PowerPoint Goals and Objectives

Goals

a. To introduce Microsoft PowerPoint as a presentation package.

b. To develop and improve the user’s understanding of creating a
presentation, and the various ways in which it can be modified.
c. To improve the user’s knowledge of using drawing and text tools and make
their use of this presentation package more efficient.

After reading this manual the user will be able to:

1. Open existing presentations, and create new presentations;

2. Open PowerPoint and Switch between display modes as required;
3. Apply new slide layouts and reapply layouts to current slides;
4. Insert text boxes on a slide, and edit the text format;
5. Insert clipart graphics and pictures, move and resize them as required;
6. Apply and change the background colour or design template of one or all
slides;
7. Insert or remove bullets within a specified list, and format bullet types;
8. Use task panes and smart tags to format slide content accordingly;
9. Add borders to text boxes or clipart images;
10. Insert shapes from the Drawing toolbar and group the shapes with Text
boxes;
11. Insert and modify an organisation chart and a graph within a slide;
12. Use the WordArt package to insert and modify text within a slide;
13. Print slides using various views;
14. Apply Custom Animation effects to text boxes, clipart images and pictures
within slides;
15. Add transition effects to slides;
16. Use the Slide Master view to insert a picture and slide numbers
throughout a presentation;
17. Use Help functions and spell checker within PowerPoint;
18. Close PowerPoint.

All of the above will be completed using Microsoft PowerPoint.