ICDL – Perform Presentation Functions (PowerPoint 2016/2019) (17 hrs)

• Work with presentations and save them in different file formats
• Choose built-in options such as the Help function within the application to enhance productivity
• Understand different presentation views and when to use them, choose different slide layouts and designs
• Enter, edit and format text in presentations. Recognise good practice in applying unique titles to slides
• Choose, create and format charts to communicate information meaningfully
• Insert and edit pictures, images and drawn objects
• Apply animation and transition effects to presentations and check and correct presentation content before finally printing and giving presentations

Getting started

• Uses of PowerPoint
• Starting and exit PowerPoint
• Create a new presentation using default/installed templates
• Open and close a presentation
• The PowerPoint screen
• Using file tab and ribbons
• PowerPoint work area
• Changing PowerPoint views
• Using the zoom tool
• Changing PowerPoint options
• Navigating between slides
• Switching between multiple presentations
• Using help

Developing a presentation

• Inserting and delete slides
• Modifying slide layout

Manipulating slides

• Changing slide background
• Applying a theme
• Master slides

Slides operations

• Copying slides
• Deleting slides
• Moving slides

Manipulating text

• Good practices when creating slide content
• Good practice when adding slide title
• Insert text
• Changing list level
• Deleting text
• Undo and redo
• Copying text
• Moving text
• Saving a presentation

Font formatting

• Selecting text
• Formatting text
• Format text using the font dialog box
• Insert symbols

Paragraph formatting

• Text alignment
• Line spacing
• Paragraph spacing
• Using format painter
• Using bullets & numbering lists

Charts

• Inserting charts
• Add data to a chart
• Format chart

Tables

• Create a table
• Enter and select data
• Insert and delete rows and columns
• Format table

PowerPoint object

• Inserting pictures
• Inserting clip art
• Add and format lines
• Inserting shapes
• Inserting spreadsheet

Manipulating illustrations

• Selecting an illustration
• Deleting an illustration
• Moving and copying an illustration
• Resizing an illustration
• Cropping or trimming portions of a picture

Formatting shapes

• Changing the attributes of the shape
• Rotating graphics
• Layering shapes
• Aligning shapes
• Group and ungroup shapes

Insert SmartArt

• Insert SmartArt graphics
• Convert text to SmartArt

Organisation chart

• Create an organisation chart
• Insert text/label
• Modify org chart structure

Slide shows

• To add further effects
• To draw a motion path
• Slide show transition effect
• Creating PowerPoint notes
• Headers and footers
• Spell-checking
• Hide and unhide slides
• Setting up a slide show
• Running a slide show

Printing

• Change slide set up
• Printing a presentation

The training delivery approaches used in this course include the following:

• Mini lectures to succinctly explain the concepts and theories
• Demonstrations on how to utilise the various features in a presentation application
• Individual exercises for practical activities

This course is intended for participants with little or no knowledge of using a presentation application to create interesting and impactful presentations.

Prerequisites

Participants are assumed to:

• Be able to operate a personal computer, use keyboard and mouse
• Be able to read, write, speak and understand English (Work Place Literacy Level 4)

Duration : 2 days (17 hrs)
Time : 8:30am to 6:00pm

With effect from 1 Jan 2024

(A course in partnership with James Cook Institute Pte. Ltd. [formerly known as Eagle Infotech] UEN198802365N)