PowerPoint 97 - Day 1
Module 1 - Introduction to PowerPoint
Required Background Users familiar with Windows 95 who want to learn the basics of PowerPoint 97 Course Length : one day |
Course Topics
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Exploring PowerPoint |
Starting and exiting PowerPoint; creating a presentation; selecting an AutoLayout; using windows and menu commands; displaying/hiding toolbars |
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Using the Office Assistant |
Using the Office Assistant, selecting and hiding the Assistant, changing Assistant options, finding an answer |
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Using Basic Presentation Skills |
Creating, saving, closing, and opening a presentation; entering text; adding and navigating slides; using the AutoContent Wizard; switching views; renaming an existing file; using design and content templates |
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Enhancing Presentation Text |
Changing the font, font size, font style and effect, and text alignment; adding/removing bullets; modifying paragraph spacing |
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Using Outline View |
Using, navigating, and adding slides; collapsing/expanding an outline; demoting, promoting, and moving text lines; deleting and rearranging slides; creating a summary slide |
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Correcting Spelling Errors |
Checking spelling as you type; hiding spelling errors; starting the Spelling Checker; using Ignore/Ignore All, Change/Change All, and Replace/Replace All; selecting AutoCorrect options; using AutoCorrect; creating and deleting an AutoCorrect entry |
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Creating Basic Charts |
Using charts in slides, creating a chart, deleting and entering data in a datasheet, closing the datasheet, changing the chart type |
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8. Printing Presentations |
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Printing a presentation, slides, outlines, and selected slides; selecting page setup options |
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Formatting and Editing Text |
Applying design templates, using the Style Checker; formatting text and bullets; using the Format Painter, the Undo feature, and the Undo list; displaying the rulers; adding a tab stop; copying and moving text between slides; deleting slide items |
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Using Clip Art |
Using, inserting, repositioning, cropping, and resizing clip art; using AutoClipArt |
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Using Slide Sorter View |
Switching to Slide Sorter view; selecting multiple slides; moving, duplicating, copying and deleting slides |
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Using Slide Show View |
Running and ending a slide show, displaying the shortcut menu, navigating to a slide, using the pen to annotate, changing the pen color, adding speaker notes and action items |
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Using Notes Page View |
Switching to Notes Page view; adding a note to a slide; editing a slide object and text in a notes box; formatting, resizing, and moving a notes box |
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Editing Multiple Presentations |
Viewing multiple presentations, copying text between windows, copying and moving slides between windows |
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7. Using Online Help |
Using online Help, Help Contents, the Help Index, and Help Find; viewing ScreenTips Viewing multiple presentations, copying text between windows, copying and moving slides between windows |