1. Available at http://planet.uwc.ac.za/nisl BCB 703: Scientific Methodology

2.  Dark green font Arial at least 18 point this colour is 70 70 0  Use animation and the effects of BLINDS for TEXT and DISSOLVE for IMAGES– they are quick and effective and bring in by paragraph and then dim after mouse click to a mid grey colour 150 150 150  Give each slide a header … there is space in the top and it also uses the colour 150, 150, 150 this uses Word Art and can be stretched. Use VIEW / MASTER/ SLIDE MASTER to access  If you need to hyperlink such as this is the URL for NISL if you use this as a template the colour is already set and is 96 132 113. For a visited Hyperlink use this colour which is 204 102 0NISL  Keep within the frame … this ensures it will not get clipped when projecting.  Use Bullet Points as indicated (Square colour is 128 128 0 ) Colour is 153 0 0 Font is 24~36 point Arial Shadow

3. Title: My Template  Starting Point  This shadow text  This is HyperlinkHyperlink  This is a visited Hyperlink (not activated)  Secondary Colour 100 100 0  Tertiary Colour is 128 128 0  Emphasis Colour is 204 153 0  Use the Grey shaded Back drop with text

4. Annotation: Text and Graphics  Do each line’s annotation separately  Use Blinds and set it to fast (not very fast)  Use the Effects Option to dim to grey  For Object use dissolve annotation  Ensure that indenting is not hung to do this first set the bullets to numbers and then back to bullets. Use format and bullet and this green which is 128, 128, 0 Use Rounded Boxes where possible

5. Slide Header  Point 1  Google (new link, not visited) Google  Google (visited link)

6. Copy and Pasting  To get the features to work require simply copy and pasting of features  Click on the text box and right click on the mouse and a menu should appear and you select the Copy  The move to the slide you wish to past to and right click on the mouse and a menu should appear and you select the Paste  CTRL C and CTRL V are keystrokes that do the same functions

7. Copy and Pasting - More  In Power Point you can copy the entire slide and paste it complete with the correct formatting  When you copy – you also copy the formatting and the annotation style.  To Insert text that has the same format you can copy from your Word document and using Edit and Paste Special and then use unformatted text and this will insert text with no formatting so it will take on the formatting set in the text box.

8. Graphics http://www.3d-art.co.uk/3dpages/3ded/king-4.html  Graphics must be credited with a URL that is grey text (red=150, Green=150, Blue=150) using Verdana 8pt font (see left).  You should not activate this link (in a year or two it is unlikely to be accessible)  Photographs should have a shadow around them and depending on the photo a border can also be attached.  I will investigate what tools can help make the background transparent.