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• Describe MS Sway 2016

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• Explain the Creation and Sharing of Sway

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 Getting Started with Sway (1–3)

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• Sway is a new application from Microsoft

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Office that makes it easy to create and share

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interactive reports, personal stories,
presentations, and more

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• The major advantage with Sway is that

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there’s no need to spend lots of time on

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formatting
• It is super easy to share the finished Sways.

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Family, friends, classmates, and coworkers
can see the creations on the Web without
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 Getting Started with Sway (2–3)

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• Sway is free to use for anyone with

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a Microsoft Account (Hotmail, Live,

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• Users can create more
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content when Sway is used as part

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 Getting Started with Sway (3–3)

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• On the My Sways page that opens

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after signing in, click or tap Create

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New to start creating the first

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settings for any Sway whenever

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 Working with Sway (1–4)

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• Sway works in all modern mobile

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browsers, regardless of platform
• The Storyline is where the user can

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type, insert, edit, and format the

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which holds the type of content
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 Working with Sway (2–4)

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• To add basic content to Sway, such

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as text and images, click or tap
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corner of any existing card, and

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then choose the type of content to
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• One can easily search for and add
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an image that is stored on the

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 Working with Sway (3–4)

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• Sway can also search the Web for

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most relevant content, such as videos

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and add it to Sway

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• On the menu bar, click Insert, select
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menu, and then enter any search

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keyword or phrase into the Search

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 Working with Sway (4–4)

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• One can preview his/her work in progress at

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any time by clicking the Design tab

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• When Sway is previewed, one can see how it
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to be shared

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• To fully experience Sway, click

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the Play button on the top menu bar

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 Summary

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• Sway is a new application from Microsoft Office • Sway works in all modern mobile browsers,
that makes it easy to create and share interactive regardless of platform. Whether the user is taking

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reports, personal stories, presentations, and more the sightseeing trip of a lifetime, documenting
which is relatively unexplored. Whether it’s a research for school, or taking part in an important

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report, a presentation, a newsletter, a personal business conference, Sway is always just a tap away
story, a photo album, or a visual trip report, • Content is arranged in sequential order by

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there’s virtually no limit on what one can express adding Cards, each of which holds the type of
creatively with Sway content wanted by the user — such as text, images,

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• The major advantage with Sway is that there’s no videos, and even Office documents
need to spend lots of time on formatting. Its built- • To add basic content to Sway, such as text and
in design engine takes care of making your

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images, click or tap the <+> icon in the bottom left
creation look its best corner of any existing card, and then choose the
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any browser and then click Sign in on the top
menu bar ec • One can easily search for and add additional
content to Sway, such as an image that is stored on
• On the My Sways page that opens after signing in, the computer or mobile device. Sway can also
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click or tap Create New to start creating the first search the Web for the most relevant content, such
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Sway as videos, and add it to Sway

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