PowerPoint XP/2003 Introduction

Benefits: Students will learn how to create and edit bullet slides, use PowerPoint’s drawing tools, incorporate clip art and WordArt, create and enhance organization charts, and create and edit charts by using Microsoft Graph.

Course content

Lesson 1: Introduction to PowerPoint

Starting PowerPoint and opening a presentation
Orientation to the PowerPoint presentation screen
Orientation to views

Lesson 2: Beginning a presentation

Creating a title and bullet slide
Creating a slide in Outline view
Editing slides
Spelling

Lesson 3: Drawing tools

Working with drawing tools
Working with text and drawn objects
Enhancing drawn objects

Lesson 4: Clip art and WordArt

Using clip art
Inserting a table
Using WordArt

Lesson 5: Organization charts and Microsoft Graph

Creating an organization chart
Organization-chart options
Orientation to Microsoft Graph
Editing a column chart

Lesson 6: Templates and the Slide Master

Selecting a template
Changing text and bullets in the Slide Master
Removing Slide Master objects and adding a footer

Lesson 7: Slide shows, output, and presentation options

Slide show options
Adding transitions and animation to a slide show
Running a manual and an automatic slide show
Working with speaker notes
Printing a presentation

Lesson 8: Saving presentations for Internet viewing and delivery

Using HTML as a PowerPoint file format