Introduction to Power point

Microsoft PowerPoint is a commercial presentation application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The current versions at the time of writing this tutorial are 2010 for Microsoft Windows and 2011 for Mac OS X. Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation tool that supports text, shapes, graphics, pictures and multimedia along with integration with other Microsoft Office products like Excel. By default, documents saved in PowerPoint 2010 are saved with the .pptx extension whereas, the file extension of the prior PowerPoint versions is .ppt. Audience This tutorial has been designed for computer users who are willing to learn Microsoft PowerPoint in simple steps and they do not have much knowledge about computer usage and Microsoft applications. This tutorial will give you enough understanding on MS PowerPoint from where you can take yourself at higher level of expertise.

This Microsoft PowerPoint training course aims to provide new PowerPoint users with the essentials skills needed to create, edit and present professional looking presentations using text, tables, diagrams, charts and pictures as well as providing presentations tips.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

work with the basic features of PowerPoint

create a new presentation

work with presentations

insert text into a slide and apply basic for-matting

work with the various slide layouts

create and work with SmartArt graphics

draw and format shapes

navigate a slide show in PowerPoint

use a range of printing techniques

follow the procedures for using various

forms of Help

create brilliant presentations.

CURRICULUM CONTENTS

Content Getting to know PowerPoint Starting PowerPoint Understanding the start screen Creating a new blank presentation The PowerPoint screen How microsoft powerpoint works Using the ribbon Using ribbon keytips Showing and collapsing the ribbons Understanding the backstage view Accessing the backstage view Using shortcut menus Understanding dialog boxes Launching dialog boxes	Understanding the quick access toolbar Adding commands to the QAT Understanding the status bar Customising the status bar Exiting safely from PowerPoint Your first presentation Creating presentations in PowerPoint Creating a presentation Applying theme variants The save as place The save as dialog box Typing text into a slide Inserting new slides Typing text using the outline pane Applying slide transitions	Saving a presentation Previewing a slide show Closing a presentation Working with presentations The open place The open dialog box Opening a presentation Opening multiple presentations Switching between open presentations Understanding presentation views Changing presentation views Navigating a presentation Using the zoom tool Opening a recent presentation Working with text Editing text	Checking spelling and grammar Understanding font formatting Applying font formatting Applying paragraph formatting Changing bullet and numbering styles Moving and resizing placeholders Applying wordart to text Converting text to smartart Slide layouts Understanding slide layouts Inserting a title slide Inserting a title and content slide Inserting a section header slide Inserting a table Inserting a picture with caption slide
Inserting a chart Changing the slide layout SmartArt Understanding smartart Inserting a smartart graphic Inserting text into smartart Adding shapes below Adding shapes above Adding shapes before and after Adding an assistant	Promoting and demoting shapes Switching smartart right to left Resizing smartart Changing the smartart layout Applying a colour scheme Applying a smartart style Deleting smartart shapes Shapes Drawing shapes Resizing shapes	Editing shapes Positioning shapes Arranging shapes Merging shapes Formatting shapes Using the eyedropper Copying shapes Aligning shapes using the ribbon Aligning objects using the smart guides Inserting and formatting text Connecting shapes	Grouping shapes Rotating shapes Preparing for presentations Using slide sorter view Reusing slides Adding sections Adding notes to your slides Slide numbers About hyperlinks Creating an internal hyperlink
Creating a hyperlink to another presentation Creating a hyperlink to another application Keyboard shortcuts for navigating slide shows Using resume reading Presenting a slide show	Printing you presentation Understanding printing Previewing slides Printing slides Printing handouts Printing notes pages Printing the outline	Getting help Understanding how help works Accessing the help window Navigating the help window Using the office website Googling help Printing a help topic

Prerequisites

You should be familiar with the basic functions of a computer operating system such as navigating the environment using a mouse and keyboard, starting applications, copying and pasting objects, formatting text, creating folders, opening files, saving files, familiarity with the accessing the Internet and use of common web browsers. If you do not have these skills, we recommend attending Basic Computer Skills Course and Effective Internet Use before attempting this course.

FEE AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM = N12,500

FEE AS PART OF COMPUTER APPRECIATION = N30,000

DURATION = 4 WEEKS