Introductory

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007/2010

Introductory Level

The course is aimed at users new to PowerPoint, or those wishing to create professional looking presentations quickly.  By the end of the training session, delegates will be familiar with the functions and applications of PowerPoint, and will be able to produce quality presentations.

Pre-Requisite:     Delegates attending this course should be already working with Microsoft PowerPoint and wish to expand their knowledge, or should be about to commence using Microsoft PowerPoint, or are converting from another Presentation package. 

Duration:          1 Day

Introduction to PowerPoint
  • Starting powerpoint
  • PowerPoint and Microsoft Office
  • Slides and presentations
  • Opening an existing presentation
  • Savinf a presentation
  • Closing a PowerPoint presentation
The PowerPoint screen and views
  • The standard toolbar
  • The formatting toolbar
  • Status bar
  • The view icons
  • Slide view
  • Outline view
  • Slide sorter view
  • Notes page view
  • Slide show view
Using autolayout
  • Selectin slide layouts
  • The title slide
  • Bulleted list
  • Two column text
  • Table
  • Text and chart
  • Organisation chart
  • Chart
  • Text and clipart
  • Text and objects
  • Text and media clip
Wizards for Autocontent and look
  • Starting the autocontent wizard
  • Selecting the presentation type
  • How will the presentation be used?
  • Selecting the type of output
  • Entering the presentation title
  • Completing the wizard
  • The title slide produced
  • The content of the slides
Creating a simple text slide
  • Creating a new blank presentation
  • Selecting a slide layout
  • Simple text slide
  • Create a text slide in outline view
  • Adding slide titles
  • Adding bullet points
  • Sub-level bullets
  • To start a new slide in outline view
  • Manipulating slides in outline view
Formatting and proofing text
  • Formatting options
  • Select then do!
  • Text formatting
Pictures and backgrounds
  • What are the PowerPoint drawing tools?
  • Using the drawing tools
  • Autoshapes
  • Using clipart
  • Selecting objects
  • Grouping and un-grouping objects
  • Re-sizing objects
  • Aligning objects
  • Moving objects
  • Rotating objects
  • Cutting, copying, pasting and duplicating
  • Moving objects forwards and backwards
  • Applying and creating colour schemes
  • Changing colour schemes
  • Adding a custom background
  • Copying colour schemes between slides
  • The drawing toolbar
Printing a Presentation
  • About printing your presentation
  • The print dialog box
Creating and running a slide show
  • What is a slide show?
  • Running a slide show
  • Navigating through a slide show
  • Slide show transitions
  • Slide show timings
  • Slide show annotations
  • Hidden slides
  • What are animation effects?
  • Animation settings
  • Meeting minder
  • Slide show shortcuts