International Computer Driving Licence Version 4.0 Series: Presentation
Product Code: ICD406 Time: 7.0 hour(s) CEUs: Available

Summary:

This course shows users how to work with a presentation application to insert, manipulate, and format text, images, and slides. It also shows how to draw objects and produce charts for a presentation; how to print and distribute a presentation; and how to add special effects to a slide presentation. This course describes how to meet European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) objectives using Microsoft PowerPoint on a personal computer that uses a Windows operating system. The ECDL/ICDL test can be taken with any presentation application, and although this course demonstrates a specific application, the tasks it teaches can be applied to other applications as well.

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Create and save a presentation document
  • Open, revise, and close a presentation document
  • Change display settings
  • Export a presentation document to an application or Web site
  • Create a presentation
  • Add text and an image to a slide
  • Use a master slide
  • Copy, move, and delete text, images, and slides
  • Format a presentation document
  • Draw and change objects in a presentation
  • Create and change graphics and charts
  • Preview and print a presentation document
  • Add special effects and deliver the slide show

Topics:

  • Opening and closing an application and presentations
  • Using help
  • Adjusting settings
  • Presentation views
  • Slides and design templates
  • The master slide
  • Adding and editing text
  • Formatting the slide layout
  • Inserting images
  • Creating charts and graphs
  • Creating organizational charts
  • Drawing objects
  • Editing drawn objects
  • Copying, moving, and deleting objects
  • Adding slide show effects
  • Preparing presentations
  • Printing and delivering a presentation

Technical Requirements:

200MHz Pentium with 32MB Ram. 640 x 480 256-color video (800 x 600 is recommended). Windows 98, NT, 2000, or XP. Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher required. (5.5 or higher for MindLeaders Central) Minimum Connection Speed: 28.8k. Sound card, with speaker or headphones is recommended, but not required to play the courses. Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 (Note: We do not recommend or support installation of the Yahoo toolbar.) JavaScript must be enabled. Netscape and AOL browsers not supported.


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