Computer Training - Microsoft PowerPoint 97

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Training
Course Outline

The Fundamentals

Starting PowerPoint
Understanding the PowerPoint Screen
Using Menus and Toolbars
Filling Out Dialog Boxes
Keystroke and Right Mouse Button Shortcuts
Opening a Presentation
Saving and Closing a Presentation and Exiting PowerPoint
Creating a New Presentation with the AutoContent Wizard
Creating a Blank Presentation and Creating a Presentation from a Template
Viewing Your Presentation
Moving Around in A Presentation
Printing Your Presentation

Getting Help

Getting Help from the Office Assistant
Getting Help by Contents
Getting Help Using the Help Index
Finding Help with the Find Feature

Editing a Presentation

Inserting Slides and Text
Adding Slides and Promoting and Demoting Paragraphs in Outline View
Editing Text
Selecting, Replacing, and Deleting Text
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
Using Undo, Redo, and Repeat
Checking Your Spelling
Finding and Replacing Information
Viewing a Presentation in Outline View
Rearranging a Presentation in Outline View
Inserting Symbols and Special Characters
Duplicating, Moving, and Deleting Slides in Slide Sorter View
Adding Notes to Your Slides
Working with Multiple Presentations and Windows
File Management

Formatting Your Presentation

Formatting Fonts with the Formatting Toolbar
Advanced Font Formatting with the Font Dialog Box
Using the Format Painter
Applying a Template's Formatting
Using the Slide Master
Choosing a Color Scheme
Changing the Background of Your Slides
Working with Bulleted Lists
Changing Paragraph Alignment and Line Spacing
Adding Headers and Footers
Using the Style Checker
Working with Tabs and Indents
Changing the Page Setup

Drawing and Working with Graphics

Drawing on Your Slides
Adding, Arranging, and Formatting Text Boxes
Selecting, Resizing, Moving, and Deleting Objects
Formatting Objects
Inserting Clipart
Inserting and Formatting Pictures
Aligning and Grouping Objects
Drawing AutoShapes
Flipping and Rotating Objects
Layering Objects
Applying Shadows and 3-D Effects

Working with Tables and WordArt

Creating a Table
Working with a Table
Adjusting Column Width
Adjusting Row Height
Inserting and Deleting Rows and Columns
Adding Borders to a Table
Adding Shading and Patterns
Inserting a WordArt Object
Formatting a WordArt Object

Working with Graphs and Organization Charts

Creating a Chart
Modifying a Chart
Selecting a Chart Type
Creating an Organization Chart
Modifying your Organization chart
Formatting Your Organization chart

Delivering Your Presentation

Delivering a Presentation on a Computer
Using Slide Transitions
Animating Text and Objects
Using Custom Animations
Rehearsing Slide Show Timings
Creating a Presentation that Runs by Itself
Creating a Custom Show
Using the Pack and Go Wizard
Viewing a Packed Presentation
Creating 35mm Slides
Using the Meeting Minder
Using the Presentation Conferencing Wizard

Working with Multimedia

Inserting Sounds
Adding Voice Narration to Your Slides
Inserting a Video Clip
Creating a Custom Sound Track
Automating the Multimedia in Your Presentation

Working with Other Programs and the Internet

Inserting a Slide into a Microsoft Word Document
Embedding a Microsoft Excel Worksheet into a Slide
Modifying an Embedded Object
Inserting a Linked Excel Chart
Importing and Exporting an Outline
Using Hyperlinks
Using Action Buttons
Using the AutoContent Wizard to Create a Web Page
Converting a Presentation to a Web Page

Advanced Topics

Adding, Positioning, and Removing Toolbars
Customizing Toolbars
Adding Comments to a Slide
Customizing PowerPoint's Defaults Options
File Properties and Finding a File
Recording a Macro
Playing and Editing Macro