PowerPoint Overview Stage 1

Course Overview

This course consists of a series of hands on activities to introduce users to Microsoft PowerPoint. It provides an Introduction to the basic commands and their use. By the end of the Course users will be confident in using PowerPoint to produce presentations. 

Getting Started
Terms
Starting PowerPoint
Using the Menus
Different Views

Existing Presentations
Opening an existing Presentation
Preview the Presentation
Add slides from other presentations 

Creating a New Presentation
Entering Text in Slide View
Creating a new slide
Changing Views
Changing View Scale

Text Attributes
Changing text attributes
Entering Text in notes view
Using bookmarks
Creating a text object
Creating a text label

Outline View
Re-arrange a Presentation
To promote or demote text
Print an outline
Import an outline
To export an outline
Select and Replace  

Masters
Slide Master
Adding or changing the Master
Adding a header
Adjusting body indents
Follow the Master
Re-apply the Master

Slides
Changing to a different slide
Using slide changer
Previewing slides
Slide sorter
Saving the file

Customising PowerPoint
Understanding and Applying Templates
Using a Colour Scheme
Adding a Shaded Background
Drawing and Modifying Objects
Adding Graphs
 

Producing a Presentation
Slide Transition
Rehearse timings
Animation Effects
Action Buttons
 

 

 

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for the user who has a basic understanding of Windows but is not familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint.

Duration

1 Day              9.30 - 4.45 with one hour for lunch.