Course outline
Uses and elements of PowerPoint• Different ways to present information
• The various PowerPoint views: Slide view; Normal View; Outline view; Speaker’s Notes; Audience Handouts
• Different physical forms of output: Paper/overhead; 35mm slides; on screen presentations
• Screen layout and toolbox
• Entering text to form a presentation outline in both Slide and Outline view
Formatting text at the character level
• Changing font and size
• Applying type styles
• Formatting Smart Tag
Paragraph formatting
• Changing bullets
• Adjusting indents
Restructuring text in a slide
• Moving up and down one line
• Promoting and demoting text to a different level within the same or a different slide
• Using the Expand slide command to break up a complex slide into several simpler ones
Charts and Graphs
• Creating Organisation charts
• Creating bar, line, pie and other charts
Making changes to individual slides
• Use of the layout button to change layout style quickly
• Re-applying the Slide Master
• Assigning a different background
• Inserting slides from other presentations using Slide Finder
Global changes to a presentation
• General use of the Slide Master
• Changing background colour to a presentation
• Changing the Colour Scheme
• Changing the Template assigned
Graphic enhancements
• Use of elements to enhance slides e.g. boxes, circles, arrows etc
• Adding clip art
Presentations and slideshows
• Previewing a slide show
• Displaying slides automatically at timed intervals and at manually determined intervals
• Assigning transition effects
• Incorporating multimedia effects into slideshows e.g. sound and animation
• The Pick and Go Wizard; ensuring correct transfer of a presentation from desktop to laptop
