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

Exploring PowerPoint

Starting and exiting PowerPoint; creating a presentation; selecting an AutoLayout; using windows and menu commands; displaying/hiding toolbars

Using the Office Assistant

Using the Office Assistant, selecting and hiding the Assistant, changing Assistant options, finding an answer

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

Enhancing Presentation Text

Changing the font, font size, font style and effect, and text alignment; adding/removing bullets; modifying paragraph spacing

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

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

Creating Basic Charts

Using charts in slides, creating a chart, deleting and entering data in a datasheet, closing the datasheet, changing the chart type

8. Printing Presentations

Printing a presentation, slides, outlines, and selected slides; selecting page setup options

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

Using Clip Art

Using, inserting, repositioning, cropping, and resizing clip art; using AutoClipArt

Using Slide Sorter View

Switching to Slide Sorter view; selecting multiple slides; moving, duplicating, copying and deleting slides

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

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

Editing Multiple Presentations

Viewing multiple presentations, copying text between windows, copying and moving slides between windows

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

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