PowerPoint 2007, Regular Beginner PP-025

Course Overview

Producing a simple presentation from the design to printing using various available tools.

Prerequisites

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Beginner

Syllabus

DAY1

The Environnement:

• Starting PowerPoint;
• Opening an existing presentation;
• Exploring the PowerPoint screen;
• Displaying a presentation using PowerPoint;
• Changing zoom percentages;
• Navigating a presentation;
• Getting help.

Basic Concepts:

• Creating a new presentation;
• Inserting a new slide;
• Deleting a slide;
• Adding text to a slide;
• Print previewing;
• Selecting what you preview;
• Checking spelling as you type;
• Saving your presentation;
• Using AutoCorrect;
• Selecting text;
• Copying and moving text;
• Repeating operations.

Formatting :

• Changing text formatting;
• Working with bulleted lists;
• Adding speader notes;
• Working in Outline view;
• Working in Slide Sorter view;
• Modifying the slide master;
• Adding a page header/footer.

Pictures and WordArt:

• Using the ClipArt Gallery;
• Working with WordArt.

Drawings and Annotations :

• Using the Drawing toolbar;
• Text boxes;
• Drawing objects;
• Selecting objects;
• Changing an object’s color(s);
• Resizing objects;
• Moving and copying objects;
• Inserting text into objects;
• Rotating and flipping objects;
• Changing the stacking order of objects;
• Grouping and ungrouping objects.

DAY 2

Tables:

• Creating a table;
• Navigating a table;
• Selecting cells;
• Resizing tables;
• Changing the appearance of a table.

Organization Charts and Diagrams:

• Making organization charts;
• Entering data into an organization chart;
• Creating, deleting, moving, and editing boxes;
• Creating diagrams.

Introduction to Charts:

• Creating a chart;
• Exploring the Ms-Graph screen;
• Interpreting a graphic;
• Data series (by row or by column);
• Working with chart options;
• Formatting chart objects;
• Choosing a chart type;
• Returning to PowerPoint.

The Slide Show:

• Creating and launching slide shows;
• Spice up presentations with transitions;
• Animation effects.

Printing:

• Displaying presentations in black and white;
• Changing a slide’s setup;
• Printing a presentation.

Appendix:

• Saving and recuperating when errors arise;
• Signaling errors;
• Recuperating the application and the document.