Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Level 1

DSOC0301— One Day Training Class

Course Description

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

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 Objective: 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.

Audience

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.

At Course Completion

After completing 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.

Training Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint

• Explore the User Interface
• Navigate and View a Presentation
• Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help
• Enter Text
• Save a Presentation

Lesson 2: Creating a Presentation

• Create a Presentation
• Edit Text
• Add Slides to a Presentation
• Arrange Slides
• Work with Themes

Lesson 3: Formatting Text on Slides

• Apply Character Formats
• Apply Paragraph Formats
• Format Text Placeholders

Lesson 4: Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation

• Insert Clip Art and Pictures
• Draw Shapes
• Insert WordArt

Lesson 5: Modifying Objects

• Work with Objects
• Change Object Orientation
• Format Objects
• Group and Ungroup Objects
• Arrange Objects

Lesson 6: Adding Tables to a Presentation

• Create a Table
• Format Tables
• Insert a Table from Microsoft Word

Lesson 7: Inserting Charts in a Presentation

• Create a Chart
• Edit Chart Data
• Modify a Chart
• Paste a Chart from Microsoft Excel

Lesson 8: Preparing to Deliver a Presentation

• Review Content
• Add Transitions
• Apply an Animation Effect
• Create Speaker Notes
• Print a Presentation