll get through it together if we follow the steps I'm about to lay out."

Claire is creating her first presentation as a manager. Her boss warns her against making her presentation too "loud and busy." Claire's best response to her boss would be which of these?

I promise not to go over the top, but research shows that giving people information in a few different ways throughout the presentation is the most effective way to make it memorable."

Which of these is NOT a way to delete a slide in Google Slides?

click Ctrl+A and then hit the Backspace key

Kyra is creating a sales presentation about holiday furniture sales in Google Slides. Since she'll be delivering the presentation in May, she wants to make a little visual joke about the fact that it's barely even warm outside and she's talking about chestnuts roasting on an open fire. What's the MOST efficient series of steps for her to follow?

click on the Image button in the toolbar, choose "search the web," type "Christmas in summer" in the search bar, choose an image, click Insert

Katherine wants to include in her presentation a short video of kids jumping rope to motivate her team to have fun with their new pop-up store concept. What's her most efficient plan of action?

click on the Insert dropdown menu, choose Video, and then type "kids jumping rope" into the search bar. She can then click on the video she wants and hit the Select button. The video is now in her presentation

Kasey and Samuel are working together on a project. Kasey created a cool collage by arranging several staff photos and turning them into a single image by using the Group command. Samuel wants to use just one of those photos for a slide he's working on. What should he do

click on the grouped image, click the Arrange pulldown menu, and click Ungroup. If he's being thoughtful, he should remember to regroup the image as it was once he has the photo he needs

Luca is preparing a presentation on employment trends at his company over the last five years. He is struggling to find a clear and memorable way to show that seasonal temp workers have gotten steadily older and more experienced in that time period, which has had both positive and negative outcomes for the company. What's the best way for him to figure this out?

do some Googling to find infographics that represent age and choose one that will adapt well to his data in terms of both meaning and tone.

Enzo is just starting a presentation in Google Slides. He wants to choose a theme that will really get his team excited. Finding a theme will be ________.

easy; there are lots of themes to choose from, and it's easy to "test-drive" themes to see which one he'll like best

Christopher is creating a training presentation on the history of fashion for new manager candidates. Because his presentation is going to be very public, he must make sure he uses only images that fall within the Creative Commons license restriction. He really wants an elegant line drawing—something that looks like vintage Chanel—for his agenda slide. What should he do?

go to the Bing image search, choose "line drawing" in the Type menu, "Creative Commons" in the License menu, and then type "Chanel" in the search bar

Your first step in creating a new PowerPoint presentation is which of these?

go to the presentation gallery to choose a template

You've created your first three slides when you accidentally close the tab for Google Slides. How can you get your work back?

go to your Google Drive and look for a Slides file called Untitled

Hassan and Marla are working on a presentation together about the relationship between merchandising displays in their bookstore chain and sales. Hassan is a sales-data cruncher who needs their audience to understand the correlation between merchandising, work-hours spent and sales. Marla is a merchandising specialist who's all about design and appearance. In constructing their presentation, what's the best way for them to collaborate`?

have Marla add some design to the data slides to make them easier to follow while both Hassan and Marla check the slides about merchandising to make sure they align with the data factually and thematically

Which of these approaches is NOT a good way to add a new slide or a duplicate slide to your presentation?

inserting a slide from a different presentation

DeRay is about to work on a slide that will have a bar graph as its contents, so he chooses a Title Only slide from the New Slide menu. He has completed his bar graph, and now he's ready to give the slide a title. He needs to ________.

just start typing in the title box

Which of these can you do in the Arrange menu in PowerPoint?

lip an object horizontally or vertically

Lashonda is working on her first presentation in her new job as sales analyst. She wants to show that she knows her stuff, but she also wants to make her mark and stand out from the crowd. What should she do?

make sure her information is presented in a way that's useful to her audience; this includes slide design that helps with the flow but isn't distracting from her main purpose

Kate has a video stored on her desktop that's also on the company's YouTube channel. Which version is easier to add to her presentation?

they're about equally easy

You are applying for a design position within your company, and part of the application process is to give a presentation about yourself and your experience. The only software you have available is PowerPoint. Which of these is the best option for you to make a good impression?

use your design skills to create your own theme within PowerPoint that represents the company's aesthetic with color, shapes, and complementary fonts

WIIFM, or "what's in it for me?" may seem like a selfish question, but when you ask it from your audience's point of view, you gain which of these advantages?

you deliver the kind and amount of information they need in a way that's most likely to be appealing and effective