Harvard Referencing Style and Power Point Presentation

This assignment covers the Harvard referencing style and its application in file documentation, as well as creating effective PowerPoint presentations for business and educational purposes. It discusses the importance of using a consistent reference style and provides examples of how to use it in various contexts. Additionally, it explores the features and advantages of using PowerPoint presentations in business and education, including their ability to engage audiences and convey complex information in a clear and concise manner.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
How references and cites the source correctly. ..........................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Create “My Annual House Budget”............................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................7
How to use Microsoft Power point Presentation.........................................................................7
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
This report will discuss about the Harvard referencing style and how it can be used the
file documentation in proper manner. This assignment will describe the Annual budget of House
on the basis of their monthly income. Furthermore, This report will cover the power point
presentation to useful for the business purpose.
TASK 1
How references and cites the source correctly.
Referencing is basically method or process that used for demonstrating the reader to find
out the correct sources, it is also acknowledgement that provide the specific ideas of particular
written information by author. It is a crucial part of successful research that useful for identifying
the particular research and also build the understanding regarding the topic and subject. Accurate
and proper referencing is main component of academic that help for enhance to the presentation
of work (Kasemsap, 2018). Referencing is the best approach that help for researcher to identify
the actual information and data in the source.
To write their own references that required information about the particular item which
can be research on particular topic and subject. There are some specific information needed to
put in the referencing.
 Date of publication
 Author and Editor name
 Title of items.
These are the important information that can be addressed in the research to mention the actual
source of data.
 Editor of Author- It is a primary person that produced different types of items which
used for the research analysis. Editor can be one or more for particular article and books
that's why, it required to mention all the name in proper manner. For Example- An
organization is required cooperate author that usually part of company that has own
website and pages.
 Title of items- In the research field, Primary item can be used that identify the actual
work behind the research on the basis of title. In this way, it can be identify some piece
of information that describe that what have used. In this way, it allows the reader to
determine the information.

 Publication date/ recording/ broadcast- Publication date is indicated in the referencing
which is usually based on the year. If use the emails, television recording and newspaper
article etc.
How to cite-
The basic structure of citation based on the author date method that contain author name,
publication year, page number and range etc. For Example that help for put the citation in the
documentation files therefore, The range and page number is omitted and their whole work can
be cited. The surname of author is also omitted and appear in the text (Luftman, Lyytinen and
ben Zvi,2017).
There are specific rules which depending on the different number of author and their particular
work.
 If the work has to be done by three authors, it can include all author name in the citation.
More than three authors, it can be used the 'et al.' after the first author.
For Example- (Read, Verdejo and Barros, 2008)
 If the cite on new work and same author or written in the same year citations that ' why,
we can use the lower case letter after the date.
For Example- (Goldacre, 2009b)
 Most of the book contain the chapters which is written by other authors. The citing wok
from the particular book so that it can add the cited in chapter without edition of book.
 Direct quote is using in the articles or books. It must used the single quotation marks and
page number of state (Volkow, 2017).
For Example- Menzies, Matthews and Simons (2001)
References list:
Book : Print
Author / Editor (Name)
(Year of publication)
Title(italic)
Title and number (Editions)
publication place (used the first name of author)
Publisher
Online:

Author / Editor (Name)
(Year of publication)
Title(italic)
Edition (number)
[Online]
publication place (used the first name of author)
Publisher
Available from : URL
[access of date]
TASK 2
Create “My Annual House Budget”
Microsoft Excel tool is used for creating the Annual house budget that includes all the
expenses applicable in the house (Madon and Krishna, 2018). This budget shows the income of
home and also representing the home utilise, Groceries, children expenses, personal health care
product, transportation etc. There are important information added in the entire budget of house
in effective ways.
Expenses Amount Income Amount
Home and utilities Your take-home pay 7,000
Mortgage & rent 12 Your partner's take-home pay 3,000
Furniture & appliances 924 Bonuses / overtime 10,000
Renovations & maintenance 45
Income from savings and
investments 50000
Electricity 141 Centrelink benefits 1000
Gas 443 Family benefit payments 12000
Water 245 Total income 83,000
Internet 141
Pay TV 689
Mobile 987
Groceries
Supermarket 800
Butcher 908
Fruit & veg market 88
Fish shop 8087
Deli & bakery 634

Pet food 673
Personal and health care
Cosmetics & toiletries 656
Hair & beauty 677
Medicines & pharmacy 465
Glasses & eye care 755
Dental 754
Doctors & medical 575
Transportation
Bus & train & ferry 703
Petrol 973
Road tolls & parking 34
Rego & licence 332
Repairs & maintenance 462
Children
Baby products 892
Toys 389
School fees 353
Excursions 646
School uniforms 132
Other school needs 453
Total expenses 24068
Total Income:
$7,000$3,000
$10,000
$50,000
$1,000
$12,000
$83,000
Your take-home pay
Your partner's take-home pay
Bonuses / overtime
Income from savings and
investments
Centrelink benefits
Family benefit payments
Total income

TASK 3
How to use Microsoft Power point Presentation
Microsoft power point presentation is a tool or platform that help for creating dynamic
presentation which is useful for the purpose of business, educations and medical etc (Moulton,
Türkay and Kosslyn, 2017). All sector MS power point is applicable for presenting all the
important information in proper manner. There are followings task and use the power point to
create an effective power point sides in proper manner.
1. Open the file tab and to select new option, afterwards choose the effective theme. Power-
point is show the preview theme for different colour variations available.
2. Select the Home table click on the new slide to pick another sides for creating new
layout.

 It also chooses the browse folders.
 Save the file on click the save as option
3. Add the text to select the place where type the works
4. Select the specific text and also uses the drawing tool for create dynamic power point
slides.

3. Add the picture so that chooses the insert option to add the online pictures.
4. Also add some notes and description of particular topic.

There are important advantage of MS power-point presentation.
 Power-point presentation software allows the user to create an effective presentation of
slides in proper manner.
 It also provides the different features such as photos, tables, charts, graphs, text etc. this
will help for speaker to attract the audience towards the presentation.
 Power-point presentation is basically used for business purpose and educational because
it is very effective and easy for understand (Song, Arnott and Gao, 2018).
 Many institutes also used this software for the purpose of teaching.
 Shows the better presentation because it provides the brief information that explained in
the front of audience.
 In this way, It can show the accurate point of visualization.
CONCLUSION
As per discuss, it concludes that the Harvard referencing style and how it can be used the
file documentation in proper manner. It also summarized the Annual budget of House on the
basis of their monthly income. It also covers the power point presentation to useful for the
business purpose. It can be determined that all the power-point presentation, Harvard references
basically used for the business use.

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