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Overview
Corel® Presentations™ 11: Level 1 is a hands-on instruction book that will introduce you to the basics of creating and presenting professional-looking slide shows and collateral materials.
Prerequisites
We designed Corel® Presentations™ 11: Level 1 for the student who has limited experience with computers and the Internet and needs to learn the basics about Corel Presentations 11. To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following course or have equivalent knowledge:
Performance-Based Objectives
- Start the Presentations application; open an existing PowerPoint
slide show in Presentations; use context-sensitive help to identify features
in the application window; navigate between individual slides and different
working environments using the Slide Show View tabs; explore the Master, Background,
and Layout Galleries; and close a slide show.
- Create and save a new slide show; insert title and bullet slides
in Slide Editor view; insert a WordPerfect file into Slide Outliner view;
add, edit, and spell check slides; use RealTime Preview to format text; re-purpose
existing slide shows for different audiences; create and modify a new project
slide show using the PerfectExpert; insert a comment; and disable default
settings.
- Change an existing slide show's appearance by applying a different
master; use the Layout and Background Layers to change a show's default settings;
modify backgrounds; use Slide Sorter view to rearrange and delete slides;
add transitions between slides; and animate individual slide elements.
- Create slides; identify and use Presentations' drawing tools;
draw lines and basic shapes, as well as modify, move, size, duplicate, and
delete them; insert a piece of clip art from the Scrapbook, add text to a
slide, and edit a bitmap; use TextArt to create and modify a shaped text object,
and align objects on a slide; and insert a movie into a presentation.
- Create and modify an organization chart's structure by adding,
moving, and deleting subordinates; format the appearance of an organization
chart; and change font and box properties and connectors.
- Insert an Excel spreadsheet and create a new data chart slide
from it using the Data Chart Gallery to create a default chart (vertical bar);
identify the various chart regions; use the chart's datasheet; and edit data,
legend placement, number formatting, and chart types.
- Add speaker notes and prepare portable slide shows using Show
On The Go; run a slide show manually and continuously; discuss available printing
options; and explore output options, including save a file as a PowerPoint
slide show, turn a slide show into a Web-ready HTML presentation using the
Internet Publisher, publish to PDF, and publish to XML.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson 1: Introduction to Corel Presentations 11
- Topic 1A: Starting Presentations 11 and Opening a PowerPoint
Slide Show
- Topic 1B: Working With and Viewing Slide Shows
Lesson 2: Creating a Slide Show
- Topic 2A: Creating a New Slide Show and Adding Slides
- Topic 2B: Adding and Editing Slides in Slide Outliner
View
- Topic 2C: Formatting Text and Using Spell Check
- Topic 2D: Working with RealTime Preview
- Topic 2E: Creating a Slide Show for a Custom Audience
- Topic 2F: Using the PerfectExpert and CorelMemo
Lesson 3: Enhancing a Slide Show
- Topic 3A: Applying Different Masters and Using Layers
- Topic 3B: Modifying Backgrounds
- Topic 3C: Working in Slide Sorter View
- Topic 3D: Adding Movement to Slides and Slide Elements
Lesson 4: Adding Graphics to a Slide Show
- Topic 4A: Working with Drawing Tools
- Topic 4B: Using Clipart
- Topic 4C: Using TextArt
- Topic 4D: Inserting Movies
Lesson 5: Working with Organization Charts
- Topic 5A: Creating an Organization Chart
- Topic 5B: Formatting an Org Chart's Appearance
Lesson 6: Working with Data Charts
- Topic 6A: Inserting an Excel or Quattro Pro Spreadsheet
- Topic 6B: Orientation to Data Charts
- Topic 6C: Editing a Chart
Lesson 7: Preparing to Present: Output Options
- Topic 7A: Completing a Slide Show
- Topic 7B: Investigating Output Options
Hardware/Software Requirements
You will need:
- Personal computer with Pentium 166 MHz processor or equivalent.
- 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended).
- A minimum of 340 MB of free hard-disk space.
- Either a local CD-ROM drive or access to a networked CD-ROM
drive.
- A two-button mouse, an IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing
device.
- Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor supporting 800x600 or higher
resolution.
- An installed printer driver.
- 28.8 Kbps modem or faster.
- An Internet connection with access to the World Wide Web, which
may be necessary to complete some tasks in the book. (Note: Internet access
may require payment of a separate fee to a service provider; local charges
may also apply.)
- A default setup of WordPerfect Office 11 Professional—see the
Class Requirements section for details.
- A Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.
- Windows 2000 (SP3) or XP Professional (SP1) or Home. This course
was written using the Windows XP Professional operating system. Using this
course with other operating systems or configurations may affect how the activities
work. (Note: The manufacturer states that WordPerfect Office 11 will work
with Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft Windows ME, or Microsoft Windows NT
4.0 (SP6a). For best results on Windows XP, you should download and install
the latest Service Packs from the Corel Web site.)
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