PowerPoint 2003 Foundation Online Guide

By the end of this guide you will be able to create new presentations; create effective slides incorporating text, charts, diagrams and pictures; use animation to control a slide show and print the presentation.

Don't forget the end of tutorial quiz to test what you have learnt

Getting Started with PowerPoint 2003

PowerPoint 2003 Application Window

PowerPoint menus

PowerPoint toolbars

PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts

Creating a New Presentation

Create a blank presentation

Creating a new slide

Changing the slide layout

Entering text to a slide

AutoFit smart tag

Creating a text box

Saving a presentation

Opening an existing presentation

Editing a Presentation

Cut, copy and paste

Office Clipboard

Using Slide Sorter view

Using Outline view

Check spelling

Find and Replace

Formatting a Presentation

Text formatting

Bullets and numbering

Paragraph formatting

Format Painter

Formatting the slide background

Footers and slide numbering

Working with Objects

Adding Clip art

Adding a picture

Formatting a picture

Drawing shapes

Formatting shapes

Resizing, moving, copying and deleting objects

Aligning and distributing objects

Grid and guides

Rotating and flipping objects

Object layers

Grouping objects

Using Tables on Slides

Create a table

Enter and Edit text

Modify a table

Merge and split cells

Formatting a table

Working with Charts

Create a chart

Using the datasheet window

Use Excel data in a chart

Format a chart

Change the chart type

Working with chart labels

Diagrams in PowerPoint

Create a diagram

Modify a diagram

Create an organization diagram

Setting Up and Delivering a Slide Show

Applying an animation effect

Modifying animation effects

Using slide transitions

Hide a slide

Running a slide show

The Slide Show toolbar

Printing a presentation

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