Presentations with PowerPoint: Learning Made Simple

✍ Scribed by MOIRA STEPHEN

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 128
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This handy textbook covers all you need to know to get started using Powerpoint for presentations.Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications, and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to your needs. Learning Made Simple titles provide both a new colourful way to study and a useful adjunct to any training course. Using full colour throughout, and written by leading teachers and writers, Learning Made Simple books will help readers learn new skills and develop their talents. Whether studying at college, training at work, or reading at home, aiming for a qualification or simply getting up to speed, Learning Made Simple books will give you the advantage of easy, well-organised training materials in a handy volume with two or four-page sections for each topic for ease of use. First class handbooks for first-class learning Learning Made Simple, a colourful approach to support self-study and training courses alike *Written by experienced trainers for inexperienced learners to succeed, matched to main qualifications

✦ Table of Contents

Front cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 2
Copyright page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
1 Getting Started......Page 10
What is PowerPoint?......Page 11
Starting PowerPoint......Page 13
The PowerPoint window......Page 14
Normal view......Page 15
Slide Sorter view......Page 19
Slide Show view......Page 20
Create a presentation......Page 21
Save file......Page 22
Open file......Page 24
Close and Exit......Page 25
Help......Page 26
On-line Help......Page 30
Exercises......Page 31
2 Text......Page 34
Adding a new slide......Page 35
Bulleted lists......Page 36
Adjusting the indent......Page 38
Undo and Redo......Page 40
Moving text......Page 41
Moving/copying slides......Page 44
Font formatting......Page 46
Paragraph formatting......Page 48
Formatting bullets......Page 50
Exercises......Page 52
3 Layout and design......Page 56
Change slide layout......Page 57
Background......Page 58
Slide design templates......Page 59
Headers and footers......Page 60
Masters......Page 61
Exercises......Page 64
4 Graphics......Page 66
Insert clip art......Page 67
Formatting clip art......Page 68
Selecting objects......Page 70
Drawing tools......Page 71
AutoShapes......Page 72
Rotate or Flip......Page 74
Changing the order......Page 75
Group and Ungroup......Page 76
WordArt......Page 77
Exercises......Page 79
5 Tables and charts......Page 82
Tables......Page 83
Working in a table......Page 85
Charts......Page 86
Entering your data......Page 88
Chart Type......Page 90
Hiding rows and columns......Page 91
Chart objects......Page 92
Exercises......Page 93
6 Organization Charts......Page 96
Creating a chart......Page 97
Adding and editing text......Page 98
Adjusting the structure......Page 99
Formatting......Page 100
Exercises......Page 101
7 Slide show preparation......Page 104
Notes......Page 105
Slide Sorter view......Page 107
Hide Slide......Page 108
Rehearse Timings......Page 109
Summary slide......Page 111
Transition......Page 112
Animation schemes......Page 113
Exercises......Page 114
8 Presenting a show......Page 116
Print Preview......Page 117
Print......Page 118
Viewing a show......Page 119
Slide Navigation......Page 120
Pens and arrows......Page 121
Blackout and Whiteout......Page 122
Exercises......Page 123
Index......Page 126