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Resources Slide Show

With a partner you will pick an existing business and create a slide show about the resources it uses.

Slide 1: Name of your business and your names. (1 pt)

Slide 2: What does this business do? What goods and/or services does it provide us with? (3 pts)

Slide 3: What is a natural resource? What natural resources does your business consume (use)? (3 pts)

Slide 4: What is a capital resource? What capital resources does your business consume (use)? (3 pts)

Slide 5: What is a human resource? What human resources does your business consume (use)? (3 pts)

Slide 6: How is your company a consumer? How is your company a producer? (3 pts)

Each slide should have a picture representing something on that slide. This is worth 16 points.

How to create your slide show.

1.   Open PowerPoint and create a new blank presentation.

2.   To add text:

a.   Small amounts of texts, like titles, can be done using WordArt, which is the button on the bottom menu that is a capital “A” in blue. (or go to InsertàPictureàWordArt)

b.   Large amounts of texts should be entered using a text box. This button is also on the bottom menu. It is a box with a capital “A” and horizontal lines. Click on the button, and then click on the slide where you want your text box to be. Text boxes can easily be resized. (or go to InsertàText BoxàHorizontal)

3.   To add ClipArt click on the button on the bottom menu that is a picture of a guy’s head. (or go to InsertàPictureàClipArt)

4.   When you are finished with your first slide, go to FileàSave As and go to the Maloney folder (do not go to your folder, just stay in the Maloney folder). Name your file with your two names, such as JoanneGail, and press save.

5.   To insert a new slide, click on the button on the top menu that looks like a slide with a star, or go to InsertàNew Slide.

6.   After finishing each slide, save. Either press the disk button in the top menu or go to FillàSave. You don’t need to go to Save As, since you have already created the file.

7.   When you have created all your slides, you can format them, like changing the backgrounds and colors.

a.   To change the slide’s background: Right click on a blank part of the slide somewhere, and select background. When you have chosen your new background, click on “Apply” if you want it only on that one slide, or if you want all your slides to have that background, click on “Apply To All.”

                                     i. This slide show will be printed in black and white, so don’t use dark backgrounds.

8.   Don’t forget to check your spelling and grammar (sentences, capital letters, punctuation, it makes sense…)

9.   When you are ready to print, I will first check your slides, and then I will let you print.  

To print, go to Print under File, and in the window that come up, find the section that says “Print What” in the lower left corner. Change the selection from Slides to Handouts, and the box next to it will become available. Make sure it is set to print 6 slides per page. Finally you are ready to print. You will print just one copy for me to grade.

Questions or comments? E-mail me at inthemtrxsimone@excite.com