Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007: Level 1

Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

In today's work environment, presentations have moved far beyond flip charts and overhead projectors. Audiences not only expect that your presentations are in an electronic format, but they also demand that your presentations be unique and sophisticated in their use of such formats. 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.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of the following PC University courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint

Explore the User Interface

Navigate and View a Presentation

Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help

Enter Text

Save a Presentation

 

Lesson 2: Creating a Presentation

Create a Presentation

Edit Text

Add Slides to a Presentation

Arrange Slides

Work with Themes

 

Lesson 3: Formatting Text on Slides

Apply Character Formats

Apply Paragraph Formats

Format Text Placeholders

 

Lesson 4: Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation

Insert Clip Art and Pictures

Insert WordArt

 

Lesson 5: Modifying Objects

Work with Objects

Change Object Orientation

Format Objects

Group and Ungroup Objects

Arrange Objects

 

Lesson 6: Adding Tables to a Presentation

Create a Table

Format Tables

 

Lesson 7: Inserting Charts in a Presentation

Create a Chart

Edit Chart Data

Modify a Chart

Paste a Chart from Microsoft Excel

 

Lesson 8: Preparing to Deliver a Presentation

Review Content

Add Transitions

Apply an Animation Effect

Create Speaker Notes

Print a Presentation