PowerPoint 2003 Basics
Courseware Training Materials
Part of the Computer Basics Series

Foundation / Intermediate level computer training materials for delivering training to your students, staff or clients.  A courseware site licence allows you to train an unlimited number of people, at your training center using these teaching resources.

Training Course Outlines 

USING POWERPOINT

• Opening PowerPoint using the Start Menu
• Closing PowerPoint
• Opening an existing presentation
• Closing a presentation
• Opening a recently used PowerPoint file
• Selecting (& opening) a continuous block of files
• Selecting (& opening) multiple files which are not in a continuous block
• Creating a new presentation when starting the PowerPoint application
• Saving a presentation to a specific location
• Saving a presentation using another name
• Saving a file in a format other than PowerPoint format, such as RTF
• Saving your file in a different PowerPoint version
• Saving a file as a template
• Saving a presentation as image formatted files
• Saving a presentation as a show
• Switching between open presentations using the task bar
• Switching between open presentations using the Window menu
• Switching between open presentations using a keyboard shortcut

POWERPOINT VIEWS

• The uses of the different PowerPoint views
• Normal view
• Slide sorter view
• Outline view
• Slide show view
• Recommended techniques relating to slide title use
• Changing presentation views
• Changing to Normal View
• Changing to Slide Sorter View
• Changing to Slide Show View
• Changing between slide and outline view

SLIDES

• Inserting a title slide
• Inserting a bulleted list slide
• Inserting a Chart and Text slide
• Inserting a Table slide
• Applying a design template
• Changing to a different design template
• Changing the background color of a selected slide
• Changing the background color of every slide within a presentation
• Changing the background color of multiple selected slides simultaneously
• Moving a slide within a presentation
• Copying a slide within a presentation
• Moving a slide from one presentation to another presentation
• Copying a slide from one presentation to another presentation
• Deleting a slide using the drop down menus.
• Deleting multiple slides (in one action)

MANIPULATING TEXT

• Recommended techniques when creating slide content
• Adding text to a slide in Normal (standard) view
• Adding text to a slide in Outline view.
• Editing slide content
• Editing text within a notes page
• Copying text within a presentation from one slide to another
• Copying text from one presentation to another
• Deleting selected text
• Using the Undo command
• Using the Redo command

FORMATTING TEXT

• Changing the font type
• Changing the font size
• Formatting using bold, italic or underlining
• Changing text case
• Changing the font color
• Adding a shadowed effect to text
• Changing paragraph alignment
• Centering text top and bottom

BULLET POINTS OR NUMBERING

• Adding bullets using the Bullets icon
• Using a different bullet type
• Indenting bulleted text
• Removing indenting from bulleted text
• Removing bullets
• Applying numbering to a list
• Applying a different numbering format
• Changing line spacing within a bulleted or numbered list
• Changing paragraph spacing before & after a bulleted or numbered list

GRAPHICS

• Inserting Clip Art
• Importing an image from a file.
• Selecting a graphic
• Selecting multiple images
• Selecting all images within a slide
• Cycling round all images and select them one, by one
• Copying a graphic within a presentation from one slide to another
• Copying a graphic from one presentation to another
• Moving text within a presentation from one slide to another
• Moving a graphic within a presentation from one slide to another
• Moving text from one presentation to another
• Moving a graphic from one presentation to another
• Resizing an image, object or chart
• Deleting a graphic
• Rotating an object
• Flipping an object
• Aligning objects (relative to the slide) using the Draw menu

AUTOSHAPES

• Displaying the drawing toolbar
• Drawing a line
• Drawing a free drawn line
• Inserting a line with an arrow on it
• Inserting an arrow shape
• Inserting a rectangle
• Inserting a square
• Inserting an oval
• Inserting an circle
• Inserting a Text Box
• Entering text into a text box
• Entering text into shapes
• Formatting the AutoShape background color
• Formatting the AutoShape line color
• Formatting the AutoShape line weight
• Formatting the AutoShape line style
• Changing the arrow start and end styles
• Adding a shadow effect to an AutoShape
• Resizing a graphic object or chart
• Grouping and ungrouping AutoShapes
• Ordering image layers
• Bringing an image object one level forward
• Sending an image one level backward
• Bringing an image to the front
• Sending an image to the back

CHARTS

• Creating a column, bar or line chart
• Creating a Pie chart
• Selecting a chart
• Changing the chart type
• Adding a chart title
• Editing a chart title
• Removing a chart title
• Adding value data labels to a chart
• Adding percentage data labels to a chart
• Changing the background color of a chart
• Changing the color of a chart column, bar or line

ORGANIZATION CHARTS

• Creating a slide containing an organizational chart
• Entering information into an organization chart box
• Moving boxes within the chart
• Adding chart boxes
• Removing chart boxes

TABLES

• Entering text into a table
• Editing text within a table
• Selecting a row
• Selecting a column.
• Selecting all the cells within a table
• Selecting the entire table
• Inserting rows
• Inserting columns
• Deleting rows
• Deleting columns
• Modifying column width
• Modifying row height

TRANSITION & ANIMATION EFFECTS

• What are slide show transitions effects?
• Adding slide show transitions effects
• Removing slide show transition effects
• What are slide show animation effects?
• Adding slide show animation effects for different elements
• Adding custom animation effects
• Removing slide show animation effects for different elements

MASTER SLIDES

• Slide Masters and Design Templates
• Inserting a picture into a master slide
• Inserting an image (from a file) into a master slide
• Inserting a drawn image into a master slide
• Removing a graphic from a master slide
• Adding footer text to all pages within a presentation
• Adding a footer text to just the current slide within a presentation
• Adding a footer text to selected slides within a presentation
• Adding automated slide numbering to a presentation
• Adding the time and date to a slide

PRINTING ISSUES

• Using the Spelling Checker
• Setting slide orientation and page size.
• Printing your entire presentation
• Printing just the current slide
• Printing particular slides
• Printing multiple copies
• Printing a presentation to a file
• Printing Handouts
• Printing Notes or a Presentation Outline

NOTES AND SLIDE SHOW SETUP

• Adding notes to a slide presentation
• Setting the slide format
• Hiding slides in a slide show

SLIDE SHOWS

• Starting a slide show (from the beginning)
• Starting a slide show on a specific slide
• Displaying the slide show shortcuts
• Moving to the next slide
• Moving to a previous slide
• Returning to the first slide
• Moving to a specific slide
• Blanking the screen to black
• Blanking the screen to white
• Exiting a slide show
• Using the slide show "right click menu"

HELP & CUSTOMIZATION

• Setting preference options
• The Help drop down menu
• Microsoft PowerPoint Help
• Microsoft Office Online
• Activate Product
• Detect and Repair
• About Microsoft PowerPoint
• ‘Today's Tip’
• Microsoft Office Assistant
• Displaying the Office Assistant
• Hiding the Office Assistant
• Using the Office Assistant
• Zooming a presentation using the Zoom button
• Displaying or hiding a toolbar