Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Introduction

Overview

A comprehensive course, covering the creation of a variety of slide layouts that combined together make a professional business presentation. Delegates will be creating their own presentation including the animation of slides and transitions.
Course objectives
The course is designed to provide delegates with a good understanding of the main features available within PowerPoint, and to enable them to create professional presentations in their work environment.
By the end of this course you will have learned

• How to start a blank presentation; the Slide Master; formatting text and backgrounds; bulleted lists
• How to insert charts
• How to create a table; creating organisation charts; using the drawing toolbar - shapes, lines, shadows, 3-D, text tool, rotating objects
• How to insert Clip Art; presentation views and printing
• How to setup a slide show - transitions, animations, timings.

Who should attend
People who need to produce business graphics for all types of presentations.
Pre-requisites
Delegates should have an understanding of the Windows environment and basic PC skills.
Course synopsis

• Introduction to PowerPoint - The Microsoft PowerPoint screen; menus and toolbars; shortcut menus; scroll bars; saving, closing and opening a presentation; templates (presentation designs); autocontent wizard
• Creating a blank presentation - Blank presentations; adding slides; creating a slide master
• Formatting text and backgrounds - Using placeholders; character formatting; moving and copying objects; changing the background
• Bulleted lists - One and two column lists; customising bullets; customising autolayouts; alignment and line spacing
• Charts - Inserting a chart; editing a chart
• Organisation charts - Creating an organisation chart; adding data; formatting the organisation chart
• Using the drawing toolbar - Drawing shapes and lines; selecting shapes and lines; resizing objects; moving/copying/duplicating; grouping and stacking objects; rotating; formatting objects
• ClipArt - Adding ClipArt images; editing the ClipArt image
• Presentation views and printing - Creating notes; creating handouts; printing a presentation
• Slide shows and animations - Adding slide transitions; adding custom animations; moving through the slide show; running a slide show