Corel Presentations is designed to help you create high-quality slide shows and drawings. This tutorial will familiarize you with the workspace tools you will use the most in Corel Presentations. The lessons will lead you step-by-step in the creation of a basic slide show.
In this tutorial you will learn to use:
the Standard toolbar
the property bar
flyouts
mouse commands
menu commands
Using the Standard toolbar to set the layout for a slide show
The Standard toolbar provides quick, one-click access to basic commands. For example, the Standard toolbar helps you select a master slide, insert new slides, modify a slide's design and add text to your slides. By default, the Standard toolbar is displayed above the Drawing window.
In the procedures below you will learn to create a new slide show by using the Master Gallery and other standard tools. Before proceeding with the tutorial, you need to be in the slide show mode.
To choose a master slide
1 On the Standard toolbar, click the Master Gallery button.
2 In the Master Gallery dialog box, choose Color from the Category list box.
3 Click the Chips master on the Selected style palette.
4 Click OK.
To insert a new slide into a slide show
1 On the Standard toolbar, click the New slide button.
2 In the New slide dialog box, click the Text layout on the Layout palette.
3 Type 1 in the Number to add box.
To add text to a slide show
1 Double-click the Title text box, and type your company's name.
2 Double-click the Subtitle text box, and type Company Overview.
3 Select the 2: tab at the bottom of the main window.
4 Double-click the Title text box, and type your company's name.
5 Double-click the Subtitle text box, and type Mission statement.
6 Double-click the Add text text box, and type the company's mission statement.
To save a slide show
1 Click File Save as.
2 Choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.
3 Type corp_overview in the Filename box.
4 Click Save.
Next you will edit the text in your slide by using another Corel Presentations tool: the property bar.
Using the Property bar to edit the slide text
The Property bar helps you customize the text in a slide show by setting the text attributes.
In the procedures below you will learn how to change the font type and size. You will also learn how to change the font style.
To modify the text font type, size and color
1 Select the 1: tab at the bottom of the main window.
2 Select the title text.
3 Select Times New Roman from the Font selection list box on the property bar.
4 Select 60 from the Font size list box on the property bar.
To modify the appearance of text
1 Select the subtitle text.
2 Click the Bold button on the property bar.
To modify the justification of text
1 Select the 2: tab at the bottom of the main window.
2 Select the paragraph text.
3 Click the Justification flyout on the property bar and click Auto.
Next you will add a drawing to your slide show and edit the drawing by using the tool palette.
Using the Tool palette to add and edit objects in your slide
The Tool palette is a group of flyouts and pickers that help you create objects and text boxes in a slide. For example, you can add a star shape to a slide and change the color of the shape's fill.
In the procedures below you will learn to add a drawing to your slide show and then modify the drawing's properties.
To add a shape to a slide
1 Click the 1: tab at the bottom of the main window.
2 Click the Star shapes flyout on the Tool palette.
3 Click the five-point star shape.
4 Click in the slide window.
5 Click on the sizing handles in any corner and drag to enlarge the star.
6 Click and drag the star to the center of the slide.
To modify the fill of the shape
1 Select the star.
2 Click the Fill pattern button on the Tool palette, and click a pattern.
3 Click the Foreground Fill Color button and click Yellow.
4 Click the Background Fill Color button and click Light yellow.
To modify the border of the shape
1 Click the Line style button, and click the solid line used by default.
2 Click the Line width button, and click a width.
Next you will edit and play your slide show using the Slide tabs.
Using the slide show tabs to edit and play slides
The slide show tabs let you toggle from one window view to another. The Slide Outliner tab displays the Slide Outliner view and helps you create a numbered list that includes all the text found in every slide in your slide show. The Slide Sorter tab displays thumbnail sketches of your slides and helps you change the order of the slides in your show. The QuickPlay tab helps you play your slide show.
In the procedures below you will learn to edit the text in you slide show using the Slide Outliner. You will also learn how to order your slide show and apply a transition using the Slide Sorter. Finally, you will play the slide show using the QuickPlay tab.
To edit slide text
1 Click the Slide Outliner tab.
2 Select the word Company from the Subtitle line in slide 1.
3 Type Corporate.
To change the order of slides
1 Click the Slide Sorter tab.
2 Click on Slide 2, and drag it to Slide 4.
Slide 2 now appears in the slide 3 position.
To apply a slide transition to a slide show
1 Click Slide 1.
2 Click Format Slide properties Transition.
3 Choose Lines sweep from the Effects list.
4 Choose Left to right from the Direction list.
5 Enable the Fast option from the Speed area.
6 Enable the Apply to all slides in slide show check box.
To play your slide show
1 Click the QuickPlay tab.
2 Click the mouse or space bar to move to the next slide.
For more information about the Corel Presentations workspace
You are now familiar with the various workspace elements of Corel Presentations and some of its basic tools. For more information about the topics and tools discussed in this tutorial, refer to the online Help. To access the online Help click Help Help topics.
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