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The Basics
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Getting StartedGetting started with PowerPoint is easy. In this lesson you will learn how to use the Menu options and the commands involved in them. You will also learn how to use the Toolbars. You can familiarize yourself with the PowerPoint 2003 interface.
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Customizing ToolbarsIn this clip you will learn how to customize your toolbars to your exact needs. Click View | Toolbars and see how you can modify your Toolbars to your own needs. If you are constantly clicking in one particular area, add a Toolbar to save yourself some time.
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Simple Text Formatting and AlignmentWhen you create a presentation, learn how to attract and keep your audience’s attention by changing the text. Try Ctrl+B for Bold, Ctrl+U for Underline, or Ctrl+I for Italics. Click in the font box to change the text design. Also, learn how to align your text to left, center or right.
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Cut, Copy and Paste
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Cut, Copy and PasteThree key commands will help you greatly as you use PowerPoint: Cut, Copy and Paste. In this clip, you will learn how to use them all.
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Working with Format Painter
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Working with Format PainterFormat Painter will help you make all your text look alike by enabling you to copy the format of your text to another block of text. This lesson will show you how it is done.
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Opening Presentations and Adding Layouts
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Opening Presentations and Adding LayoutsHow do you create a new presentation? What if you want to change the layout of a slide? This lesson will answer those questions and will also show you how to arrange your text on the slide through the use of slide templates. You can quickly add table, illustrations, movies, diagrams, charts or pictures.
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Customizing Your Presentation
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Working with Drawing Objects
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Working with Drawing ObjectsThis clip will show you how to add drawing objects to your presentation. Auto Shapes allows you to put specific shapes into your slides. You can add lines, arrows, shapes, flow charts, and you can add shadows, and three dimensions to your shapes.
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Working with Lists
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Working with ListsBulleted and Numbered lists can help you keep your presentation organized. In this lesson you will learn how to change your standard text into lists. You will also learn how to increase or decrease indentation in your presentation.
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Using Find and Replace
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Using Find and ReplaceIn this lesson you will learn about the Find and Replace command and the Select All command. If you decide to replace one word throughout your presentation, you can go to Edit | Find. This can save lots of time and cut down on typographical errors. Edit | Select All is a handy command to know if you need to move all items on one slide, perhaps to center it on the page.
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Working with Tables
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Working with TablesIn this clip you will see how to add tables to your presentation. Tables may seem hard to deal with, but they are only lines and text. You don’t need to be intimidated by them. You will learn how to customize the table’s borders, fill color, alignment and text.
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Adding Clip Art and Pictures
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Adding Clip Art and PicturesIt’s essential in any presentation to use graphics to catch the viewer’s eye. Two key items to use are Clip Art and Pictures. This lesson will teach you how to search for Clip Art and Pictures to use in your presentation and then how to insert those within your slide show. Office Online is an excellent tool for locating Clip Art online so that you can enhance your presentation.
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Inserting Custom Charts
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Inserting Custom ChartsCharts are a powerful tool if you want to illustrate and compare numerical data. PowerPoint has a variety of different kinds of charts you can use, such as bar charts, column charts and pie charts. In this lesson you will learn how to make good use of them within your presentations.
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Working with Text Boxes
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Working with Text BoxesThis clip will explore the wonderful world of text boxes. Right click on a text box and scroll down to format text box to change colors and lines, size and position. Changing the fill color in a text box is a good way to draw attention to text that would otherwise get lost in your slide.
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Customizing Footer Options
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Customizing Footer OptionsFooters let you add text to every slide in your presentation. Go to View | Header and Footer and you can enter the date, the presentation name and page number. If you need to change the font in your whole presentation, go to Format | Replace Fonts, and you can update the entire feel of your presentation.
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Adding WordArt to Your Presentation
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Adding WordArt to Your PresentationIn this lesson we will look at WordArt. It makes fonts pop off your page. Click Insert | WordArt and you have a myriad of options available to you. You can create new shapes, sizes and shadows to add impact to your presentation.
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Adding Movies and Sound to Your Presentation
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Adding Movies and Sound to Your PresentationAdding movies and sound to your presentation is a good way to catch attention and interest to your presentation. Click Insert | Movies and Sound, and see that you can add movies and sound from your Clip Organizer, or even from a CD. Inserting movies and sounds will wake up your audience and keep them interested.
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Adding Dates, Times and Numbers to Your Presentation
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Adding Dates, Times and Numbers to Your PresentationNot only can you add date and time to footers, but you can also click Insert | Date and Time. You can add the date, time and page number on the slides. This is a way to make your presentation look really professional, and also helps you track the current presentation.
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Applying Design Templates
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Applying Design TemplatesIf you want to add a particular design to your entire show, you can click on the Design button. This is an effective method you can utilize to make your presentation more interesting. All you have to do is scroll through the designs and pick the one that best suits your needs.
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Changing Color Schemes
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Changing Color SchemesIf you are working with a particular design scheme and decide you don’t like the colors, don’t fret. You can change them quite easily by clicking on the Design button. There are a lot of options you can select from, and you can change every aspect of your design, even if it’s from a template.
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Working with Grids and Guides
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Working with Grids and GuidesIn this clip, learn how to put objects exactly where you want. PowerPoint has a default setting to keep all your pictures aligned correctly. What if you don’t want them aligned? There are several ways to alter this, the easiest of which is to hold the Alt button down while you move the object. You’ll learn more ways in this clip.
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Custom Backgrounds and Watermarks
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Custom Backgrounds and WatermarksWhat if you want a custom background on your slides? This can be used as a great marketing tool that keeps your company’s name in front of your audience. And, it’s easy to do. This clip will show you all the steps involved in making a picture light, or transparent enough to use as your background.
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Understanding Page Setup Features
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Understanding Page Setup FeaturesIn this clip, you will explore the various page setup features. Why, you might ask, since this is a slide show and not a paper? Because you will possibly want to print out handouts and notes. You can change the format of these items (and the format of your slide show) with File | Page Layout.
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Modifying Fonts
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Modifying FontsUsing color judiciously can make your presentation pop. Learn how to change the style of your font and the alignment, along with the colors. You are better off limiting the amount of colors in your slide show, or your audience could get frustrated.
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Finalizing Your Presentation
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Animation Options
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Animation OptionsHave you ever seen animated slide shows? Were you jealous? Well, no more! Learn how to have your pictures and words move around your slides for a more interesting presentation. Animations include how an object appears, acts and exits the page. They are wonderful for making just the right point!
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Adding Slide Transitions
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Adding Slide TransitionsSlide transitions are an effective way to move from one slide to another. If you click Slide Show | Slide Transitions, you can choose from a wide variety of options in transitions. It’s a great way to make your presentation more interesting and exciting.
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Using Rehearse Timings
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Using Rehearse TimingsRehearse timing helps you stay on target with your presentation. You’ll learn how to do it in this clip. You can see how much time you spend on each slide, and on the slide show overall. When you are happy with your rehearsal, you can save the timing, and PowerPoint will automatically spend the right amount of time with each slide, without user intervention. It’s a handy tool to make it possible to walk around while you present your information.
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Creating a Custom Slide Show
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Creating a Custom Slide ShowHave you ever made a presentation for one audience and found out you had to adapt it to another? For instance, you have an in-house presentation with confidential or proprietary information, and you have to modify it to present it to the public. You don’t have to start a whole new show. All you have to do is create a custom presentation, effectively hiding the slides you don’t want seen.
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Adding and Editing Comments
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Adding and Editing CommentsIn many companies, presentations are previewed many times before the presentation is finalized. Each person who previews the show can add comments to it. To do this, click Insert | Comments. If you can’t see your comments, click View | Markup. Comments are a valuable tool for getting your presentation as close to perfect as possible.
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Understanding Presentation Views
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Understanding Presentation ViewsThis lesson will explain the different ways you can look at your presentation. Normal view, Slide Sorter and Slide Show are all in the View menu. Slide Sorter is a great view if you want to look at all your slides at a glance. You can use this to move your slides to different locations in the show. Slide Show allows you to see how your show will look when presented.
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Working with Slide Masters
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Working with Slide MastersWhat if you decide you don’t like the font in your presentation? Instead of changing it on individual slides, try looking at the slide master. Slide Masters store information about your template, including font styles, background and color schemes. From that slide master, you can change your fonts, background, etc., quite easily.
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Using Handouts and Note Masters
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Using Handouts and Note MastersWhen giving a presentation, it is often helpful to supply the audience with handouts. Learn how to arrange handouts so that your audience can follow along easily. Notes pages are for the presenter, and you can modify how they look, too. If you want to try it, click View | Master, and you will see that you can edit the Handout and Notes Master from there.
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Creating Handouts
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Creating HandoutsThis clip will show you how to setup your handouts for printing. You will see that you can put 1-9 slides per page, you can print in color, grayscale or black and white and you can orient your handouts portrait or landscape. This is a great lesson for fine tuning your handouts to your audience.
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Correcting Spelling
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Correcting SpellingIn this lesson, we will discuss correcting the spelling in your presentation. If you get in front of a group of people and it has a spelling error, people will notice. Let PowerPoint check your spelling for you. Go to Tools | Spelling and follow the instructions.
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Saving Presentations
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Saving PresentationsDon’t lose your work. Save early and save often. In this clip, you will learn the difference between Save, Save As and Save As Webpage.
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Advanced Options
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Understanding Tool Options
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Understanding Tool OptionsYou can customize PowerPoint 2003 to meet your needs. Click Tools | Options and you can change many default options in the program. Some of these include where to save your files, how PowerPoint looks when you open it, editing information, spelling, style and printing settings.
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Working with File Properties
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Working with File PropertiesFile Properties are details about your file that identify it. File Properties keep track of when a file was created, how long you spent on it, what custom shows are associated with the file, and many other details.
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Securing Your Document
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Securing Your DocumentSecuring your document is a good idea, especially when you email your presentation. It is always a good idea to set a password. You can do this by clicking Tools | Options and click on the Security tab.
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Sending Your Presentation for Review
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Sending Your Presentation for ReviewTo email your presentation for review, click File | Send to | Mail Recipient (for review). It’s as easy as that.
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Advanced Customization Options
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Advanced Customization OptionsBy using Tools | Customize and the Options tab, you can alter the look and functionality of your toolbars and menus.
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Packaging Presentations for CD Media
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Packaging Presentations for CD MediaPackaging your presentation for CD’s is an incredibly useful feature. It includes a PowerPoint viewer, so that anyone can view it, regardless of whether they have PowerPoint or not. Remember to always include liked files, or your audience will not be able to see all your hard work.
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