1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

The Place For Free Online Training Courses

(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/)

ICDL Workforce modules - Office

Applications - Presentations

Presentation programs are designed to project your thoughts in a more intuitive and elegant way. This
program has built-in layouts for slides that you can fill with the information you intend to present with pictures,
graphs and animations. This software is very useful to create an effective visual aid for the students to learn.
For businesses, this tool has become a necessity during meetings and brain-storming sessions. The
presentations can be also be loaded with audio clippings and flash animations. When your presentation is
equipped with interactive integrated hardware elements, you can project your information across many
geographic locations.

Category

Using The Application

Skill Set

Working with Presentations (https://www.free-online-

training-courses.com/working-with-presentations/)

Task Item

Open, close a presentation application. Open, close presentations (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/working-with-presentations/)

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 1/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Create a new presentation based on default template (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/create-a-

new-presentation-based-on-default-template/)

Save a presentation to a location on a drive. Save a presentation under another name (https://www.free-
online-training-courses.com/create-a-new-presentation-based-on-default-template/)

Save a presentation as another file type: Rich Text Format, template, show, image fileformat, version number
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/create-a-new-presentation-based-on-default-template/)

Switch between open presentations (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/switch-between-open-

presentations/)

Skill Set

Enhancing Productivity (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-enhancing-
productivity/)

Task Item

Set user preferences in the application: user name, default folder to open and save files (https://www.free-
online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-enhancing-productivity/)

Use available Help functions (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

enhancing-productivity/)

Use magnification/zoom tools (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

enhancing-productivity/)

Display, hide built-in toolbars. Restore, minimize the ribbon (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-enhancing-productivity/)

Category

Developing a Presentation

Skill Set
https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 2/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Presentation Views (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-presentation-
views/)

Task Item

Understand the uses of different presentation view modes: normal view, slide sorter view, outline view, slide
show view (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-presentation-views/)

Recognize good practice in adding slide titles: use a different title for each slide to distinguish it in outline
view, when navigating in slide show view (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-
presentations-adding-slide-titles/)

Change between presentation view modes: normal view, slide sorter view, slide show view (https://www.free-
online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-adding-slide-titles/)

Skill Set

Slides (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-slides/)

Task Item

Choose a different built-in slide layout for a slide (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-slides/)

Apply an available design template to a presentation (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-slides/)

Change background colour on specific slide(s), all slides (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-change-background-color/)

Add a new slide with a specific slide layout like: title slide, chart and text, bulleted list, table/spreadsheet
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-change-background-color/)

Copy, move slides within the presentation, between open presentations (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-copy-move-delete-slides/)

Delete slide(s) (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-copy-move-delete-

slides/)

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 3/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Skill Set

Master Slide (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-master-slide/)

Task Item

Insert a graphical object (picture, image, drawn object) into a master slide. Remove a graphical object from a
master slide (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-master-slide/)

Enter text into footer of specific slides, all slides in a presentation

Apply automatic slide numbering, automatically updated date, non-updating date into footer of specific slides,
all slides in a presentation

Category

Text

Skill Set

Handling Text (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-handling-text/)

Task Item

Recognize good practice in creating slide content: use short concise phrases, bullet points, numbered lists
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-good-practice/)

Enter text into a placeholder in standard, outline view (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-enter-text/)

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 4/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Edit text in a presentation (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-enter-

text/)

Copy, move text within, between presentations (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-enter-text/)

Delete text (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-delete-undo-redo-

text/)

Use the undo, redo command (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

delete-undo-redo-text/)

Skill Set

Formatting (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-formatting-
text/)

Task Item

Change text formatting: font sizes, font types (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-formatting-text/)

Apply text formatting: bold, italic, underline, shadow (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-formatting-text/)

Apply different colours to text (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

formatting-text/)

Apply case changes to text (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

formatting-text/)

Align text: left, centre, right in a text frame (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-formatting-text/)

Skill Set

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 5/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Lists (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-lists/)

Task Item

Indent bulleted text. Remove indent from bulleted text (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-lists/)

Adjust line spacing before and after bulleted, numbered lists (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-lists/)

Switch between the different standard bullet, number styles in a list (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-lists/)

Skill Set

Tables (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-tables/)

Task Item

Enter, edit text in a table slide (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

tables/)

Select rows, columns, entire table (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-tables/)

Insert, delete rows and columns (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

tables/)

Modify column width, row height

Category

Charts

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 6/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Skill Set

Using Charts (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-charts/)

Task Item

Input data to create built-in charts in a presentation: column, bar, line, pie (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-charts/)

Select a chart (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-charts/)

Change the chart type (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-charts/)

Add, remove, edit a chart title (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

charts/)

Add data labels to a chart: values/numbers, percentages (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-spreadsheets-using-charts/)

Change the background colour of a chart (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

spreadsheets-using-charts/)

Change the column, bar, line, pie slice colours in a chart (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-spreadsheets-using-charts/)

Skill Set

Organization Charts

Task Item

Create an organization chart with a labelled hierarchy by using a built-in organization chart feature

Change the hierarchical structure of an organization chart

Add, remove co-workers, subordinates in an organization chart

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 7/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Category

Graphical Objects

Skill Set

Insert (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-insert-
objects/), Manipulate (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-manipulate-
objects/)

Task Item

Insert a graphical object (picture, image, drawn object) into a slide (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-insert-objects/)

Select a graphical object (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-insert-

objects/)

Copy, move graphical objects, charts within the presentation, between open presentations (https://www.free-
online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-manipulate-objects/)

Resize, delete graphical objects, charts in a presentation (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-manipulate-objects/)

Rotate, flip a graphical object (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

manipulate-objects/)

Align a graphical object relative to a slide: left, centre, right, top, bottom (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-manipulate-objects/)

Skill Set

Drawing (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-drawing/)

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 8/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Task Item

Add different types of drawn object to a slide: line, arrow, block arrow, rectangle, square, oval, circle, text box
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-drawing/)

Enter text into a text box, block arrow, rectangle, square, oval, circle (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-text-in-objects/)

Change drawn object background colour (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-text-in-objects/), line colour, line weight, line style (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-lines/)

Change arrow start style, arrow finish style

Apply a shadow to a drawn object (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-lines/)

Group, ungroup drawn objects in a slide (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-grouping-and-arranging/)

Bring a drawn object one level forward, one level backward, to the front, to the back of other drawn objects
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-grouping-and-arranging/)

Category

Prepare Outputs

Skill Set

Preparation (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-slide-
transition/)

Task Item

Add, remove transition effects between slides (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-

presentations-slide-transition/)

Add, remove preset animation effects for different slide elements (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-animation-effects/)

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 9/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

Add presenter notes to slides (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-

presenter-notes/)

Select appropriate output format for slide presentation like: overhead, handout, on-screen show

Hide, show slides (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-hide-show-

slides/)

Skill Set

Check And Deliver (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/understanding-presentations-check-and-
deliver/)

Task Item

Spell check a presentation and make changes like: correcting spelling errors, deleting repeated words
(https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-check-and-deliver/)

Change slide setup, slide orientation to portrait, landscape. Change paper size (https://www.free-online-
training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-print/)

Print entire presentation, specific slides, handouts, notes pages, outline view of slides, number of copies of a
presentation (https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/understanding-presentations-print/)

Start a slide show from first slide, from current slide (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-slide-show/)

Navigate to next slide, previous slide, specified slide during a slide show (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/understanding-presentations-slide-show/)

FAQ (https://www.free-online-training-
courses.com/frequently-asked-questions/)

Privacy policy (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/privacy-policy/)

Terms and conditions (https://www.free-online-training-

courses.com/terms-conditions/)

© 2025 The Place For Free Online Training Courses. All Rights Reserved.

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 10/11
1/10/25, 9:28 AM ICDL Workforce modules – Office Applications – Presentations

https://www.free-online-training-courses.com/icdl-base-module-syllabus-presentations/ 11/11