Unit 5b

Unit 5B

The first step to creating a magazine article is by opening a PowerPoint. You do this by going into to start tab and selecting PowerPoint, this will open the PowerPoint after loading for a short time. After this you select the "blank presentation" in the top left corner of the screen, this will open a blank PowerPoint that is ready to use. I will use PowerPoint because it is an digital method that is easy to use and can produce seemingly professional magazine articles.

As PowerPoint is normally used to give a presentation it needed to be changed so as it can effectively present an magazine article. To do this press the view tab and the press a notes page. We need to do this because the notes page will make the article look more professional.

For the title we need to make it standout and catch the audiences eye so it is best to use Word Art. We will use publisher as publisher is better suited to make a title for the article. To do This Press the start button and select publisher as shown in the screen shot. After it has loaded select the insert tab as shown below and click on Word Art.






For the article I think that the font that is outlined in the screenshot will work the best, as it will stand out and it's colour is a similar colour to the colour of the title of the game Xcom 2



Once you have selected the Word Art a box with the words "Your text here" will appear as shown in the screenshot. This will have the Word Art chosen and will give you a demonstration of what it looks like allowing the viewer to see whether or not they like. As I want to keep this text it will delete the text and replace it with the title as shown below.

After we have selected this text we need to copy and paste the title into the power point slide by right- clicking on it and selecting copy and then going into the power point and pasting it onto the top of the page. This is shown by the two screenshots on the sides of this.

Next we will need to make a text box so that we can write the article, this will also let us place the text where we want it to for maximum effect. To get a text box we need to select the insert tab and then click on the text box. We can then draw the box by holding the mouse and choosing the box's size, after this an empty box will appear as shown below.

Once we are done with this we now need to start writing it. To begin we will have a introduction so that the reader will know what the article is about and make them want to carry on reading to find out what our verdict is.
For now we will use the basic font which is "Calibri (body)" as we will edit this later if we need to but for now this will do. In addition to this we will keep the font black and put the font size to 14.

By adding the introduction we can show the reader the premise of the game while also telling them what type of game it is. Due to us adding the premise of the game if the reader knows nothing of what the game is about they will be able to get a slight idea and then understand more of what the review is saying.



Now that the introduction is done we will start the review of the game. To do this we are going to separate the negative from the positive and put them in two columns. To start this we will have word art as the title's of each columns. Follow the previous steps for the inserting Word Art. We will have the Positive column in blue because blue often connotes good emotions while the negative column in red as the colour red is normally used to show bad things.

Underneath these headings we will make two texts box. One under the Positive and another under the negative. Repeat the previous steps of making text boxes but while making two for positive and negative  and making them under the two headings.

I will first focus on the positive column. The positive column will be in blue because this will match the title. To change colour  go to the home tab of the power point and then select the "A" with colour underlining it and choose the colour. I have chosen this shade of blue because it is dark enough to be seen while still light enough to clearly be blue not black. I am going to have the my points numbered so that the reader will be able to see the amount of points on each side. To do this in the home tab select the button show in the picture below and choose the first one.
This means that every time the enter button is pressed a the next number will appear, making the listing of the pro's quicker and easier. After this I will start writing the positive points of the game.

Once I have finished the positive section of this is will them move on to the negative side. I will do this by following the same steps as the positive side.
Once the negative side is done I will be almost finished with the article but i will need to give a final verdict so that the reader can see a rating and what I think of it overall.





Before I give a score to the game I will need to write a conclusion so that readers will be able to see why I will give the score to this game. To do this I will need to make a text box, so the previously shown steps will need to be repeated. To show a neutral viewpoint on the conclusion, I will write it in black text.

The final verdict will be in black because putting it in a positive or negative colour would show a bias towards it on one way. I will give them game a score out of ten but so it is clear I am going to use a picture from the internet to show it.
To do this there is several steps:
1. Find the picture needed on google.                                               1
2. Right click on picture and select "save image as". Save it in the pictures tab.
3. Go back onto the power point and select insert. After this click on the picture button and double click the picture wanted. This will insert it.
4. Once is has been inserted it will need to be re sized and put in the correct position                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2                  
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This article has almost been completed but so that it looks more visually appealing I am going to add more pictures in. Furthermore pictures also demonstrate the game, showing promotional art and also in-game pictures. To do this follow the same steps as previously shown to get more pictures. The pictures that I used were:

Due to the pictures taking up a large amount of room I had to modify the article so that they could fit in leaving the finished product look like the picture below.