PowerPoint 2007 Basic

Target student

The target student for the course is an individual who wants to learn the basic features
of PowerPoint to create effective presentations by using the drawing tools, clip art,
WordArt, charts, and tables. Students need little or no experience using PowerPoint.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Explore the PowerPoint environment; open and run a presentation; use Help
  options; and close a presentation and PowerPoint.
• Create a new presentation; add new slides to it; save and update changes;
  rearrange and delete slides; and insert slides from another presentation.
• Format text and bulleted lists; use the Find, Replace, Cut, Copy, and Paste
  commands; and align text.
• 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 in 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 tabs; and create and modify an IGX chart by using the options on
  the IGX Graphic Tools tabs.
• 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; and set up a slide show
  for a speaker and for a kiosk.
• Proof a presentation for mistakes by using the Spell Check, AutoCorrect, and
  Thesaurus features; prepare a presentation to be shown by customizing and
  previewing it; and use the Print dialog box and the Print Preview tab to specify
  printing options for an entire presentation, an individual slide, handouts, and
  notes pages.