PowerPoint 2003

Designed for complete beginners to presentation software and individuals who already have some experience, but who wish to increase their skills on the latest version of this effective, market-leading application. Students should have experience of using a Windows operating system and ideally keyboarding skills and an Office 2000 application at proficient level.

The course lasts for about 18hours and covers the following topics:

Lesson One – Including: Opening an existing PowerPoint presentation, different screen views, different PowerPoint objects, creating a presentation from a blank presentation, running an existing presentation as a slide show, saving and closing a presentation

Lesson Two – AutoContent Wizard, inserting pictures into a presentation, resize and reposition, applying a design template, applying a slide layout, using the Slide Master, deleting one slide and multiple slides, changing slide layout, changing bullet formatting, duplicating a slide, edit and formatting text

Lesson Three – Including: inserting a footer into an existing presentation, modifying a footer using the slide master, repositioning slides in slide sorter view, inserting a media clip, applying background effects, using a picture as a background, inserting a slide from another presentation, using the spellcheck facility, using Format Painter, creating a folder when saving

Lesson Four – Including: Modifying the Handout Master, preparing handouts, adding notes to a presentation, reviewing a presentation prior to printing, applying transition effects, rehearsing timings, applying animation schemes, applying custom animation, inserting a sound, find and replace

Lesson Five – Including: Using a design template to start a new presentation, inserting slides from outline, working with outline text, creating a table in a presentation, customising a table format, creating charts, inserting a text box on a slide, modifying the slide sequence in outline view, inserting a hyperlink, inserting a movie, inserting a diagram

Lesson Six – Including: Creating a template using the Slide Master, inserting ClipArt, exporting a presentation as an outline, inserting an Excel chart as an embedded object, inserting a Word table as a linked object, using WordArt

Lesson Seven – Including: Setting up a review cycle, reviewing, accepting and rejecting changes, compare and merge, inserting a comment, saving a presentation in HTML format, publishing a presentation as a web page, setting up an online broadcast, embedding fonts, using Package for CD for remote delivery
 

PowerPoint Proficient

Designed for complete beginners to presentation software and individuals who already have some experience, but who wish to increase their skills on the latest version of this effective, market-leading application. Students should have experience of using a Windows operating system and ideally keyboarding skills and an Office 2000 application at proficient level.

The course lasts for about 18hours and covers the following topics:

Lesson 1: Open an existing presentation; learn about different screen views and PowerPoint objects, print handouts.

Lesson 2: Use the AutoContent Wizard, save a presentation, insert pictures from file, resize and reposition, apply a design template, apply a slide layout, use the Slide Master, change bullet formatting, delete slides, duplicate slides, edit and format text, apply a background colour.

Lesson 3: Insert a footer, insert and reposition slides, hide a slide, spell check a presentation, insert a slide from another presentation, apply transition and timing effects, animate text, insert a media clip, insert sound, apply background effects, use the drawing toolbar, create notes pages, print handouts.

Lesson 4: Use a design template to start a new presentation, insert slides from outline, insert a table, use the clip gallery, use copy and paste, modify slide sequence in outline and slide views, demote and promote text in slide view, replace fonts and text throughout a presentation, add speaker notes, use the pen feature, create a hyperlink, fill and rotate an object, sending a single slide by email, send a complete presentation as an attachment, use web page preview, know how to publish as a web page.