Mac PowerPoint Introduction

Course Contents

Screen Layout

• Title Bar
• Menu Bar
• Toolbars (Ribbons)
• Tri Pane View (Normal)
• Ask a question

Creating a Presentation

• Creating A New Presentation
• Adding New Slides - entering & editing Text
• Slide Layouts - Title Slide, Bulleted List, Two Column Text
• Changing the slide layout
• Creating Blank Slides
• Adding Freeform Text
• Save a Presentation

Formatting a Presentation

• Selecting Text and Selecting Placeholders
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Backgrounds
• Formatting Numbered and Bulleted Lists
• Slide Master
• Format Painter

PowerPoint Views

• Normal (Tripane) View
• Slide Sorter View
• Notes Pages View
• Slide Show View
• View in Black and White
• Viewing Slide Miniature
• Print Preview
• Outline View

Working with Outline View

• Using Outline View to enter text
• Creating slides in Outline View
• The Outlining Toolbar
• Creating A Summary Slide

Working with Slide Sorter View

• Using Presentation Slide Sorter View
• Deleting Slides
• Moving and copying slides within the same presentation
• Moving and copying slides between different presentations
• Moving quickly between views

Drawing Skills

• The Drawing Toolbar
• Drawing basic shapes freehand
• Creating regular shapes
• Formatting Shapes including 3D, Shadows and Fill Effects
• Creating Auto Shapes
• Copying and Moving
• Working with Guides
• Working with the Visible Grid
• Aligning & Distributing Objects
• Flipping and Rotating
• Ordering Objects
• Grouping Objects
• Inserting and formatting text within a shape
• Inserting WordArt

Working with Clipart

• Inserting Clip Art
• Moving and Resizing
• Re-colouring Clip Art
• Grouping and Ungrouping Clip Art

Tables

• Create a table
• Adding text
• Inserting columns and rows
• Enhancing a table with formatting

Charts

• Create a chart
• Editing the Chart Type
• Editing the Chart Options

Organisation Charts

• Create an organisation Chart
• Editing an organisation Chart

Slide Masters & Templates

• Viewing the Slide Master
• Adding a company logo to every slide
• Formatting the background
• Colour Schemes
• Format Title Area and Object Area
• Adding Headers & Footers
• Inserting a second Slide Master
• Preserving a Slide Master
• Viewing the Title Master
• Editing the Title Master
• Applying Design Templates
• Slide Design Task Pane
• Creating your own design Template
• Apply your own design template
• Change the settings of the default design

Proofing Tools

• Typeface consistency
• Replace Fonts
• Spell Check
• Autocorrect

Transition and Animation Effects

• Transition Effects
• Building Bullet Points
• Animating a Chart
• Previewing Animations
• Animation Schemes
• Custom Animation
• Path animation
• Animating multiple objects simultaneously

Preparing the Presentation as a Slide Show

• Rehearsing the timing of a Presentation
• Controls to use during slide shows
• Slide Navigator
• Hiding Slides

Printing

• Print Preview
• Printing Handouts
• Printing Notes Pages
• Printing Outline View