Tables in PowerPoint: Apply It 1

  • Create tables in slides
  • Format tables in slides
  • Modify tables in slides

Sometimes when there are monthly presentations within a group, organization or business, instead of creating a new presentation you simply modify an existing one to make it fresh and relevant now. In this assignment, you will work with an existing presentation and modify it to meet a different objective from its original use, like the next quarter sales department meeting.

To complete this assignment, download the PowerPoint presentation here.

Open the presentation and save the new assignment file to the Rowan folder on your desktop as LastName_QuarterSales.ppxt, replacing “LastName” with your own last name. (Example: Hywater_QuarterSales) It is a good idea to save your work periodically.

  1. Open the existing sales PowerPoint presentation from the Southwest region office.
    A PowerPoint slide deck with 6 slides. The first slide is a title slide with the words "Southwest Region: New Area for Company Sales"
  2. New Design: Choose a new style for this presentation and select it. The entire set of slides should change to this new design style.
    The same title slide with a different theme applied. The background is now red instead of green.
  3. Modify Color Theme: Select a different color theme for the presentation. Keep in mind this is for a professional setting. Keep the colors in the range where reading a slide is easy for the audience.
    The same slide with the same layout and design elements. The background color has been changed back to green.
  4. Modify Title Slide: Select the ‘Design Idea’ button and choose a design that incorporates a place for a picture.
    Same title slide. The background is a dark grey, indicating where a picture should be added.
  5. New Slide: Add a new slide with the Title and Content layout.
  6. Download this image to your computer. Then, insert a picture from a file and put in the background.
  7. Add a table, resize to fit, make font large enough size to easily read, change the table and font color to something that matches with the picture background.
Product April May June
Soda 1500 2000 2350
Chips 625 954 1025
Gum 2654 1546 1751
Candy 465 498 321

Slide 4 of the deck. The slide has the downloaded image, and table, per instructions.

8. Save your work