SESSION 2 OF THE COMPUTER TRAINING COURSE CALLED POWER POINT GIVEN AT THE RECOVERY LEARNING COMMUNITIESPOWER POINT PRESENTED BY JOHN MUDIE & STEPHANIE MUHAMMAD. Getting Started

Purpose of Course The purpose of this course is educate students in the use of Microsoft Power Point in making presentations You can get to the class website by typing the address into the address bar of Internet Explorer. Then click on the schedule for your location. Then find the entry for Getting Started and click on it to get to this page.

Website You can get to the class website by typing the address into the address bar of Internet Explorer and then pressing the Enter key on your keyboard. The current day's classes are listed on front page. Click the Getting Started entry if its there. If its not there then click on Courses on the main page. Then select Power Point Curriculum. Curriculum and click on it's entry.Power Point Curriculum Find the entry for Getting Started and click on it to get to this page. Please remember that you can always ask the Computer Lab Tech to help you get to this page..

Upcoming Classes We are offering a course in Power Point in the mornings. mornings We are also offering a course in Smart Phones in the afternoons afternoons We will be offering a course In Basic Excel in the afternoons. Would you be interested in taking a course on how to improve your typing.

Reference Material The reference book for this class is "Microsoft Power Point :Step by Step" by Joyce Cox and Joan Lambert published by Microsoft Press,Redmond,WA, A copy is available in the RLC Computer Lab. Microsoft Office 2010 for Dummies by Wallace Wang contains simplified help for Access,Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word and is also in the lab. A way of getting help is to go into Google and put in key words describing your problem and see what Google can find in the way of solutions to your problem which most probably other people have experienced before you.Google There is also a simple Microsoft Video CourseMicrosoft Video Course

Certificate of completion You can earn a Certificate of Completion by turning in satisfactory completed assignments for six of the classes by the next class.Certificate of Completion

Reference Card Click here to get a Quick Reference Card.here

What would you like to present? There will be a $25 gift card for the best presentation suitable for use in a T-MHA Speakers Bureau. Would you like to enter this competition or present on something else. Close your eyes for thirty seconds and dream.

Who are we and Why are we here Want to share your name? Want to share what’s important that’s happening in your life today? Want to share what slide show you would like to make?

Decide what words you want on the second slide. On a scrap piece of paper, write down between one and six words for the title of your second slide. Maybe My Second slide Also write down between at least three lines of text for the content of the slide.  My first line of text,  My second line of text,  My third line of text.

Share your idea of who you want to your second slide to look like with a partner Find a partner The person closest to the door shares for thirty seconds about who you want your second slide to look like. The other person just listen’s, doesn’t comment or give advice and then says “Thank you”. Then the other person shares for thirty seconds about who you want your second slide to look like. The other person just listen’s, doesn’t comment or give advice and then says “Thank you”.

Presentations for you to watch if you want to Click here to log in to Lynda.com and then press the left arrow at the top left corner of the page to come back to this display.here Using themes Working with Text 51m 22s Working with Text  Formatting text 3m 25s Formatting text 3m

Retrieve your Presentation Open file MyPresentation1 from your Flash Drive or Google Drive.  See to learn how to use a Flash Drives.to learn how to use a Flash Drives  See How to use Google Drive to learn how to use the Google Drive.How to use Google Drive  If you don't have an presentation from the last class, click here.here  Select Save As and browse to your My Documents folder  Then open it by double clicking on it.

Instructor will share how to add a new slide and three lines of text. Download MyPresentation1 to the desktop if its not already there.MyPresentation1 Otherwise click the location where you are at:  GoletaGoleta  Lompoc Lompoc  Santa Maria Santa Maria And demonstrate adding a new slide and three lines of text

My Second Slide In the Home tab,in the Slides group, click on New Slide. A new slide should appear with Click to add title at the top. Replace the words Click to add title with the title of your second slide. The cursor will move to the text area. Type in the three lines of text for your second slide that you wrote down before. Congratulations. You have made a two slide presentation.

Instructor will share how to duplicate a slide. Click the location where you are at: Goleta Lompoc Santa Maria To demonstrate duplicate a slide.

Duplicate your slide Duplicate the slide by clicking the down arrow next to New Slides in the Slides group of the Home tab. Then click on Duplicate Selected Slides, so you can have your original back when you have finished experimenting with the it in the next step.

Instructor will share how to justify lines. Click the location where you are at: Goleta Lompoc Santa Maria To demonstrate how to justify lines.

Justify lines Make the first line of text center justified.  Select the first line of text.  In the Paragraph group of the Home tab,click on the center justified icon Make the second line of text right justified.  Select the second line of text.  In the Paragraph group of the Home tab,click on the right justified icon Make the third line (if any) full justified.  Select the third line of text.  In the Paragraph group of the Home tab,click on the full justified icon, and then press enter.

How your slide will look after justifying My first line of text My second line of text. My third line of text

Instructor will share how to format text. Click the location where you are at: Goleta Lompoc Santa Maria To demonstrate formatting text

Format text Make the title in Olde English Text  Select the title of the slide by clicking and dragging over it  In the Font group of the Home tab, change the font to some other font, e.g. Old English Text.  Make the font size bigger, e.g. 60 Make the first line of text a different color, say red.  Select the first line of text by clicking and dragging over it.  Click on the drop down arrow next to the Font color icon in the Font group. A set of colors will show up.  Choose a color and click on it, Your text will change to that color. Underline the second line of text.  Select the second line of text by clicking and dragging over it.  Click on the Underline icon in the Font group. Make the third line of text in italics  Select the third line of text by clicking and dragging over it.  Click on the Italics icon in the Font group.

How your slide will look after formatting My first line of text My second line of text. My third line of text My third line of text

Instructor will share how to add a theme to your presentation. Click the location where you are at: Goleta Lompoc Santa Maria To demonstrate adding a theme to your presentation

Add a theme to your presentation You might want to review the Lynda.com movie on themes first.review Click on the Design tab Try various theme by moving the cursor over them. Select a theme you like and click on it. All the slides in your presentation should change.

Print out your Presentation Open the File tab Click on Print Click on the Print icon Put your name and date on the printout Turn it into the instructor by next week.

Instructor will share how to delete the last slide. Click the location where you are at: Goleta Lompoc Santa Maria To demonstrate deleting the last slide

Delete your last slide Select last slide Right click and press delete key

Change the formatting on the second slide the way you would like it.

Save your Presentation Save it to your Google Drive or Flash Drive as MyPresentation2.  See How to use Google Drive to learn how to use the Google Drive.How to use Google Drive  See how to use a Flash Drives to learn how to use a Flash Drive..how to use a Flash Drives

What did you feel about what you learned today ? Reconnect with your partner The person closest to the door shares for one minute about what happened in the class. The other person just listen’s, no comments and then says “Thank you”. The other person then shares for one minute about what happened in the class. The other person just listen’s, no comments and then says “Thank you”

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