Computer Skills/Basic/Presentations

Simple presentations includes creating a simple slideshow.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for simple formatting include:

• Create simple PowerPoint / Google Slides presentation.

Multimedia

1. PowerPoint: Getting Started

Activities

Complete Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint.

These activities may be completed using any presentation application (Microsoft PowerPoint, LibreOffice Impress, Google Slides, Apple Keynote, etc.):

1. Start your presentation application. It should automatically open with a new, blank presentation.
2. Add a title and your name. Title the presentation 'Presentations'.
3. Add a new slide. Title the slide 'Text'. Add text that describes the text options available in your presentation application.
4. Add a new slide. Title the slide 'Images'. Add an image to the slide.
5. Select a theme for your presentation. Apply the theme to all slides.
6. Check spelling for your presentation.
7. Save your presentation.
8. Practice presenting your presentation.
9. Print your presentation.

If you would like to learn more about how to create a more technical PowerPoint presentation that stands out, LearnFree has an extensive PowerPoint 2016 tutorial.

See Also

• Computer Skills/Intermediate/Presentations
• Computer Skills/Advanced/Presentations
• Computer Skills/Proficient/Presentations

References

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