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Overview
Students will explore the new features added to Microsoft PowerPoint since PowerPoint 97
Prerequisites
Microsoft Office 97 to Office XP: New Features, PowerPoint 97: Level 1, and PowerPoint 97: Level 2.
Target Student
Students will get the most out of this course if they are involved in upgrading from PowerPoint 97 to PowerPoint XP. This course serves as a quick reference to features added or improved since PowerPoint 97 and guides them through the transition process.
Performance-Based Objectives
Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- * Navigate through the new PowerPoint XP interface, create a slide layout and
design using the task pane, and work with PowerPoint's Smart Tags.
- * Create and animate a diagram, add animation and drawing tools, and work with
PowerPoint's automatic features in a presentation.
- * Apply a design and content template to a slide show, and insert multiple masters
into a single presentation.
- * Preview and save a presentation as a Web page and navigate through the slide
show in Internet Explorer, and open, edit, and merge a presentation sent for
review.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson 1: The PowerPoint XP Interface
The Tri-Pane View
- Task 1A-1: Opening a presentation and using tri-pane view
- Task 1A-2: Switching between views
The Task Pane
- Task 1B-1: Creating a slide layout and design using the task pane
- Task 1B-2: Applying custom animation and slide transitions
Smart Tags
- Task 1C-1: Working with Smart Tags
Lesson 2: Enhanced Design Tools
Creating Diagrams
- Task 2A-1: Creating and editing a radial diagram
- Task 2A-2: Adding effects to your diagram
Improved Animation and Drawing Effects
- Task 2B-1: Working with the visible grid and AutoShapes
- Task 2B-2: Drawing a custom motion path
Improved Functionality
- Task 2C-1: Using automatic features
- Task 2C-2: Working with bullets in a presentation
- Task 2C-3: Inserting and entering text into a table
- Task 2C-4: Working with objects
- Task 2C-5: Working with grouped objects
Lesson 3: Templates and Masters
Working with Templates
- Task 3A-1: Applying a design template to a presentation
- Task 3A-2: Applying a content template with the AutoContent Wizard
Working with Masters
- Task 3B-1: Making changes to the Title Master
- Task 3B-2: Creating multiple masters in one presentation
- Task 3B-3: Creating a new slide in a multiple-master presentation
Lesson 4: Sharing Presentations over the Web
Preparing Presentations for Internet Delivery
- Task 4A-1: Previewing a Web presentation
- Task 4A-2: Saving a presentation as a Web page and exploring HTML
options
- Task 4A-3: Viewing an HTML PowerPoint presentation as a Web page
Web Collaboration
- Task 4B-1: Opening and editing a presentation sent for review
- Task 4B-2: Merging a presentation
- Task 4B-3: Working with a merged presentation
Hardware/Software Requirements
- - A Pentium 133 MHz or higher processor with a minimum of 64 MB of RAM for the operating system and an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application running simultaneously. (For Windows 98 or Windows 98 SE, 24 MB of RAM for the operating system. For Windows Me or Windows NT, 32 MB of RAM for the operating system.)
- - A minimum of 520 MB of free hard-disk space.
- - Either a local CD-ROM drive or access to a networked CD-ROM drive for installation purposes.
- - A floppy-disk drive.
- - A Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device.
- - A Super VGA or higher resolution monitor.
- - An installed printer driver.
- - Microsoft Windows 98 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6x or higher installed.
- - A complete installation of Microsoft Office XP.
- - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher.
See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.
