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Common Productivity Tools - ETech

This document discusses basic productivity tools and how to create effective presentations. It defines productivity tools as word processors, databases, spreadsheets, and multimedia tools that allow individuals to organize, manipulate and present ideas. The three most commonly used basic productivity tools are then introduced as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Microsoft Office is provided as a common example of a productivity software package containing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Guidelines are provided for creating effective presentations, including minimizing slide counts, using clear and large fonts, simplifying content, leveraging visuals, maintaining consistency, and considering contrast.

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Common Productivity Tools - ETech

This document discusses basic productivity tools and how to create effective presentations. It defines productivity tools as word processors, databases, spreadsheets, and multimedia tools that allow individuals to organize, manipulate and present ideas. The three most commonly used basic productivity tools are then introduced as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. Microsoft Office is provided as a common example of a productivity software package containing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Guidelines are provided for creating effective presentations, including minimizing slide counts, using clear and large fonts, simplifying content, leveraging visuals, maintaining consistency, and considering contrast.

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Empowerment Technologies Quarter 1 Module 4

COMMON
PRODUCTI
VITY
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OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. understand basic productivity tools;


2. create a creative works/presentation using common
productivity tools.
USES COMMON
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
EFFECTIVELY BY
MAXIMIZING ADVANCED
APPLICATION TECHNIQUES.
Productivity tools such as word processors,
databases, spreadsheets, and multimedia tools
allow for individual expression. People bring
information, and ideas to these tools.
Individuals use productivity tools to organize,
manipulate, shape, and ultimately present
ideas in creative new ways.
 There are three basic productivity tools that
are most commonly used, word-processing,
spreadsheets, and presentations.

 These three software products are often


referred to as the basic productivity tools
because they were among the first tools like
this. Basic productivity tools are designed to
save time on clerical types of tasks.
Basic productivity tools facilitate productivity
and save time in writing papers, creating
presentations, and creating spreadsheets of
data.
 Word Processing. Word Processing is a
software program that creates documents
using text and/or graphics. An example would
be Microsoft Word.
 Spreadsheets. Spreadsheets quickly organize
numerical information and allow the creator to
input formulas into the spreadsheet for easy
calculation. An example would be Microsoft
Excel.
 Presentations. Presentation is a software
program designed to allow the user to present
information in an engaging way such as with
text, pictures, sound and video. An example
would be Microsoft PowerPoint.
 Microsoft Office is a common productivity
software package which includes Microsoft
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
TIPS IN CREATING AN EFFECTIVE
PRESENTATION

 Minimize – keep slide counts to a minimum to


maintain a clear message and to keep the
audience attentive.
 ● Clarity – avoid being fancy by using a font
style that is easy to read. Make sure that it is
also big enough to be read by the audience.
o A font size 72 is about an inch (depends on
the screen size). A one-inch letter is readable
10 feet away; a two-inch letter is readable 20
feet away.
 Simplicity – use bullets or short sentences.
Summarize the information on the screen to
have your audience focus on what the speaker
is saying than on reading the slide. Limit the
content to six lines and seven words per line.
● This is known as the 6x7 rule.
 Visuals – use graphics to help in your
presentation but not too many to distract the
audience. In addition, instead of using a table
of data, use charts and graphs.
 Consistency – make your design uniform.
Avoid having different font styles and
backgrounds.
 Contrast – use light font on dark background
or vice versa. This is done so that it is easier
to read. In most instances, it is easier to read
on screen if the background is dark. This is
due to the brightness of the screen

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