PC's PowerPoint Tutorials
Welcome to the PowerPoint Tutorial section of Providence College's ITDP web site. Here you'll find a collection of over 120 Flash clips developed at Providence College. These should get you up and running with PowerPoint.
Want to find out more about this presentation program? Check this out...
Interested in downloading a free trial version for a 30-day tryout? Try this...
Like to learn a little more in terms of how to use the program via some advanced topics that we haven't covered in this video library? Here are some online tutorials...
Need PowerPoint? If you are a faculty member at Providence College, you can obtain a (free) copy of PowerPoint 2003 from the main office in Information Technology (Accinno Hall); you can also (legally) install this copy on both your work and home machines as long as you're a faculty member at Providence College!
Problems? If you have any trouble running the Flash tutorials, return to this page and take a look at the Flash info just to the left. If you need additional help, contact the ITDP Office.
Need help navigating this software? Check out our brief overview here...
Users Group. We have a PowerPoint Users Group here at PC. It's on ANGEL, and open to any interested member of the PC Community. Contact Michael Fimian at x1892 to be added to the group!
Tutorials. Click any of the following topics; more will be added throughout the 2006-07 academic year, so bookmark this page and check back from time to time. Need to find something specific on this page? PreSs CTRL+F, type a term, then click the Find Next button.
| |
|
| Tutorial Overview |
The PowerPoint Screen |
| Creating Slide Shows |
Designing Your Slides |
| Lines, Curves, and Shapes |
Using Charts in PowerPoint |
| Using Multimedia: Graphics, Audio and Video |
| Presenting Slideshows (pending) |
Animation in PowerPoint (pending) |
| Review: Build a Slide Show (pending) |
| Tutorial Evaluation |
Tutorial Overview  |
 |
Tutorial Overview
|
Use ALT-Tab to Toggle Between Programs
Copyright at Providence College
Tutorial Length
Navigating this Tutorial
Using the Menus
Using the Search Function
Using the Control Bar
Using the Header Info
Bookmarking and Emailing
How’re We Doing?
Getting to Know PowerPoint
Need More Info? | Check Out this Book |
| The PowerPoint Screen |
 |
| The PowerPoint Screen |
The PowerPoint Screen
An Overview of Views
The Slide Sorter View
The Presentation View
A Review of Views
Working with Toolbars
Working with Toolbars
Undo and Redo
Using Zoom
Using SmartTags
Using Microsoft Office Online
Getting Help
Making Your Presentation Secure
|
| Creating Slide Shows |
 |
| Creating Slide Shows |
Creating Slide Shows
Creating and Developing a Presentation
Creating Slide Shows | Overview
Using the AutoContent Wizard
Using Templates
Creating a Blank Slide Show
Saving Presentations | Initial Save
Saving Presentations | Successive Saves
Opening Slide Shows
Creating New Slides
Adding Text to Slides
Using Grids
Using AutoCorrect
Inserting Text Boxes
Working with Text
Fonts
Alignment and Spacing
Applying Tabs and Indents
Bulleting Text
Working with Slide Outlines
Searching for Text
Replacing Text
Spell-checking Text
Searching for Synonyms
Translating Text
Carrying Out Research
Web Publishing | An Overview
Preparing to Publish to the Web
Publishing to the Web
Packaging a Presentation to a CD |
| Designing Your Slides |
 |
| Designing your Slides |
Designing Your Slides
Customizing Slides | Overview
Working with Masters
Master Housekeeping
Applying Color Schemes
Changing Colors in a Scheme
Applying Design Templates
Installing Design Templates
Applying New Backgrounds
Working with Headers & Footers
|
| Lines, Curves and Shapes |
 |
| Lines, Curves and Shapes |
Lines, Curves and Shapes
Inserting Lines, Curves and Shapes
Sample: Use of Screen Objects and Animation
Creating and Editing
Lines
Rectangles
Ellipses
Curves
Freeform Curves and Lines
Curves Using Scribble
AutoShapes
Filling and Reshaping AutoShapes
Shadowing AutoShapes
Finding More AutoShapes Using WordArt |
| Using Charts in PowerPoint |
 |
| Using Charts in PowerPoint |
Using Charts in PowerPoint
The Art of Charts
Overview of Chart Terminology
Inserting a Chart
Editing Chart Data
Reformatting the Datasheet
Applying a New Chart Type
Coloring Chart Components
Bordering Chart Components
Formatting Chart Text |
| Using Multimedia: Graphics, Audio and Video |
 |
| Using Multimedia: Graphics, Audio and Video |
Using Multimedia in PowerPoint
Using Clip Art
Inserting Clip Art
Working with the Clip Organizer
Inserting Clips via the Organizer
Creating New Collections
Adding Keywords
Searching Keywords
Using Graphics
Picture Formats Used in PowerPoint
JPG Graphics
GIF Graphics
Inserting Pictures
Editing Clip Art & Pictures
Using the Picture Toolbar
Intro to the Picture Toolbar
Importing a Graphic
Resetting Colors
Changing Contrast
Changing Brightness
Cropping the Graphic
Rotating the Graphic
Bordering Graphics
Compressing Graphics
Recoloring Graphics
Formatting Graphics
Setting Transparent Colors
Resetting the Graphic
Toolbar Options
Inserting Diagrams
Inserting Organization Charts
Downloading PowerPoint Templates
Using Video
Using Movie Clips in PowerPoint
Inserting Movie Clips to Play Automatically
Inserting Movie Clips to Play when Clicked Upon
Linking Movie Clips to Play in the Media Player
Using Audio
Using Audio Clips in PowerPoint
Linking an Audio Clip to Text
Linking an Audio Clip to a Graphic
Inserting Audio Clips with an Audio Icon
Inserting Audio Clips to an Entire Slide
Adding Narrated Audio Clips to your Slides
Playing a Track from an Audio CD
|
| Tutorial Evaluation |
|
|
|
