Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 - Foundation Course
PowerPoint 2003 is a presentation slide show program which can also be used to create posters and online multimedia presentations.
This introductory course develops basic skills in creating and organising your presentations.
The course is free online to UNE staff. Register for the course by completing and sending a registration form to Organisational Development, fax 2755 or by internal mail. As soon as this is processed we will contact you to advise that your course is now available through UNE Online.
What's in the course?
SECTION 1: Starting Out
Lesson 1.1 How To Right Click With Your Mouse
How To Minimize An Open Window
How To Maximize A Window
How To Restore A Window
How To Close A Window
How To Show The Desktop
Lesson 1.2 Editing Functions
How To Undo
How To Redo
Cutting Text
Copying Text
Pasting Text
Common Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows VS. Panes
Lesson 1.3 File Management
Files VS. Folders
Creating A New Folder
Renaming A Folder
Opening A Folder
Moving Files Using Drag And Drop
Deleting A Folder Or File
Lesson 1.4 Saving A Presentation
Saving A New Presentation
Saving and Verifying Changes To A Presentation
Using The Save As Command
SECTION 2: Understanding The PowerPoint Screen
Lesson 2.1 The PowerPoint Screen
Title Bars
Menu Bar
The Standard Toolbar
The Formatting Toolbar
The Drawing Toolbar
The Status Bar
Lesson 2.2 Using PowerPoint
The View Buttons
Introduction To The Outlines/Slides Pane
The Task Pane
Moving A Toolbar
Make A Floating Toolbar
Lesson 2.3 Getting Started
Changing Task Panes
New Presentation Task Pane
Opening An Existing Presentation
How To Start A New Blank Presenation
Starting A New Presentation From A Design Template
Starting A New Presentation From The AutoContent Wizard
Starting A New Presentation From An Existing Presentation
Using Templates
Lesson 2.4
Placeholders
Types Of Placeholders
Resizing A Placeholder
Moving A Placeholder
Deleting A Placeholder
Slide Layouts
Lesson 2.5
What Is A Slide
Adding New Slides To Your Presentation
Changing The Layout Of A Slide
Text Autofit
Reapply Layout
Lesson 2.6
Managing Slides
Slide Management
Rearranging The Order Of Slides
Using The Slides Tab
Using The Outline Tab
Inserting Duplicate Slides
Copying And Pasting Slides
Deleting Slides
Inserting Slides From Other Presentations
Automatic Layout And How To Turn It Off
SECTION 3: Working With Text
Lesson 3.1 Adding And Formatting Text
Creating A Blank Slide
Deleting Text
Changing Text Size
Changing Text Font Type
Formatting Text
Changing Text Alignment
Changing The Colour Of Your Text
Using The Font Dialog Box
Using Bullets And Numbered Lists
Switch Between Numbers And Bullets
Changing The Style Of Bullets And Numbered Lists
Deleting Bullets and Numbered Lists
Lesson 3.2 Adding A Text Box
Selecting A Text Box
Moving A Text Box
Deleting A Text Box
Resizing A Text Box
Rotating A Text Box
Formatting A Text Box
Selecting Text In A Text Box
Lesson 3.3 Find And Replace
Using Find and Replace
Adding A Drop Shadow To Text
Using The Format Painter
Symbols And Special Characters
Adding WordArt
SECTION 4: More On PowerPoint Views
Lesson 4.1 Managing Folders
Normal (Tri-Pane) View
Slide Sorter View
Notes Page view
Slide Show view
Colour/Grayscale View
Print Preview
The Print Preview Toolbar
Using The Zoom Views
Lesson 4.2 The Outline Pane
Using Outline view To Enter Text
Creating Slides In Outline view
Deleting Slides In Outline View
Rearranging Slides In Outline View
The Outlining Toolbar
Creating A Summary Slide
Lesson 4.3 Working With Slide Sorter View
Viewing Slides In Slide Sorter View
Creating Slides In Slide Sorter View
Rearranging Slides In Slide Sorter View
Deleting Slides
SECTION 5: Formatting A Presentation
Lesson 5.1 Adding Background Effects To Slides
Add A Background Colour
Add Gradient Fill
Add Textures
Add Pattersn
Add Pictures
Lesson 5.2 Headers And Footers
Inserting Headers And Footers
Inserting Slide Numbers
Inserting Date And Time
Changing Paragraph Settings
Indents
Changing Tab Settings
Paragraph Alignment
Changing Line Spacking
Lesson 5.3 Using Spell Check
Using AutoCorrect
Using The Thesaurus
Using The Research Pane
SECTION 6: Printing
Lesson 6.1 Printing Your Presentation
Print Preview
The Print Preview Toolbar
Print Range
Print Number Of Copies
Printing Slides
Printing Handouts
Printing Notes Pages
Printing Outline View
SECTION 7: Delivering The Presentation
Lesson 7.1 Taking It With You
About PowerPoint Viewer
Copying To CD Or Folder
Navigating The Slide Show
Using The Navigation Buttons
Using The Pointer Button
Lesson 7.2 Slide Timings
Using Slide Timings
Self-Running Presentation
Creating A Self-Running Presentation