European Computer Driving Licence – Unit 6

Syllabus Version 5.0- Exercise 1

Presentation Software
Version 5.0

The following sample assignment for the ECDL Module 6, Presentation, is based on
modifying various presentations. Your tasks include adding formatting and information to
presentations.

Tasks Marks

1. Open the presentation application. [1 Mark]

Open the file called answerfile.pptx from your Learner drive.

When would you use a Slide Master?

A. To insert a chart

B. To insert a table

C. To design and apply formatting

D. To insert a smart art graphid

Enter A, B, C or D in answerfile.pptx in the “Click to add text”

placeholder.

Save and close your presentation keeping the same filename

answerfile.pptx.

2. Find the file Annual.pptx presentation on your Learner Drive. [1 Mark]

Open this file.
You need this presentation to run automatically when it is opened.
Save this presentation in Show format as Invitation to your
Learner Drive.
Close the invitation file.

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 3. Open the file called Packaging.pptx on your Learner Drive. [1 Mark]

Save the presentation as a file called International to your Learner

Drive.

4. Apply the theme template Fleck.potx from your Learner Drive to [1 Mark]
ALL the slides in the International presentation.

5. Continue using the International presentation. [1mark] [1 Mark]

Zoom the presentation in normal view to 75%.

6. [1 Mark]
Find the image Globe.gif on your Learner Drive.
Insert the image into the bottom left corner of the presentation.
The image must appear on ALL slides except the Title Slide
Use the most suitable tool to complete this task.

7. Find slide 1 titled The International Packaging Co. [1 Mark]

Bring the Efficient object to the front of the other objects.

Do NOT move or resize the objects.

8. Continue using slide 1. [1 Mark]

Group the Fast, Efficient and Service objects.

9. Find slide 2 titled Popular Delivery Locations. [1 Mark]

Change all bullets to a different bullet type of your choice.

10. Find slide 3 titled International Co. [1 Mark]

The chart text box at the bottom right of the slide containing the
text Lewis Jones PR Consultant is surplus to requirements so
can be removed.

11. Find the name Craig Williams with the title Personnel Manager. [1 Mark]
Add a subordinate.
Her name is Karen Smith and her title is Personnel Assistant.

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 12. Continue using slide 3. [1 Mark]
There is a mistake.
Change the chart so that John Coles titled Delivery Manager is
now a direct subordinate of Christopher Lewis titled Area Sales
Manager.

13. Find slide 4 titled International Office Locations. [1 Mark]

Increase the indent of all the bullet points.

14. Find slide 7 titled Quarterly Sales. [1 Mark]

Change the colour of the 4th Qtr slice to a colour of your choice.

Add value data labels to the pie chart.

Save the presentation keeping the same filename.

15. Open the file world.pptx from your Learner Drive. [2 Marks]

Save this file to your Learner Drive using the new file name Global.

Apply any theme template of your choice to ALL slides in the

presentation.

16. Find slide 1 titled World Travel. [1 Mark]

Change the line thickness of the arrow to 3 point.

17. Continue using slide 1 [1 Mark]

Change the end style of the arrow to a style of your choice.

18. Still using slide 1. [1 Mark]

Apply any entrance animation effect to the globe image ONLY.

Accept default settings for the effect.

19. Insert a new slide straight after slide 6. [2 Marks]

Choose a slide layout which allows a title and a chart to be added.
Add the title How Much Do We Spend?

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 20. Continue using slide 7. [1 Mark]
Create a clustered 3D column chart from the data below:

Year Million £s
1998 £1.19
1999 £1.41
2000 £1.44
2001 £1.50
2002 £1.63

21. Continue using the same slide. [1 Mark]

add a text box to the bottom left of the slide with the following text:
Growth over the last 5 years.

22. Find slide 6 titled Who to Contact. [1 Mark]

Change the case of the title to Sentence Case.

23. Find slide 3 titled Our Aims. [1 Mark]

Change the background colour of this slide ONLY to a colour of

your choice.

24. Find slide 6 titled Who to Contact. [1 Mark]

Hide this slide.

25. Continue using slide 6. [1 Mark]

Add the following text as a note for the presenter:

Staffing structure for year 2009.

26. Remove the slide transition effects from ALL the slides in the [1 Mark]
presentation.

27. Enter your name into the footer of the presentation. [1 Mark]
This must appear on ALL slides except the Title Slide.

28. Apply automatic numbering to ALL slides in the presentation. [1 Mark]

Use the most suitable tool to complete this task.

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 29. Check the presentation for spelling mistakes using the most [1 Mark]
suitable tool from the application.
Make suitable corrections where needed.
You can safely ignore proper names.

30. Print the Global presentation as handouts. [1 Mark]

Print 6 slides per page.
Save all open files keeping the same filenames.
Close the application.

Total Marks 32

This is the end of the practice exercise.

Please check you have completed all tasks.

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