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ICDL Presentation
ADVANCED PRESENTATION
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Syllabus of Presentation
MS PowerPoint 2013
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Welcome to the ICDL Course, Computer Essentials module

• Trainer name:
• Key Qualifications: e.g. Certified ICDL Trainer
• Education Background:
Welcome to ICDL Word Processing
o MSc………………………,
o Trainer name
BSc…………………..
o ICDL…………………, Email
o Email: ……………………
o Phone: +………………..

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Participants Introduction and
Expectations
• Please share with us your:
– Name
– Occupation
– Previous ICT Training
– Expectations

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Facilities and Classroom logistics

Candidates are expected to:

 Turn off cell phones
 Return promptly from break
 Participate in class discussions and activities
 Respect class hours
 Keep the training environment clean
If you have any problems, your Trainer will help you

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About the Course

• ICDL = International Computer Driving License

• ICDL Africa HQ in Kigali, Rwanda

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 ICDL Professional

Digital Skills for

Occupational Effectiveness

ICDL Foundation — icdl.org

Training Methodology

• Instructor-led
• Classroom-based
• A PC for each participant
• Sessions are objective-driven
• Session Quizzes / Exercises
• Workbook (skills checklist)
• 20 hours

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Exercises

• Exercises are included per lesson

• Aimed at testing concepts clarity
• Complete before moving to next lesson

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ADVANCED PRESENTATION

On completion of this module, you will be able to:

1. Understand target audience and venue considerations in presentation

planning.

2. Create and modify templates and format slide backgrounds.

3. Enhance a presentation using built-in animation features.

4. Use linking, embedding, importing and exporting features to integrate

data.

5. Work with custom slide shows, apply slide show settings, and control a

slide show.

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ICDL Advanced Presentation
Provides key skills and concepts in relation to:

1. Customising Presentations 7. Setting up the slide show

2. Editing Presentation Masters 8. Using Slide show View

3. Drawing Objects 9. Expanding a Slide show

4. Graphics 10.Creating Custom Charts

5. Using Smart Art 11.Editing Charts

6. Adding Special Effects 12.Exporting Outlines and Slides

13.Design Consideration

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Lesson 1
CUSTOMISING PRESENTATIONS
Lesson Objectives

In this lesson, you will learn how to:

• Create a Custom Layout
• Apply a Theme
• Apply a Background Style
• Save a Custom Theme
• Create a new template, theme
• Modify a template, theme

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CREATE A CUSTOM LAYOUT
Concepts
Slide layouts contain formatting, positioning, and placeholders for all of the content that appears on
a slide.
You can make a new custom layout from the default layout.
Custom layout specifies the number, size, and location of placeholders, background content, theme
colours, fonts, and effects.
It is reusable and saves time when producing slides.

Steps
• Create a new blank Presentation and select the VIEW tab.
• Select the Slide Master button in the Master Views group.
• Select the Slide Layout you wish to edit from the Slide Master Layout pane.
• Select the Insert Placeholder drop down arrow in the Master Layout group.

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CREATE A CUSTOM LAYOUT
• Select the text placeholder.
• Position the crosshair pointer where you want the placeholder to be and drag
diagonally down and right to the required size, then release the mouse button.
• Select the SLIDE MASTER tab and enter Details Layout as the new name for
your customised layout.
• Select the Rename button.
• Select the VIEW tab.
• Select the Normal button from the Presentation Views group.
• Select the HOME tab and Select the New Slide drop down arrow in the Slides
group.
• Select the newly created Details Layout.

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APPLY A THEME

Steps

• Select the DESIGN tab.

• Select the desired theme from the Themes gallery like Facet.

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APPLY A BACKGROUND STYLE

steps
• Select the DESIGN tab.

• Select the More drop down arrow in the Variants group.

• Select Background Styles.

• Click on Style 10 from the list as the desired Background Style.

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SAVE A CUSTOM THEME
Steps

• Select the DESIGN tab.

• Select the More drop down arrow in the Themes group.

• Select Save Current Theme…

• Type personal as the desired name for the theme.

• Click the Save button to save the template.

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SAVE A CUSTOM THEME
Practice

• Open Themes.pptx file and select the DESIGN tab.

• Expand the Themes gallery with the More drop down arrow and apply
the personal theme to the whole presentation.

To modify the theme:

• Open the Themes.pptx file and select the DESIGN tab. From Variants
group, select more options, Colors, Select Blue Warm and Click Save.

• Close Themes.pptx

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CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE, THEME
Concepts
• A template is a file containing formatting and content such as logo, text,
background formatting, headers and footers.
• It can be applied to presentations when needed.
• A theme contains colours, fonts and effects.
• The best way to create a new theme is to edit one of the predesigned themes
supplied with the presentation program.

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 CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE
Steps
• Open a blank presentation and select the VIEW tab.
• Select the Slide Master button in the Master Views group.
• Select Themes and choose a theme from the displayed gallery. Choose Facet
• Select Background Styles and choose a background. Choose Style 2
• Select the slide master or a slide layout to add a placeholder. Select Insert
Placeholder from the Master Layout group. Select a placeholder type and
Resize and position the Placeholder.
• Select Slide Size from the Size group and choose Custom Slide Size to
choose a page orientation, portrait or landscape, for all the slides.
• On the FILE tab select Save As name the file Sample.potx and save as a
PowerPoint Template.
• To use the template for a new presentation select New from the FILE tab.
Select Personal and choose the template, Sample.

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 CREATE A NEW THEME
Steps

• Select the VIEW tab and select the Slide Master button in the Master Views group.

• Select the Colors button from the Background group in the SLIDEMASTER tab.

• Select Customize Colors to display the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

• Under Theme colors, choose a theme colour element and click on the colour box beside it.

• Enter a name in the Name box for the theme colours that you choose and save.

• To change theme fonts select Fonts from the Background group.

• Select Customize Fonts and create New

• Under Heading font and Body font, select Arial.

• In the Name box, type Myfonts as the name for the new theme fonts.

• To Save your theme, select Themes from the Edit Theme group and select Save Current Theme.

• Type Mytheme as the name for the theme in the File Name box and click Save.

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MODIFY A TEMPLATE, THEME
Concepts

A template can be modified and saved to overwrite the original template, or saved
under a new name to give a separate template.

Modify a template

Steps

• Open Sample.potx.

• Make changes to the template such as, change themes, background colour and
fonts.

• Save the template.

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MODIFY A TEMPLATE, THEME
Concepts
A theme can be modified and saved in normal view or slide master view.

Modify a theme
Steps
• In slide master view, select Themes in the edit Theme group and Select Mytheme
as the theme to be modified.
• Click Font, then click Edit.
• Change the body font to Times New Roman.
• Save using original name and location or save as a different theme using a
different name.

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Lesson 1 Review

In this lesson, you learnt how to:

• Create a Custom Layout
• Apply a Theme
• Apply a Background Style
• Save a Custom Theme
• Create a new template, theme
• Modify a template, theme

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Lesson 2 Objectives

In the next lesson, you will learn how to:

• Work with the Slide Master
• Format the Slide Master
• Add Header and Footer Information
• Format the Title Master
• Insert a New Slide Master
• Preserve a Slide Master

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