Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Basic Powerpoint skills

Reveal formatting pallete
Reveal toolbars - standard and drawing - use VIEW menu
Choose different background designs
Create a text box
Type inside a text box
Change text font, font size, font colour using Formatting Pallette
Align text (centre, left, right) using Formatting Pallette
Rotate a text box
Delete a text box
Add new slide in 2 different ways - double click and the "+slide" button
Create a title using Wordart
Adjust Wordart title size, etc..
Add a picture from Clip Art
Add a picture a file (ie. a picture from the Internet - must be appropriate, obviously!)

More challenging...
Animate the different items using the “Animation” option in the FP
Make everything appear in a certain order

If you are stuck.....remember....
- be patient and keep trying -- look around the menus
- ask a nearby person - quietly
- the HELP menu is also your friend!!

Don't be afraid to try new things!