Tasks-UCL.doc

UCL Education information support division information systems PowerPoint 2003 Getting Started with PowerPoint Exercises Document No. IS-038 v2  Content Task 1 – Creating a new presentation 2 Task 2 – Entering text in Normal view 2 Task 3 – Adding a hyperlink 2 Task 4 – Formatting 3 Task 5 – Using Design templates 3 Task 6 – Creating slides in Outline view 3 Task 7 – Working in Outline view 3 Task 8 – Editing your presentation 4 Task 9 – Incorporating Clip Art 4 Task 10 – Adding image from a file 4 Task 11 – Using images from the Web 5 Task 12 – Running the presentation 5 Task 13 – Transitions and animations 5 Task 14 – Printing 5 Task 1 – Creating a new presentation Open PowerPoint. Make sure that the New Presentation task pane is on display. Using the task pane, choose to create a new presentation for on-screen delivery using the Project Overview AutoContent wizard. Give the presentation the title Refurbishment Project. Use the View button to switch from Normal to Slide Show view to get a better feel for the presentation you have created. Switch back to Normal view, and click on the Outline tab to see the slides in Outline view. Save the presentation as Project in r:\training.dir\ppt\ and close the presentation. Task 2 – Entering text in Normal view Create a new blank presentation. Type PowerPoint Training and your name into the title slide. Insert a new slide after the title slide. Enter the text Overview into the title placeholder. Enter a bullet point or two describing what PowerPoint can do in the bulleted text placeholder. Add some speaker’s notes – you may want to increase the size of the notes area at the bottom of the screen in Normal view, or switch to Notes Page view (on the View menu). Save the file in r:\training.dir\ppt\ with the filename PowerPoint Training. Task 3 – Adding a hyperlink Add the UCL Web address to slide 2: www.ucl.ac.uk Switch to Slide Show view and click on the link to check that it works. To return to the presentation from the