POWERPOINT 2013 Basic Level

• Starting PowerPoint
• Starting from Scratch–Templates and Pinning
• Opening Existing Presentations–recently used
• Using the Ribbons and Finding the Backstage
• Exploring the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
• Identifying the Status Bar, Zoom and Scrollbars
• Saving Files --> Include save as Show
• Closing a File and Exiting

Getting Comfortable with the OneDrive

• Signing into a Microsoft Account
• Saving Files to the OneDrive
• Sharing OneDrive Files on Your PC
• Finding the OneDrive Online
• Sharing Files in the OneDrive
• Working with Files in the OneDrive

Creating Basic Presentations

• Inserting Slides and Following the Leader
• Changing Slide Layouts
• Rearranging and Deleting Slides
• Creating Text Boxes
• Tabbing, Indenting and Spacing Text
• Using tools: Research, Language and Thesaurus
• Cutting, Copying, and Pasting
• Inserting Symbols and Equations
• Creating Columns

Modifying Text

• Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Changing Font Characteristics: Mini Toolbar, Dialog Box, Ribbon
• Changing Text Direction and Alignment
• Finding and Replacing Text
• Using the Format Painter
• Checking Spelling

• Using Normal View
• Viewing Slideshows in Windows
• Viewing Color/Grayscale
• Editing in Outline View
• Organizing in Slide Sorter View
• Planning in the Notes Page
• Viewing in Reading View

Adding Objects to Slides

• Selecting, Moving and Resizing Objects
• Using the Selection Pane
• Inserting Pictures
• Inserting Online Pictures
• Inserting Shapes
• Using Connectors
• Capturing Screenshots
• Apply Quick Styles to Pictures and Shapes
• Creating SmartArt

Arranging Shapes

• Changing the Order of Objects
• Aligning Objects
• Aligning and Controlling Guides
• Grouping Shapes
• Rotating Shapes