Microsoft PowerPoint — Foundation (Download pdf) This is a 1 day comprehensive course. No prior use of PowerPoint is assumed, but a good working knowledge of Windows is assumed. Introduction to PowerPoint What is PowerPoint Starting PowerPoint PowerPoint and Microsoft Office Slides and presentation Saving and closing a presentation Exiting PowerPoint PowerPoint Screens and Views The standard toolbar The formatting toolbar Status bar The view icons Slide, outline, slide sorter, notes page and slide show views Using AutoLayout Selecting slide layouts The title slide Bulleted list Two column text Table Text and chart Organisation chart Chart Text and clipart, objects and media clip Wizards for AutoContent and Look Starting the AutoContent wizard Selecting the presentation type How will the presentation be used Selecting the type of output Entering the presentation title Completing the wizard The title slide produced Content of the slides Creating a Simple Text Slide Creating a new blank presentation Selecting a slide layout Simple text slide Create a text slide in outline view Adding slide titles & bullet points Sub level bullets To start a new slide in outline view Manipulating slides in outline view Formatting and Proofing Text Formatting options Select then do Text formatting Pictures and Backgrounds What are the PowerPoint drawing tools Using the drawing tools AutoShapes Using clipart Selecting objects Grouping and ungrouping objects Resizing, aligning, moving and rotating Cutting, copying, pasting and duplicating Moving objects forward and backwards Applying and creating colour schemes Adding a custom background Copying colour schemes between slides The drawing toolbar Printing a Presentation About printing your presentation The print dialog box Creating and Running a Slide Show What is a slide show Running a slide show Navigating through a slide show Slide show transitions, timings & annotations Hidden slides What are animation effects Other effects Reverse text build Animation settings Meeting minder Slide show shortcuts Intellimouse and Software What is the Intellimouse and IntelliSense Installing the IntelliPoint software Getting help about using IntelliPoint Customising your Intellimouse settings Stepsavers Pointers Basics Visibility Productivity Wheel Using Intellimouse with your applications