ECDL 95/97 Module 6

Brendan Munnelly is an experienced IT trainer,consultant, journalist and author. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Brendan has developed user training materials for a range of corporate and government organisations throughout Europe. He is also a frequent contributor to computer publications.

 Contents  Introduction 1  chapter 1  Presentation basics 3  In this chapter 3  New skills 3  New words 4  Presentations and presentation software 5  Starting PowerPoint 6  Opening an existing presentation 6  Working with PowerPoint presentations 8  Different views 8  Zoom 9  Finding your way around a presentation 9  Printing a presentation 11  Using online help 12  Modifying the toolbar display 14  Closing a presentation 14  Quitting PowerPoint 15  Chapter summary: so now you know 15  chapter 2  Creating your first slides 17  In this chapter 17  New skills 17  New words 18  Creating a new presentation 19  Landscape or portrait? 21  Adding slides to your presentation 22  Using Outline view 23  Copying text within PowerPoint 26  Importing text from another application 27  Deleting a slide 29  Hiding a slide 30  Undo feature 30  Saving your presentation 30  Chapter summary: so now you know 31  chapter 3  Adding graphics and pictures 33  In this chapter 33  New skills 33  New words 34  Using PowerPoint’s drawing tools 35  Line and arrow tools 35  Rectangle tool 35  Ellipse tool 36  Line colour and style 36  Fill colour 36  Text box 37  Editing drawn objects 37  Grouping and ungrouping objects 39  Inserting AutoShapes 40  Inserting organisation charts 40  Presenting quantitative information 44  Importing pictures 48  Standing out from the crowd 51  Chapter summary: so now you know 52  chapter 4  Projecting a consistent image 53  In this chapter 53  New skills 53  New words 54  Using presentation designs 55  Making the design your own 56  Modifying the colour scheme 57  Modifying the background 58  The Slide Master 60  Formatting text on individual slides 62  Adding borders to objects 64  Tips for better presentations 65  How much should you put on a slide? 65  What point size should you choose? 65  What font should you choose? 66  What colours should you choose? 66  Using the same style again 67  Chapter summary: so now you know 67  chapter 5  Building a presentation 69  In this chapter 69  New skills 69  Using slide sorter to check your slides 71  Changing the order of slides 71  Reordering by dragging 72  Reordering with cut and paste 72  Copying slides between presentations 73  Deleting a slide 75  Using PowerPoint slides in other applications 75  Working with earlier versions of PowerPoint 77  Chapter summary: so now you know 77  chapter 6  Wowing the audience 79  In this chapter 79  New skills 79  New words 80  Slide transitions 81  Automatic or manual advance 82  Build slides 83  Music and other noises 89  Preparing handouts 89  Numbering your slides 90  Speaker notes 90  Notes view 91  Check your spelling! 92  Saving your presentation as a slide show 92  Chapter summary: so now you know 93  Index 95