Microsoft PowerPoint Training Course 2003 Introduction

Overview and objectives of the Microsoft Outlook Training Course

This Microsoft PowerPoint training course is designed to help you to obtain the basic skills required to create and deliver a slide show to accompany a presentation. You will learn to use templates, layouts, and formatting tools to create slides incorporating text and graphics.

Who is this Microsoft PowerPoint Training Course for?

Those wanting to obtain basic skills in using presentation graphics software, such as designing slides and delivering a slide show.

Microsoft PowerPoint Training Course prerequisites

You should be able to use Microsoft Windows and basic functions in Office to start an application, get help, and open, close, and save files.

Microsoft Outlook Training Course Contents

What is PowerPoint?

Understand the functions of a presentation graphics application,  Understand some principles of presentation design,  Recognise the different elements of the PowerPoint  window,  S elect different view s,  Change the zoom setting

Creating a Presentation

Create a new presentation,  Create a specific type of slide,  Enter text onto a slide,  Delete a slide

Entering and Editing Text

Move the insertion point,  S elect text,  Insert new text,  Type over existing text,  Delete text,  U se the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands,  Insert the date and time,  Insert symbols and special characters,  Create and modify speaker notes

Working with Objects

 Select, position, and delete an object,  Resize an object,  Move or copy an object

Moving and Copying Data

 Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Windows Clipboard using the menu, toolbars, and keyboard,  Move and copy text from one presentation to another,  U se the Paste Options smart tag to change the form at of pasted text,  Use drag -and-drop to move and copy text,  U se Paste Special to choose different formats for data,  Change the order of slides• Move and copy slides between files,  Delete slides

Inserting Pictures and Clip Art

Understand Object Linking and Embedding,  Insert a Clip Art object,  Insert a picture from a file,  Insert a Print Screen graphic,  Insert an image from a scanner or digital camera,   Modify a picture using the Picture toolbar,  Crop a picture

Formatting Tools

Understand the proper use of fonts and formatting for a slide show,  Change text fonts, enhancements, and colour,  Change the text alignment,  Change paragraph and line spacing,  A dd different graphical bullets,  Add AutoNumber bullets,  U se the Form at Painter to copy formatting,  Apply a slide background colour

Formatting Objects

Format shapes and objects (line, border, shading, shadow, 3-D)

Creating a Slide Show

S art a slide show on any slide,  G et Help during a slide show,  U se on -screen navigation tools,  Hide a slide,  Add animated transitions between slides,  Animate objects on a slide using a preset scheme

Printing Slides and Handouts

Select an output form at for a presentation,  Preview the presentation in Print P review,  Preview a presentation in black and white and greyscale,  Print slides in a variety of formats,  Add and print speaker notes,  Print audience handouts

 Editing Text in Outline View

Enter and edit text in Outline view,  Promote and demote text,  Modify slide sequence in Outline view,  Import text from Microsoft Word

Proofing Tools

Check spelling,  AutoCorrect typing errors,  find and replace text

Using Templates and Masters

Create a presentation using a content tem plate,  Create a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard,  Create a presentation from a design template,  Apply a design tem plate to an existing presentation or to selected slides,  Modify the Side,  tile, Notes, and Handouts Masters,  Work with multiple masters,  Insert headers and footers and slide numbering