ECDL Module 6

Course Outline
Syllabus Version 4 - PRESENTATIONS

1) GETTING STARTED
MASTER SLIDE
 What are Slide Masters and Design Templates?
 To insert a picture into a master slide
FIRST STEPS WITH PRESENTATIONS  To insert an image (from a file) into a master slide
 To open and close PowerPoint
 To insert a drawn object into a master slide
 To open a recently used PowerPoint file
 To remove a graphic from a master slide
 To select (& open) a continuous block of files
 To add footer text to a presentation
 To select (& open) multiple files which are not in a
 To add automated slide numbering and the date to a
continuous block
presentation
 To create a new presentation
 To save a presentation
 To save a presentation using another name
 To save a file in a format other than PowerPoint format, 3) TEXT AND IMAGES
such as RTF
 To save your file in a different PowerPoint version
 To save a file as a template
 To save a presentation as image formatted files
TEXT INPUT, FORMATTING
 To save an entire presentation in Web format
 To add text to a slide in Normal (standard) view
 To switch between open presentations
 To add text to a slide in Outline view
 What is the Microsoft Office Assistant?
 To edit slide content
 The Help drop down menu
 To edit text on a notes page
 Microsoft PowerPoint Help
 To change the font type used by selected text
 Microsoft Office Online
 To change the font size used by selected text
 Detect and Repair
 To format using Bold, italic or underlining
 To change text case
ADJUST SETTINGS  To change the Font colour
 To zoom a presentation using the Zoom icon  To add a shadowed effect to text
 To display or hide a toolbar  To change paragraph alignment
 Quick way of displaying / hiding toolbars  To centre text top and bottom
 To set preference options  To change line and paragraph spacing
 To add bullets using the toolbars
 To remove bullets
 To select a different bullet type
2) DEVELOPING A PRESENTATION  To select a different numbering format
 To use the Undo command
 To use the Redo command

PRESENTATION VIEWS PICTURES, IMAGES

 Normal View
 To select a picture
 Slide Sorter View
 To select multiple pictures
 Slide Show View
 To select all pictures within a slide
 To change between presentation views
 To 'cycle' round all pictures and select them one, by one
 To change between slide and outline view
 To insert Clipart
 To import an image from a file
SLIDES
 To add a new slide with a specific slide layout (using the
New Slide icon)
DUPLICATE, MOVE, DELETE
 What is the Clipboard?
 To apply a different slide layout to a slide
 To copy text, graphics, or other items to the Clipboard
 To change the background colour of the selected slide (or
for every slide within a presentation).  To copy (or cut) multiple items to the Clipboard and Paste
them into a presentation
 To change the background colour of multiple selected
slides simultaneously  To paste data from the Clipboard
 To copy using “Drag and Drop”
 Copying, cutting and deleting images
USING DESIGN TEMPLATES  To copy and paste an image
 To apply a design template  To copy an item from one slide to another within a
 To change to a different design template presentation

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 To copy an item from a slide in one presentation to a slide  To move a chart (or drawn object) from a slide in one
within a different presentation presentation to a slide within a second presentation
 To copy a slide from one place to another within a  To delete a chart (or drawn object)
presentation
 To copy a slide within one presentation to a slide within a
different presentation
 To cut selected items from a document 5) SLIDE SHOW EFFECTS
 To move text using “Drag and Drop”, without storing it on
the Clipboard
 To cut (move) an item from one slide to another within a
presentation PRESET ANIMATION
 To cut (move) an item from a slide in one presentation to a  To add a preset animation effect
slide within a different presentation  To change a preset animation effect
 To resize an image, object or chart
 To delete selected text
 To delete a picture TRANSITIONS
 What are slide show transitions?
 To add transitions to a slide show
 To change a transition effect
4) CHARTS/GRAPHS DRAWN OBJECTS

6) PREPARE OUTPUT
USING CHARTS/GRAPHS
 To create a column, bar or line chart
 To create a Pie chart
 To change the background colour of a chart PREPARATION
 To change the colour of a chart column, bar or line  To set the slide format
 To change the colour of a chart pie slice  To use the Spelling Checker
 To change the type of chart displayed  To add notes to a slide presentation
 To set slide orientation and page size
 To move a slide within a presentation
ORGANISATION CHARTS  To copy a slide within a presentation
 To create a slide containing an organisational chart  To move a slide from one presentation to another
 To enter information into an organisation chart box presentation
 To move boxes within the chart  To copy a slide from one presentation to another
 To add chart boxes presentation
 To remove chart boxes  To delete a slide using the drop down menus
 To delete a slide using the Del key
DRAWN OBJECTS  To delete multiple slides (in one action)
 To display the drawing toolbar
 To draw a line PRINTING
 To add a free drawn line  To print your entire presentation
 To insert a line with an arrow on it  To print just the current slide
 To insert an arrow  To print particular slides
 To insert a rectangle  To print multiple copies
 To insert an oval  To print a presentation to a file
 To insert a Text Box  To print Handouts
 To change an object’s background colour, line colour, line  To print Notes or a Presentation Outline
weight and line type
 To change the arrow start and end styles
 To add a shadow effect to an AutoShape DELIVER A PRESENTATION
 To rotate an object  What is a Slide Show?
 To flip an object  To hide slides in a slide show
 To align objects relative to each other  To see which slides are formatted as hidden
 To align objects relative to the slide  To display a hidden slide during a slide show
 To resize a drawn object or chart  To start a slide show (from the beginning)
 What is object ordering?  To start a slide show on a specific slide
 To bring objects forwards or send them backwards  To display the slide show shortcuts
 To move to the next slide
 To move to a previous slide
DUPLICATE, MOVE, DELETE  To return to the first slide
 To copy a chart (or drawn object) within a presentation  To blank the screen to black
 To copy a chart (or drawn object) from a slide in one  To blank a screen to white
presentation to a slide within a second presentation  To exit a screen show
 To move a chart (or drawn object) within a presentation  The slide show "right click menu"

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