Course Length:

1 Day

Course Description:

In today's work environment, presentations have moved far beyond flip charts and overhead projectors. Audiences not only expect that your presentations are in an electronic format, but they also demand that your presentations be unique and sophisticated in their use of such formats. In this course, you will work with Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to create electronic presentations.

Who Should Attend:

This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007. This course is also intended for students interested in pursuing Microsoft Office Specialist certification in Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Get started with PowerPoint.
• Create a presentation.
• Format text on slides.
• Add graphical objects to a presentation.
• Modify objects on slides.
• Add tables to a presentation.
• Add charts to a presentation.
• Prepare to deliver a presentation.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of the following courses or have equivalent knowledge: Windows XP: Introduction, Windows XP Professional: Level 1, Windows XP Professional: Level 2, and Windows 2000: Introduction.

Course Outline:

• Getting Started with PowerPoint
  1. Explore the User Interface
  2. Navigate and View a Presentation
  3. Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help
  4. Enter Text
  5. Save a Presentation
• Creating a Presentation
  1. Create a Presentation
  2. Edit Text
  3. Add Slides to a Presentation
  4. Arrange Slides
  5. Work with Themes
• Formatting Text on Slides
  1. Apply Character Formats
  2. Apply Paragraph Formats
  3. Format Text Placeholders
• Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation
  1. Insert Clip Art and Pictures
  2. Draw Shapes
  3. Insert WordArt
• Modifying Objects
  1. Work with Objects
  2. Change Object Orientation
  3. Format Objects
  4. Group and Ungroup Objects
  5. Arrange Objects
• Adding Tables to a Presentation
  1. Create a Table
  2. Format Tables
  3. Insert a Table from Microsoft Word
• Inserting Charts in a Presentation
  1. Create a Chart
  2. Edit Chart Data
  3. Modify a Chart
  4. Paste a Chart from Microsoft Excel
• Preparing to Deliver a Presentation
  1. Review Content
  2. Add Transitions
  3. Apply an Animation Effect
  4. Create Speaker Notes
  5. Print a Presentation