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!

Terry Fox Run

Click here for the map of Terry's journey and some of his diary entries.

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

MS WORD SHORTCUT KEYS (use CTRL instead of z if using Windows) 

Working with Text
Copy - z+ C
Paste - z+ V
Cut – z + X
Bold - z + B
Underline - z + U
Italicize - z + I

Increase/reduce font size -SHIFT + z + < or >

Save - z + S
Print - z + P

UNDO – z + Z

Align text to center- z + E
Align text to right- z + R

Selecting/Finding Text
Select single word – click 2x
Select line/paragraph – click 3x
Select all – z + A
Find text - z + F

Other Shortcuts
New document - z + N
Minimize document window - z + M
Close document window - z + W
Open document - z + O

Log out – z + SHIFT + Q

You can also click HERE for a web page with more shortcuts.