wiclogoPowerPoint Basics

May 2008
http://wic.library.upenn.edu/multimedia/tutorials/pptbasic.html

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Description: Learn the basics of PowerPoint hands-on. Participants will learn to create new presentations, apply design templates, manipulate text, insert graphics, prepare notes and handouts from PowerPoint slides, save presentations, and more.

Workshop Outcomes: Familiarity with terms and menu structure, comfort with basic slide creation, understanding of PowerPoint's capabilities

Workshop Outline

  1. Why are you using PowerPoint?
  2. Basic Concepts and Terminology:
  3. Hands-on Activity
    1. Create a title slide
    2. Choose Design Template                (Format / Slide Design)
    3. Create two content slides                (Insert / New Slide)
    4. Use slide sorter to rearrange           (View / Slide Sorter)
    5. Use slide sorter to hide                   (Slide Show / Hide Slide)
    6. Change Design Template
    7. Save and Print Options
  4. Discussion on presentation structure
  5. Hands-on Activity
    1. Working with Text                               (Format / Font)
    2. Working with Bullets and Numbering
    3. Changing Slide Layout
    4. Working with text boxes
    5. Adding Graphics                             (Insert Toolbar)
  6. Discussion on clipart online
  7. Discussion on handouts and notes fields
  8. Hands-on Activity
  9. PowerPoint on the Web
  10. Questions and Comments
PowerPoint Resources and Critiques