Welcome to PowerPoint

Day 1 of 2Dan McAllister

Just arriving?• Sign-in near the door• Grab a handout

Finished for the day?• Please fill out our Class

Evaluation• Use the icon on the desktop

MODULE 1: PowerPoint Essentials, Working with ClipArt and WordArt• Introduction to the PowerPoint 2010 Interface (The Ribbon, The

Backstage View, The Quick Access Toolbar)o Mouse vs. Touch Mode (2013 only)

• Overview of the various PowerPoint views • Creating new presentations

o Wide vs. Standard Slide Size (2013 only)• Inserting new slides • Inserting and formatting text • Adding bulleted lists • Saving your presentation

o Re-opening and continuing where you left off • (Word and PPT 2013 only)

• Adding text boxes• Adding ClipArt to a slide

o Called “Online Pictures” in Word & PPT 2013)• Modifying ClipArt properties • Importing images to the ClipArt gallery • Applying WordArt styles

MODULE 2: Working with Drawing Shapes & Pictures, Transitions, Animations & Printing

• Introduction to Inserting Drawing Shapes and Auto Shapes • Formatting Drawing objects • Grouping and ungrouping objects • Layering (reordering) objects

o Merging Shapes 2013 only)• Inserting & editing pictures from a file • Inserting Screenshots• Adding slide transitions • Introduction to animating to text and objects • Running a slideshow • Adding speaker notes • Printing slides, speaker notes and handouts

Resources• www.learnit.com/files

o Choose the class >> the version >> the day >> download the fileso Extract the files from .zip, if needed

• www.learnit.com/handoutso Choose the class >> the version >> the day >> download the handouto Print it, if desired

• www.learnit.com/manualso User name = manualso Password = password (lowercase)

• [Login]o Choose the class >> the version >> the day >> download the manual

• Often the manuals are huge, so don’t bother printing them

• www.learnit.com/evaluationo Give us feedback

Books (not free)

Book$ from Micro$oft Pre$$• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Step by Step ~=

$20• Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 – Step by Step ~=

$20o Lessons, with practice files you download from

the web

• THERE IS NO Microsoft PowerPoint – Inside Out for either 2010 nor 2013