The Next FrontierHelen RossAshford University EDU697Dr. Keith Pressey

Round bullet background(Basic)

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank. On the Design tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles, and then click Style 8 (second row, fourth option from the left). Note: If this action is taken in a PowerPoint presentation containing more than one slide, the background style will be applied to all of the slides. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Text Box, and then on the slide, drag to draw a text box that spans the entire width of the slide.On the Insert tab, in the Symbols group, click Symbol. In the Symbol dialog box, do the following:In the Font list, select (normal text).In the Subset list, select General Punctuation.In the Character Code box, enter 2022 to select Bullet, and then click Insert.Click Insert 27 more times until there is a row of 28 bullets in the text box. Select the row of bullets. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy. In the text box, click to the right of the line of text and press ENTER to begin a new line of text. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the button above Paste. Repeat this process to create seven total rows of bullets within the text box. Select the text box. On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Calibri from the Font list and then enter 50 in the Font Size box.On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Center to center the text within the text boxes.Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click Text Effects, point to Transform, and then under Warp, click Curve Down (fourth row, second option from the left). On the slide, drag the text box to position the seven rows of bullets on the slide.On the text box, drag the pink diamond adjustment handle to adjust the amount of warp on the rows of bullets.Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the WordArt Styles group, click the arrow next to Text Fill, point to Gradient, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Text Effects dialog box, click Text Fill in the left pane. In the Text Fill pane, select Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.Click the button next to Direction, and then click Linear Right (first row, fourth option from the left).In the Angle box, enter 180.Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until two stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops that you added as follows:Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following:In the Position box, enter 0%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Background 1, Lighter 35% (third row, first option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 70%.Select the second stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Background 1 (first row, first option from the left).In the Transparency box, enter 75%.

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