PowerPoint 2007 Foundation

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Course Description

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.
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Prerequisites

Students should be familiar with using personal computers and have used a mouse and keyboard. You should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on your computer. Specifically, you should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Getting Started

Starting Out
What is Microsoft PowerPoint 2007?
Opening Microsoft PowerPoint
Interacting with PowerPoint
Closing Microsoft PowerPoint

Slides

What is a Slide?
Adding a Slide
Deleting a Slide
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Slides
Text AutoFit

Creating a Slide

Creating Text
Deleting Text
Selecting Text
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text
Using the Format Painter
Using Find and Replace

Working with a Presentation

Saving A Presentation for the Second Time
Opening a Presentation
Closing a Presentation
Using the Save As Command

Getting Help in PowerPoint

Using the Help Screen
About Online Help
About Offline Help

The New Interface

Using the Quick Access Toolbar
About the Default Buttons
Adding Buttons
Removing Buttons
Customizing the Toolbar

The Home Ribbon

Clipboard
Slides
Font
Paragraph
WordArt Styles
The Insert Ribbon
Table
Illustrations
Links
Text
Media Clips

The Design Ribbon

Page Setup
Themes
Custom Background
Arrange

The Animations Ribbon

Preview
Animation Schemes
Transition to This Slide
Transition to Next Slide

The Slide Show Ribbon

Start
Setup
Multiple Monitors

The Review Ribbon

Comments
Proofing Tools

Editing Slides

Placeholders
Types of Placeholders
Resizing Placeholders
Moving a Placeholder
Deleting Placeholders

Formatting a Slide

Add a Background Colour
Add Gradient Fills
Add Textures or Pictures

Other Formatting Tools

Inserting Headers and Footers
Inserting Slide Numbers
Inserting the Date and Time

Managing Slides

The View Toolbar
Rearranging Slides
Using the Slides Tab
Using the Outline View

Adding Effects

Formatting Text Using the Slides Ribbon
Adjusting Font Size
Adjusting Font Type
Adding Effects
Changing the Text’s Colour
Changing Character Spacing
Changing Font’s Case

Formatting Text from the Fonts Dialog Box

Opening the Fonts Dialog Box
Using the Fonts Tab
Using the Character Spacing Tab

Creating a Bulleted or Numbered List from the Slides

Adding Bullets
Adding Numbers
Customizing Bullets and Numbers
Removing Bullets and Numbers
Discontinuing Bullets and Numbers

Using Paragraph Alignment

Using Left, Right, Or Centre Alignment
Using Justification
Using Columns
Changing Text Direction

Printing and Viewing a Presentation

Spell Check
Using AutoCorrect
The Thesaurus
Using the Research Task Pane
Using the Translator
Set Your Language

Using Print Preview

Opening Print Preview
Using the Print Preview Toolbar
Using the Print What Menu
Setting Options
Printing Your Presentation
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