Lesson 6: Shapes and SmartArt
Try This: Do the following steps
1. Open a new, blank presentation.
2. On the Title Slide, add the Title: Preschool Primer
a. Resize the font to size 88. Change the alignment to
Bottom. Align the text Right.
3. Add a new slide. Insert SmartArt Cycle: Basic Cycle. Add the
following seasons using the Text Pane: Spring, Winter, Fall, Summer.
a. Reorder the seasons to be in order using
the Move Up or Move Down commands
b. Recolor the shapes so that each shape is a different color
4. Add a new slide. Insert SmartArt Grouped
List
a. Add the Label Big. Add the following in the Big
List: Elephant, Horse, Lion,
b. Add the Label Small. Add the following in the Small List:
cat, mouse, raccoon
c. Remove any extra shapes
d. Change the SmartArt Style to Cartoon.
e. Change the Shape Art Color to Colorful
Range—Accent Colors 4 to 5
f. Change the Smart Art layout to Hierarchy
List
5. Add a new slide. Insert Smart Art Cycle
Matrix.
a. Add the following text to the wedges in the circle: Pets,
Farm, Forest, Bugs
b. For Pets: add Cat to List Level 2, add dog to List Level 2
c. For Farm: Add Cow to List Level 2, add Horse to List Level
2
d. For Forest: Add Bear to List Level 2, add Deer to List
Level 2
e. For Bugs: Add Spider to List Level 2, add Ladybug to List
Level 2
f. Change the Smart Art color to Colored Outline, accent 2
g. Convert the SmartArt to Shapes
h. Delete the arrow shapes in the center of the Cycle Matrix
Guard Cat watches the
printer...keep going