Using PowerPoint: basic and advanced concepts

1. Subject: Using PowerPoint:
basic and advanced concepts
Compulsory cross-disciplinary core courses
ACTIVITY 3 > Block 3

2. Professor:
Javier Narciso Romero
University Professor

3. Contents
1. Views
2. Background
3. Working with slides
4. Arranging objects
5. Design
6. Working with text
7. Speaker's notes
8. Printing
9. Working with images
10. Working with tables
11. Working with graphics
12. Drawing toolbar
13. Multimedia elements
14. Animations and transitions
15. Publishing
16. PowerPoint and Internet

4. There are three basic modes:
• Work (slide or layout)
• Outline (general view of all slides)
• Presentation
1. Views

5. There are many possibilities.
• Using a predefined theme
• Using a template
• Creating a template
2. Background

6. • Inserting a new slide
• Selecting slides (inserting slides from another presentation)
• Copying a slide
• Duplicating a slide
• Moving slides
• Deleting slides
3. Working with slides

7. • Rulers, gridlines and guides
• Inserting objects
• Types of object
• Selecting objects
• Copying objects
• Moving objects
4. Arranging objects

8. • Deleting objects
• Resizing objects
• Distance between objects
• Rotating and flipping
• Aligning and distributing
• Ordering objects
4. Arranging objects

9. • Applying a theme
• Slide background
• Colour schemes
• Quick styles
• Slide numbering
• Slide template
• Creating and modifying slide designs
5. Design

10. • Applying a theme
• Slide background
• Colour schemes
• Quick styles
• Slide numbering
• Slide template
• Creating and modifying slide designs
5. Design

11. • Inserting text
• Adding new text
• Deleting text
• Spell check
• Changing aspects of text
• Font and character spacing
• Font and spacing between lines and characters
6. Working with text

12. • Aligning paragraphs
• Indents
• Deleting text
• Tabs
• Bullets and numbering
• Customising bullets
• Search and replace
6. Working with text

13. • Creating notes
• Notes page and printing
• Note template
• Viewing notes during a presentation
• Moderator view
7. Speaker's notes

14. • Printing
• Print preview
• Print options
• What and how to print?
• Document template
• Slide size
• Header and footer
• The printer
8. Printing

15. • Inserting images
• Image characteristics
• Changing image characteristics
• Resizing and cropping
• Image styles
• Photo album
9. Working with images

16. • Creating tables
• Deleting a table, row or column
• Inserting columns or rows
• Fundamental aspects of tables
• Selection in tables
• Table borders
• Fill colour
• Merging and splitting cells
• Fill effects
10. Working with tables

17. • Creating and deleting graphics
• Graphic tools
• Changing graphic type and design
• Graphic format
11. Working with graphics

18. • Drawing a shape
• Types of shape
• Working with shapes
• Text in shapes
• Shape styles
• Grouping and ungrouping
12. Drawing toolbar

19. • Inserting sound
• Sound reproduction
• Changing the play icon
• Markers in audio
• Editing sound
• Inserting and playing videos
13. Multimedia elements

20. • Animating text and objects
• Animations pane
• Order of animations
• Slide transition
14. Animations and
transitions

21. • Packaging for CD
• Exporting to Word, PDF or video
• Tips for screening
15. Publishing

22. • Introduction
• SkyDrive
• Preparing to share
• SkyDrive as a service
• Inside SkyDrive
• Microsoft email account
• SkyDrive as a desktop application
• SkyDrive compared to similar services
16. PowerPoint and Internet

23. • SkyDrive on mobile phones
• Sharing: email address
• Sharing: online presentation
• Sharing: inviting people
• Sharing: links and social networks
• PowerPoint Web App
• PowerPoint on mobile phones
• Saving to SharePoint
16. PowerPoint and Internet

24. Javier Narciso Romero
narciso@ua.es
University Professor
Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry