PowerPoint 2007

Course Overview

Learn how to create professional presentations with PowerPoint. The course is perfect for those who are required to present to other people during their role. With this programme you will be able to create, customise, animate, and print presentations. Successful completion of this course will enable you to work towards further qualifications.

Aims and Objectives

To learn presentation skills to Microsoft Office Specialist Test Level using this popular presentations program. Target Audiences Those familiar with using Microsoft Word who want to learn PowerPoint presentation skills.

Prerequisites

Basic working knowledge of Windows and the Word program.

Course duration

16-18 hours

Course Content

Lesson 1:

Including: Opening an existing PowerPoint presentation, different screen views, different PowerPoint objects, creating a presentation from a blank presentation, running an existing presentation as a slide show, saving and closing a presentation.

Lesson 2:

AutoContent Wizard, inserting pictures into a presentation, resize and reposition, applying a design template, applying a slide layout, using the Slide Master, deleting one slide and multiple slides, changing slide layout, changing bullet formatting, duplicating a slide, edit and formatting text.

Lesson 3:

Including: inserting a footer into an existing presentation, modifying a footer using the slide master, repositioning slides in slide sorter view, inserting a media clip, applying background effects, using a picture as a background, inserting a slide from another presentation, using the spellcheck facility, using Format Painter, creating a folder when saving.

Lesson 4:

Including: Modifying the Handout Master, preparing handouts, adding notes to a presentation, reviewing a presentation prior to printing, applying transition effects, rehearsing timings, applying animation schemes, applying custom animation, inserting a sound, find and replace.

Lesson 5:

Including: Using a design template to start a new presentation, inserting slides from outline, working with outline text, creating a table in a presentation, customising a table format, creating charts, inserting a text box on a slide, modifying the slide sequence in outline view, inserting a hyperlink, inserting a movie, inserting a diagram.

Lesson 6:

Including: Creating a template using the Slide Master, inserting ClipArt, exporting a presentation as an outline, inserting an Excel chart as an embedded object, inserting a Word table as a linked object, using WordArt.

Lesson 7:

Including: Setting up a review cycle, reviewing, accepting and rejecting changes, compare and merge, inserting a comment, saving a presentation in HTML format, publishing a presentation as a web page, setting up an online broadcast, embedding fonts, using Package for CD for