Duration: 1 Day
Course Description
You may want to upgrade paper-based overhead presentations to an electronic format. In this course, you will work with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 to create electronic presentations.
Course Objective
You will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a new presentation. You will format text on slides to enhance clarity. In order to enhance the visual appeal, you will add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. You will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form. You will then finalize a presentation to deliver it.
Target Student
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.
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: Levels 1 and 2
• Windows 2000: Introduction
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• explore the PowerPoint environment.
• create a presentation. You will also add text and themes to 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.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Exploring the PowerPoint Environment
Topic 1A: Explore the User Interface
Topic 1B: Explore the Ribbon
Topic 1C: Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help
Topic 1D: Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
Lesson 2: Creating a Presentation
Topic 2A: Create a Presentation
Topic 2B: Save a Presentation
Topic 2C: Add Slides to a Presentation
Topic 2D: Use the PowerPoint Galleries
Topic 2E: Work with Themes
Topic 2F: Enter Text
Topic 2G: Edit Text
Topic 2H: Navigate Through a Presentation
Topic 2I: Use the Various Presentation Views
Lesson 3: Formatting Text on Slides
Topic 3A: Apply Character Formats
Topic 3B: Apply Paragraph Formats
Topic 3C: Format Text Placeholders
Lesson 4: Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation
Topic 4A: Insert Clip Art and Pictures
Topic 4B: Draw Shapes
Topic 4C: Insert WordArt
Lesson 5: Modifying Objects
Topic 5A: Work With Objects
Topic 5B: Change Object Orientation
