PowerPoint 2007, Introduction
In the past, you have used paper-based overhead systems to give presentations. Now, you want to upgrade those presentations to an electronic format. You can use Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007 to give electronic presentations.
Audience
The target student for this course is an individual who wants to learn the basic features of PowerPoint to create effective presentation by using the drawing tools, clip art, WordArt, charts, and tables. Students need little or no experience using PowerPoint.
Students taking this course should be familiar with personal computers and the use of a keyboard and a mouse. Furthermore, this course assumes that students have completed the Windows XP: Basic course or have equivalent experience.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explore the PowerPoint environment; open and run a presentation; use Help option; and close a presentation and PowerPoint.
- Create a new presentation; add new slides to it; save and update changes; rearrange and delete slides; and insert slides from another presentation.
- Format text and bulleted lists; use the Find, Replace, Cut, Copy, and Paste commands; and align text.
- Draw objects by using tools in the Drawing group; format, modify, move, rotate, and delete drawn objects by using groups on the Drawing Tools Format tab; add text to drawn objects; and apply formatting to drawn objects.
- Use WordArt to create visually appealing text objects; add images to a slide and modify images by using the Picture Tools tab options; and add modify clip art images.
- Add a table to a presentation, enter text in the table, and format the table; create and modify a chart by using the Create Chart dialog box and the option on the Chart Tools tabs; and create and modify an IGX chart by using the options on the IGX Graphic Tools tab.
- Modify a presentation by using a template; make global changes to a presentation by using the Master Slide view; specify slide transitions and timings; add speaker notes and footers to a slide show; and set up a slide show for a speaker and for a kiosk.
- Proof a presentation for mistakes by using the Spell Check, AutoCorrect, and Thesaurus features; prepare a presentation to be shown by customizing and previewing it; and use the Print dialog box and the Print Preview tab to specify printing options for an entire presentation, an individual slide, handouts, and notes pages.
- CertBlaster preparation and materials also included.
- Unit 1: New presentations
- Unit 2: Formatting slides
- Unit 3: Drawing objects
- Unit 4: Graphics
- Unit 5: Tables and charts
- Unit 6: Modifying presentations
- Unit 7: Proofing and delivering presentations
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level
of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take
the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course.
This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.