Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
Learn
how to use Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-- the best presentation program on the
market today. This version of PowerPoint is very different from previous
versions because of its new interface in which a Ribbon replaces the menu bar
and toolbars.
You'll find out how to create dazzling slide presentations consisting of slides
that contain text, objects, animation, slide transitions, sounds, charts,
outlines, media clips, clip art, and hyperlinks. You'll learn how to work with
the new PowerPoint Ribbon, task panes, the clip organizer, and how to access
Microsoft's Web site to download clip art and templates for your presentations.
You'll see how to make global changes to your slides with the Slide Master.
Finally, you'll discover how to save your presentations so you can share them
online or copy them onto CDs.
The instructor will share valuable tips and keyboard shortcuts that you'll use
all the time with PowerPoint 2007. She'll also provide you with many links to
Web sites to broaden your knowledge of PowerPoint even further.
To enroll in this course, click the Enroll Now button below:
Requirements:
Microsoft Windows Vista or XP,
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or
Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (please be sure to install this
software on your computer before the course begins), Internet access, e-mail,
and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
Note: This course is not suitable for Macintosh users, nor for users of any
older versions of Microsoft PowerPoint.
Syllabus:
All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two
lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do
not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must complete each
lesson within two weeks of its release.
A new section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each
month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space
the start date for each course at least two months apart.
| Week One |
| Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
| In our first lesson, we'll start by exploring the
basic features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. You'll get familiar with
the new Ribbon, which replaces the menu and toolbars most Windows
programs have used until now. You'll also learn how to plan a
presentation and work with different views, task panes, tabs, and
templates. |
| Friday - Lesson 02 |
| Now that you know the basics of PowerPoint, you can
create a presentation from scratch. So we'll start today by choosing a
PowerPoint theme from the Design tab on the Ribbon to add color to your
presentation. Then you'll select a layout for your first few slides.
You'll discover the new Live Preview feature, and we'll discuss the two
things you need to do to save a file so you know where to find it later.
Finally, we'll go over the different ways to put on a slide show. |
| Week Two |
| Wednesday - Lesson 03 |
| You'll find that there is usually more than one way
to perform a task in PowerPoint. In this lesson, we'll explore multiple
ways to open a presentation. Then you'll see how to open a file and save
it with a different name. Chances are you'll need to edit the text on
your slides, so we'll use the Outline tab to work with text. You'll also
learn how to create and edit tables and work with the Table Tools
contextual tab and the Design and Layout tabs. |
| Friday - Lesson 04 |
| No program is complete without a Spell Checker, and
today you'll discover how to use this feature in PowerPoint. We'll also
explore the AutoCorrect feature, which you can use along with the Spell
Checker to check the spelling of your presentations. After that, we'll
cover the Research task pane and the Thesaurus, all found in the Review
tab's Proofing group. And then you'll learn all about the options in the
Print dialog box including how to print slides, handouts, an outline,
and notes. I'm sure you'll be surprised to see how the Print dialog box
in PowerPoint is different from the print feature in other programs. |
| Week Three |
| Wednesday - Lesson 05 |
| We're going to switch gears in this lesson and work
with images instead of text. You'll find out how to embellish your
slides with media clips, which could be a piece of clip art, a
photograph, a movie, or a sound clip. You'll even learn how to download
an image from a Web site and insert it on a slide. We'll spend a lot of
time talking about the Clip Art task pane, which is the tool you'll use
to organize, search for, and insert media clips on your slides. |
| Friday - Lesson 06 |
| I hope you like to draw, because that's what we'll be
doing in this lesson. The good news is that you don't have to be an
artist to use the WordArt and Shape tools to draw shapes on your slide.
With the WordArt feature, you transform your text into an object that
you can design with color, texture, patterns, or just about anything you
like. With the Shapes tool, you can draw all kinds of shapes including
lines and connectors, a smiley face, a crescent moon, stars, banners,
block arrows, flow chart symbols, callouts, and more! You can format
these Shape objects with color and texture just like you format WordArt
objects. We'll also discuss SmartArt graphics, a new feature in
PowerPoint 2007. With the SmartArt feature, you can use graphics to add
visual interest to your slides. Finally, we'll delve into editing
WordArt and SmartArt graphics. |
| Week Four |
| Wednesday - Lesson 07 |
| Today, you'll learn how to create and edit chart
slides to illustrate statistical data. Even if you don't like working
with math and numbers, you don't need to worry because we'll walk
through everything you need to do and know to create a chart slide. If
you've used a spreadsheet program, such as Microsoft Excel, creating
chart slides in PowerPoint will be a breeze. And although you're working
with numbers and math, you'll find that you can still be creative with
your charts by changing the options with Shape Fill, Shape Outline, and
Shape Effects on the Shape Styles group. |
| Friday - Lesson 08 |
| In this lesson, we'll explore ways to change a
presentation's look with masters, color schemes, and backgrounds. You
use Masters to make global changes to your slides, handouts, and notes.
For example, if you want to increase or decrease the font size of the
text on all the slides in a presentation, make the change on the slide
master. Another global change you can make to a presentation is to
modify the theme colors or background. You'll get a chance to work with
both of these options today. |
| Week Five |
| Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
| Today, we'll delve into PowerPoint's hyperlink
feature, which allows you to create links in a presentation that jump to
other slides, other presentations, other documents, or to Web pages. You
can make links out of either text or objects. In fact, PowerPoint has
its own version of hyperlinks called Action buttons. You draw an Action
button on a slide with your mouse, and then instruct PowerPoint where to
link to. You can add interest to your Action buttons by changing their
color and making them three-dimensional. In addition, you can associate
a sound or other action that initiates when you click an Action button. |
| Friday - Lesson 10 |
| This lesson is all about animation. First, you'll
learn about slide transitions--an animated effect that occurs when a new
slide appears. For example, a slide might fly in from the top or push up
from the bottom. After covering slide transitions, we'll explore how to
apply animation to the text and objects on your slides. |
| Week Six |
| Wednesday - Lesson 11 |
| Today, we'll explore custom animation--a feature that
helps you apply animation to text and objects on individual slides. The
Custom Animation task pane allows you to customize the animation on any
slide. You'll learn how to use the Custom Animation task pane to add and
reorder animated text and objects on a slide and to add sound effects
and music to your presentation. |
| Friday - Lesson 12 |
| In this last lesson, you'll discover how to save a PowerPoint presentation as a Web page and view it online. We'll also explore the Package for CD command on PowerPoint's Office menu, which allows you to save a PowerPoint presentation on a CD. |
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