Microsoft PowerPoint (Introduction)

Course Overview

In Microsoft PowerPoint (Introduction) we cover design fundamentals and concepts, tips on how to approach designing your presentation, and then apply these skills to the Microsoft PowerPoint program to achieve your presentation goals.

Prerequisites

Those attending this course are expected to be familiar with the mouse and keyboard, starting Windows and  applications, and be comfortable with using Windows.

Delivery Method

CD-ROM

This course is also available as an classroom course: AX3455 - Microsoft PowerPoint (Introduction).

Total Learning Time

1 Day

Objectives

Getting Started

• What is Microsoft Powerpoint 2000?
• Accessing Menus
• Personalised Menus
• Toolbars
• Displaying Screentips
• Working with Dialog Boxes
• Closing and Opening a Presentation
• Exiting Microsoft Powerpoint 2000

Starting a New Presentation

• Creating a New Presentation Using the Autocontent Wizard
• Saving a Presentation
• Creating a New Presentation Using Outline View
• Selecting Text in Outline View
• Promoting and Demoting
• Moving Text Up and Down
• Creating a Presentation Using Design Templates
• Applying Design Templates
• Adding a New Slide

Working with Text

• Moving and Resizing a Text Placeholder
• Selecting Text and Text Placeholder
• Deleting Text or a Text Placeholder
• Undo and Redo
• Undoing and Redoing the Last Action
• Cut, Copy and Paste
• Change Font and Point Size
• Font Effects
• Using the Format Painter
• Changing Alignment
• Line and Paragraph Spacing
• Replacing Fonts

Using Bulleted Lists

• Adding a New Bulleted Slide
• Adding Points to a Bulleted List
• Creating Sub-Points
• Changing the Appearance of Bullets
• Displaying and Hiding the Ruler
• Working with Indents

Using the Drawing Tools

• Drawing Objects
• Resizing and Moving Objects
• Displaying and Hiding Guides
• Formatting an Object
• Object Borders
• Grouping, Ungrouping and Re-Grouping Objects
• Autoshapes
• Inserting Wordart
• Formatting a Wordart Object

Working with Clip Art

• Inserting a Clip Art Image
• Moving and Resizing Clip Art Images
• Navigating in the Clip Gallery
• Importing Pictures into the Clip Gallery

Creating Charts

• Inserting a Chart
• Changing the Chart Type
• Formatting Chart Titles
• Data Labels

Creating Organisational Charts

• Organisational Charts
• Selecting and Adding People to an Organisational Chart
• Formatting Boxes and Lines

Creating a Slide Show

• Adding Transitions
• Adding Builds and Timings
• Running the Slide Show

Working with Slides

• Duplicating Slides within a Presentation
• Inserting Slides from Other Presentations

Working with Headers and Footers

• Creating Headers and Footers
• Adding Slide Numbering

Printing a Presentation

Using the Pack and Go Wizard