Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Basics

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USING POWERPOINT 2010

Opening PowerPoint 2010
Opening a presentation
Navigating between slides
Using the Zoom tool
Changing PowerPoint views
Using Help
Searching for Help
Using the Help Table of Contents
Saving a presentation
Closing a presentation
Closing PowerPoint
Opening multiple presentations
Switching between multiple presentations

CREATING A PRESENTATION

Creating a new presentation
Inserting a new slide
Recommended techniques when creating slide content
Undo and Redo
Saving a presentation
Saving a presentation using a different name

MANIPULATING SLIDES

Inserting slides with a particular slide layout
Modifying the slide layout
Changing the background color on the active slide
Changing background color on all the slides within a presentation

THEMES

Applying a theme to a presentation
Modifying the theme colors
Modifying the theme fonts

TEXT BOXES (PLACEHOLDERS)

Editing Text Boxes (Placeholders)
Resizing a Text Box (Placeholder)
Moving a Text Box (Placeholder)

MANIPULATING TEXT

Selecting text
Moving text within a slide
Moving text between slides within a presentation or between presentations
Copying text within a slide
Copying text between slides within a presentation or between presentations
Deleting text
Using Find
Using Replace

FONT FORMATTING

Font formatting options
Changing the font type
Changing font size
Increasing or decreasing the font size
Bold, Italic or Underline formatting
Strikethrough effects
Shadow effects
Character spacing
Changing case
Font color
Clearing all text formatting

PARAGRAPH FORMATTING

Text alignment
Columns
Modifying bullet point formatting
Using numbering instead of bullet points
Changing the list level
Indenting bulleted text
What is the difference between line spacing and paragraph spacing?
Line spacing
Paragraph spacing
Using Outline view
PowerPoint Presenter Notes
Text direction
Text alignment within a Text Box (placeholder)
Text AutoFit
Using the Format Painter

TABLES

Table selection techniques
Column selection
Row selection
Entire table selection
Creating a table
Applying a style to a table
Cell background shading
Applying table effects
Adding 'Quick Styles' to selected text
Applying borders to cells
Deleting rows or columns
Inserting rows or columns
Modifying column width and row height
Distributing rows and columns

GRAPHICS

Selecting an illustration
Moving an illustration
Copying an illustration
Deleting an illustration
Resizing an illustration
Stretching an illustration
Copying illustrations between presentations
Moving illustrations between presentations
Inserting Illustrations within PowerPoint
Inserting pictures
Inserting Clip Art
Inserting Shapes
Inserting text into a shape
Inserting perfect circles or perfect squares
Inserting a line
Inserting a free drawn line
Inserting an arrow
Inserting a text box
Inserting SmartArt

MANIPULATING GRAPHICS

Formatting the shape background fill color style
Formatting the shape line weight and style
Formatting the shape line color
Applying a shadow to an illustration
Modifying arrow line shapes and size
Rotating or flipping an illustration
Rotating illustrations by dragging with the mouse
Layering illustrations to the front or back
Aligning graphics relative to each other or relative to the slide
Aligning shapes relative to the left of a slide
Aligning shapes relative to the centre of a slide
Aligning shapes relative to the right of a slide
Aligning shapes relative to the top of a slide
Aligning shapes relative to the bottom of a slide
Grouping and ungrouping objects

CHARTS

Inserting Charts
Changing the chart type
Changing the background color in the chart
Changing the column, bar, line or pie slice colors in the chart
Chart title manipulation
Adding data labels to a chart

ORGANIZATION CHARTS

What is an organization chart?
Creating an organization chart
Adding labels to items within an organization chart
Adding a co-worker to an organization chart
Adding a subordinates within an organization chart
Adding a manager within an organization chart
Removing an item from an organization chart
Changing the hierarchical structure of an organization chart

MANIPULATING SLIDES

Moving slides within a presentation or between presentations
Copying slides within a presentation
Deleting a slide or slides
Copying slides between presentations
Moving slides between presentations

SLIDE MASTERS

What is a slide master?
Inserting a picture (clipart) into a master slide
Inserting an image (from a file) into a master slide
Inserting a shape into a master slide
Removing a graphic from a master slide
Creating a footer
Automatic slide numbering
Inserting dates into the footer

SLIDE SHOWS

Running a slide show
Adding Slide show transition effects
Removing transition effects
Adding slide show animation effects
Modifying slide show animation effects
Removing animation effects
Hiding slides
Displaying hidden slides within a slide show

PRINTING AND PROOFING

Spell-checking
Using Portrait or Landscape slide orientation
Selecting your output format
Visually inspect each slide before printing
Printing options
Setting the number of copies to print
Selecting a different printer
Printing selected slides
Setting the number of slides per page to be printed.
Single or double sided (duplex) printing
To print a presentation

CUSTOMIZING AND COMPATIBILITY ISSUES

Modifying PowerPoint options
Compatibility issues when saving a presentation
Other file types you can use when saving a presentation
Saving a presentation as a template
Creating a new presentation based on a customized template
Minimizing the Ribbon