MICROSOFT POWERPOINT ESSENTIALS (1 DAY) - DLS CONSULTING

Subject

• Using Microsoft PowerPoint to produce presentations
   

Unit Standards

• 116933 Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based presentation application to create and edit slide presentations (3 Credits) Level 1
• 117923 Use a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-based presentation application to prepare and produce a presentation according to a given brief (5 Credits) Level 2

Pre-requisites

Prior knowledge and skills to:

• Read, write, communicate and comprehend at least at GET level.
• Operate a personal computer system.
• Use generic functions in a Graphical User Interface (GUI)-environment. (PC’s and Windows Essentials)
   

Level

• Basic

Modules

Presentation Principles

• What is a Presentation application programme
• Examples of presentations

Starting with PowerPoint

• Start the PowerPoint Programme
• Understanding the Screen
• Working with Toolbars
• Placeholders
• Entering data
• Inserting slides
• Changing View
• Changing the Zoom

Working with File Commands

• Saving a Presentation
• Closing a presentation
• Opening an existing presentation
• Starting a new blank presentation
• Saving changes to a presentation
• Saving a presentation with a Different Name
• Saving in a different file format
• Deleting a PowerPoint presentation file

Editing a Slide Presentation

• Move, copy and delete text
• Using the Clipboard
• Find and replace text
• Check spelling
• Check text automatically while entering

Formatting Text

• Select and deselect text
• Changing text fonts, sizes, styles and colours
• Text alignment
• Line spacing
• Working with tabs
• Bullets and Numbering
• Slide Layouts
• Design styles
• Background colour

• Inserting ClipArt
• Moving, Resizing and Deleting Graphics
• Inserting Word Art
• Inserting Shapes

Working with Tables

• Creating a Table
• Entering and Editing text in a Table
• Inserting or deleting rows or columns
• Merging and Splitting cells
• Changing column widths and row heights
• Formatting text in a table

Working with Charts

• What is a Chart
• Chart Terminology
• Creating Charts
• Entering Chart Data
• Editing the Chart Data
• Resizing or Moving the Chart
• Selecting a Chart for Formatting
• Changing the Chart Type
• Changing the Chart Options
• Formatting Chart Objects

Presentation Set Up

• Footers
• Speaker notes
• Working in the Slide Sorter View
• Working with multiple presentations
• Transition effects

Preview and Print

• Change the page set up
• Preview a presentation
• Print a presentation
• Print Settings

Preparation and Presenting

• Preparation
• Running a slide show
• Hints for running a slide show