PowerPoint 2007 Basic

Course Outline

Getting started

The PowerPoint window

Getting help

New presentations

Creating new presentations

Saving presentations

Rearranging and deleting slides

Using slides from other presentations

Formatting slides

Text formatting
Modifying text

Paragraph formatting

Drawing objects

Shapes

Modifying objects

Text in objects

Graphics

WordArt

Pictures

Clip art

Tables and charts

Tables

Charts

Diagrams

Modifying presentations

Templates and themes

Slide masters

Transitions and timings

Speaker notes

Setting up slide shows

Proofing and delivering presentations

Proofing presentations

Running presentations

Printing presentations

PowerPoint 2007 Basic Course Details

Lecture Hours/Week:  6 hours – One Day Workshop

Lab Hrs/Week:

Contact Hours:  6

Course Description:  Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 to create impressive slide presentations filled with formatted text, images, video, audio, animation, charts, and links to the Web. You will discover some of the exciting new features exclusive to PowerPoint 2007. You need little or no experience using PowerPoint to succeed in this class.

Course Competencies:  Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be competent to perform the following tasks:

• Explore the PowerPoint environment; open and run up a presentation; and use Help options
• Create a new presentation; add new slides to it; save and update changes; rearrange and delete slides; and insert slides from another presentation
• Format test and bulleted lists; use the Find, Replace, Cut, Copy and Paste commands; and align test.
• Draw objects by using tools in the Drawing group; format, modify, move, rotate, and delete drawn objects by using groups on the Drawing Tools Format tab; add text to drawn objects; and apply formatting to drawn objects.
• Use WordArt to create visually appealing text objects; add images to a slide and modify images by using the Picture Tools tab options; and add and modify clip art images.
• Add a table to a presentation, enter text into the table, and format the table; create and modify a chart by using the Create Chart dialog box and the options on the Chart Tools tab.
• Modify a presentation by using a template; make global changes to a presentation by using the Master Slide view; specify slide transitions and timings; add speaker notes and footers to a slide show; set up a slide show for a speaker and for a kiosk.
• Proof and print a presentation.

Course Requirements: 

Attendance Requirements:  80%

Evaluation Strategies/Grading:  Students evaluated by Instructor at completion of class

Entry-Level Skills:  Basic Computer Literacy

Prerequisites:

Co-Prerequisites:

Book/Instructional Material Requirements: PowerPoint Basic 2007 Workbook

Method of Instruction:  Instructor Led; Hands-on environment