Santa Clara University

Desktop Publishing and Presentations

PowerPoint 2010 - Essentials Training

Learn how to create effective and professional-looking presentations with PowerPoint 2010. This class will cover basic PowerPoint skills needed to create a dynamic slide presentation. If you learn quickly, and can handle a fast-paced, hands on lesson, then this class is for you. Learn the basic tips to help you effectively engage your audience.

• Creating a Presentation: Create and edit slides; use slide themes and layouts; format text and bullets; add and edit clip art.
• Save and Print Your Presentation: Learn the different printing options for handouts; saving presentation for Flash (USB) drive.
• Running a Presentation: Projection; use the Presenter View to make dynamic, customized presentations.
• The ribbon
  
• Create slides and format text: Discover how the new Live Preview feature makes basic formatting, bulleted lists.
  
• Understand styles: Discover the added functionality that styles gives to quickly changing your document's formatting.
• Insert graphics: pictures, screenshots, SmartArt.
  
• Audio and video
  
• Slide themes and transitions
  
• Saving and compatibility

Prerequisites:

Familiarity with Office 2010 suite (PC platform). Though course is taught on PC, MAC users are encourage to attend.

Intended audience:

Faculty, Staff, Students