1. Foundation Level Course
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Foundation Level Course

2. What is PowerPoint?
PowerPoint 2002 is the presentation graphics program in Office XP. Professionals can create eye-catching slides, handouts, outlines, and notes to deliver an impressive presentation.

3. The PowerPoint Environment
Slide Pane
Notes Pane
Task Pane
Outline and Slides Tabs

4. The Different PowerPoint Views
The Normal view is the default view in PowerPoint. All slide editing is performed in this view.
The Slide Sorter view displays all slides in your presentation as thumbnails.
The Slide Show view allows you to view your presentation as a slide show.
The Notes Page view displays how notes pages will print.

5. Toolbars
PowerPoint has 13 toolbars including the Task Pane. By default, the Standard, Formatting, and Drawing toolbars are displayed.

6. Getting Help
The Ask a Question Box allows you to type in key words relevant to the topic with which you would like help.
The Office Assistant watches what you do and offers tips on how to work more productively.
PowerPoint 2002 displays a Tip of the Day each time you start PowerPoint.

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8. Creating and Opening Presentations
You can use the New Presentation Pane to:
Open an existing presentation.
Create a new blank presentation.
Create a new presentation from a design template.
Create a new presentation using the AutoContent Wizard.
Create a new presentation from an existing presentation.
Create a new presentation from a General Template, Template on the Web, or a Template from Microsoft.com.

9. Managing Presentations
The Save As dialog box lets you save your presentation, make a back-up copy of your presentation, or save your presentation as a different file type.

10. Managing Slides
With the Outline and Slides tabs or in Slide Sorter view, you can:
Insert a new slide
Insert a duplicate slide
Reorder slides
Copy slides
Delete slides

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12. Working with Slide Masters
The Slide Master contains slide formatting information applied to all slides in your presentation.

13. Working with the Handout Master
The Handout Master contains handout formatting information applied to handouts and outline printouts.

14. Working with the Notes Master
The Notes Master contains formatting information applied to all Notes Pages in your presentation.

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16. Working with Slide Layouts
Slide layouts contain a different combination of text and content placeholders.

17. Applying Backgrounds
Backgrounds can be applied to slides, handouts, and notes.
Background options include colors, gradients, textures, patterns, and pictures.

18. Modifying Slide Attributes
Alter Placeholders
Insert the Date and Time
Add Page Numbers
Add a Footer

19. Paragraph Settings You can adjust: Paragraph and bullet indentations
Tab settings
Paragraph alignment
Line spacing

20. Bullets and Numbering
Bullets and Numbering are useful tools to divide your slide into points.
Bullets and numbering come in different:
Styles
Sizes
Colors

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22. Adding Text to a Slide

23. Formatting Text
To format text, you need to select it before you can apply any formatting changes.
You can format text using the Font dialog box.

24. Using Undo and Redo
Click the Undo or Redo icons on the Standard toolbar to undo or redo one action.
Click the down arrow beside the Undo and Redo icons to perform multiple undos and redos.

25. Using Find and Replace
Type in the text you want to find in the Find what box.
Type in the replacement text in the Replace with box.

26. Using Spell Check
Running the spell check checks the entire presentation.

27. Using the Clipboard
The Clipboard Pane allows you to view and paste multiple items from the Office Clipboard.

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29. Working with Slide Design
The Slide Design Pane offers three easy ways to make your presentation look professional, colorful, and interesting.
Design Templates
Animation Schemes
Color Schemes

30. Using Design Templates
Design Templates offer a quick and easy way to provide an attractive and interesting design to your presentation.

31. Adding Color Schemes
Color Schemes quickly add to or change the colors of your slides.

32. Applying Animation Schemes
Preset animations are divided into subtle, moderate, and exciting schemes, and generally apply animations to titles, bulleted lists, and paragraphs.

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34. Drawing Lines and Shapes
Draw a Line
Draw an Arrow
Draw a Rectangle
Draw an Oval
Fill Color
Line Color
Line Style
Dash Style
Arrow Style
Shadow Style
3-D Style

35. Using AutoShapes
AutoShapes are pre-drawn shapes that offer an easy alternative to drawing your own shapes.

36. Adding Clip Art and Pictures
Clip Art includes drawings, photos, sounds, videos, and other media files that you can use in your PowerPoint presentation.

37. Grouping and Ungrouping Objects
Grouping objects is useful when you need to make the same change to a group of objects, such as resizing or moving.
Layering objects is useful when you have multiple objects on a slide and you want to ensure a particular object is on top or in the background.

38. Rotating and Flipping Objects
Rotating an Object
Flipping an Object

39. Aligning Objects
Objects are aligned relative to the slide. Using grids and guides helps visually align objects.

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41. Using Page Setup
Change slide, handouts, notes, and outline orientation
Set slide size

42. Using Print Preview
Prior to printing, you can see how each slide in your presentation looks by previewing your presentation.

43. Printing a Presentation
Print your presentation from the Print dialog box.

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45. Running a Slide Show
You can view a slide show from the first slide or current slide.

46. Navigating Slides
During a slide show, you can navigate to the next slide, previous slide, or a specific slide.

47. Pointer Options
By changing the pointer to a pen, you can write on your slides during the slide show.

48. Screen Options
You can pause your slide show or turn your slide show screen black using Screen Options.

49. Adding Notes to the Slide Show
You can add meeting minutes or action items to your presentation.

50. Review Questions