Exam 4: Creating and Formatting Information Graphics

Briefly explain the common chart types and their purposes.

The _________________________ SmartArt graphic illustrates connections.

SmartArt styles include shape fills, edges, shadows, line styles, gradients, and three-dimension styles.

Audience members recall more material during a presentation when clear graphics are displayed ____.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-1 The bank that you work for is sponsoring a picnic for the employees at five local branches. As a member of the picnic organizing team, it is your job to create a small PowerPoint presentation about the team's proposal for location, entertainment, and food. You just finished the presentation and now you are rehearsing it before delivering it to the real audience, your boss, and her boss. The SmartArt graphic you used on Slide 1 needs to be more colorful and exciting. You decide to ____.

Visual competency is the ability to examine and assess images.

You can open the Symbol dialog box by clicking the Symbol button on the ____.

Each SmartArt graphic has an associated _________________________.

Audiences generally focus last on the visual elements displayed on a slide.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-2 You have just finished the text content of a presentation for your Business Communication class and now you are ready to add some graphics to make the presentation a little more interesting and polished. Adding a ____ will help you better express your ideas.

One way to create a SmartArt graphic is to _________________________ text or pictures already present on the slide to a graphic.

If you change the size of one shape in a SmartArt graphic, other shapes in the graphic may also change size to maintain proportions.

Critical Thinking Questions Case 4-2 You have just finished the text content of a presentation for your Business Communication class and now you are ready to add some graphics to make the presentation a little more interesting and polished. Adding a ____ will help you organize important information.

Graphical elements increase ____.

When Excel is installed, the default chart type for a PowerPoint slide is a(n) ____ chart.

The picture icon in the middle of a SmartArt graphic shape indicates that the shape is designed to hold an image.

The path to the Chart Styles gallery is ____.

Which of the following chart types shows trends over a continuous period of time?

Some _________________________ have particular biases and present information that supports their causes.

Which of the following is the path to the SmartArt Change Colors gallery?