Presentation Authoring Skills Checklist

The list below shows you the skills that you should be comfortable with in terms of
presentation authoring. Work through the list and check off all of the skills you
currently have. Any areas that you have not checked must be revised.
The Where can I find help section refers to the Section 16 Self Study Workbook
found on this web page: http://www.ictlounge.com/html/presentationauthoring.htm

Skill

Can I do
this?
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Where can I
find help?

Creating Slideshows:
1. Import text to create slides
2.
Create / adding slides manually
3. Delete blank slides
4. Change the order of slides / move
slides

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Using the Master Slide:

5. Open / close master slide view
6. Open normal slide view
7.
Add slide numbers and dates to the
master slide using the footer
8. Add footer text to the master slide
9. Add a line shape to the master slide
10. Change the colour of a line shape on
the master slide
11. Change the weight (thickness) of a
line shape on the master slide
12. Add other shapes (squares,
rectangles etc) to the master slide
13. Change fill / border colours of a
shape on the master slide
14. Change the order of shapes (front /
back) on the master slide
15. Change background colour of the
master slide
16. Add clip art images to the master
slide
17. Resize clip art images
18. Rotate clip art images
19. Add saved images to the master
slide
20. Change text item styles on the

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21. Resize text items on the master slide
22. Reposition text items on the master
slide
23. Adding text to the master slide (text
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Manipulating Individual Slides:

24. Adding text to individual slides
25. Add bullet points to individual slides
26. Add clip art images to individual
slides
27. Add saved images to individual slides

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Manipulating Images:
28. Cropping images
29. Resize images
30. Reposition images
31. Rotate images
32. Change brightness and contrast of
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Using Charts/ Graphs on a PowerPoint:

33. Create charts / graphs for PowerPoint
34. Change a charts heading
35. Add axis labels to chart (vertical /
horizontal)
36. Remove a charts legend
37. Copy and Paste a chart from Excel
into PowerPoint

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Presenter Notes, Slide Animations and Slide Transitions:

38. Add presenter notes to a PowerPoint
39. Add animations to slide objects
40. Show evidence of animations using
screenshots
41. Add transition animations to slides
42. Show evidence of transitions using
screenshots

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Printing Slideshows:
43. Print slides
44. Print presenter notes
45. Print handouts

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NOTE:
FOR EVEN MORE HELP, YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE A
LOOK AT THE VIDEOS FOUND ON:
http://www.ictlounge.com/html/presentationauthoring.htm