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 Objectives
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 courses or have equivalent knowledge:
- Windows XP: Introduction
- Windows XP Professional: Level 1
- Windows XP Professional: Level 2
- Windows 2000: Introduction
Target Student
This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007. This course is also intended for students interested in pursuing Microsoft Office Specialist certification in Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007.
Certification
This course is one of a series of courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Office Specialist (Office Specialist) skill sets. The Office Specialist program is for individuals who use Microsoft’s business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more proficiency exams in order to earn Office Specialist certification.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student
and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum
hardware components:
- A Pentium IV 1.5-GHz processor (2-GHz recommended).
- A minimum of 256 MB of RAM; 512 MB of RAM is recommended.
- A 10-GB hard disk or larger if you use Windows XP Professional
as your operating system. You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk
space available for the Office installation.
- A CD-ROM or DVD drive.
- A mouse or other pointing device.
- A VGA or higher video adapter and monitor. Recommended monitor
resolution is 1024 x 768.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (see your local network administrator).
- A printer.
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Platform Requirements
Software Requirements
- Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2007.
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- get started with PowerPoint.
- create a presentation.
- format text on slides.
- add graphical objects to a presentation.
- modify objects on slides.
- add tables to a presentation.
- add charts to a presentation.
- prepare to deliver a presentation.
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson 1: Getting
Started with PowerPoint
- Topic 1A: Explore the User Interface
- Topic 1B: Navigate and View a Presentation
- Topic 1C: Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help
- Topic 1D: Enter Text
- Topic 1E: Save a Presentation
Lesson 2: Creating a Presentation
- Topic 2A: Create a Presentation
- Topic 2B: Edit Text
- Topic 2C: Add Slides to a Presentation
- Topic 2D: Arrange Slides
- Topic 2E: Work with Themes
Lesson 3: Formatting Text on Slides
- Topic 3A: Apply Character Formats
- Topic 3B: Apply Paragraph Formats
- Topic 3C: Format Text Placeholders
Lesson 4: Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation
- Topic 4A: Insert Clip Art and Pictures
- Topic 4B: Draw Shapes
- Topic 4C: Insert WordArt
Lesson 5: Modifying Objects
- Topic 5A: Work
with Objects
- Topic 5B: Change Object Orientation
- Topic 5C: Format Objects
- Topic 5D: Group and Ungroup Objects
- Topic 5E: Arrange Objects
Lesson 6: Adding Tables to a Presentation
- Topic 6A: Create a Table
- Topic 6B: Format Tables
- Topic 6C: Insert a Table from Microsoft Word
Lesson 7: Inserting Charts in a Presentation
- Topic 7A: Create a Chart
- Topic 7B: Edit Chart Data
- Topic 7C: Modify a Chart
- Topic 7D: Paste
a Chart from Microsoft Excel
Lesson 8: Preparing to Deliver a Presentation
- Topic 8A: Review Content
- Topic 8B: Add Transitions
- Topic 8C: Apply an Animation Effect
- Topic 8D: Create Speaker Notes
- Topic 8E: Print a Presentation
