Microsoft PowerPoint Intermediate

1 Day
Versions XP, 2003 and 2007

Course Description

This instructor-led, hands-on course teaches students how to customize the slide master, inserting an Excel spreadsheet into a PowerPoint presentation, advanced slide show features, and exporting data out of PowerPoint into HTML format for the web or to Microsoft Word.

Prerequisites

In order to successfully complete this course, we recommend that you first take Softek’s Introduction to PowerPoint course or have equivalent knowledge. You should feel comfortable creating basic presentations that include title slides, text and bullet slides, drawing objects, clip art, and pictures.

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Working With Master Slides

Viewing the Slide Master

Formatting Text on the Slide Master

Changing the Bullet Style for a Bullet Level

Inserting the Date and Time

Formatting the Background

Adding a Drawing Object to the Slide Master

Creating a Title Master

Adding Clip Art to the Title Master

Working With Design Templates

Overview of Design Templates

Create a Design Template

Creating New Presentations Based on a Design Template

Applying a Design Template

Reapplying the Slide Master

Applying a Different Layout to One Particular Slide

Working In Outline View

Working with an Outline in Normal View

Collapsing and Expanding Information in the Outline

Rearranging Paragraphs in Outline View

Demoting and Promoting Outline Paragraphs

Using Data From Other Applications

Importing Text from Microsoft Word

Linking a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet

Hiding Objects from the Slide Master

Inserting Media Clips and Sound Files

Modifying a Movie’s Play Settings

Working With Charts

Creating an Organization Chart

Entering Data in an Organizational Chart

Adding Additional Subordinates

Changing Box Fill and Line Color

Changing the Box Layout

Using the Autoformat function

Creating a Bar Chart Slide

Exiting and Returning to Chart Mode

Working with the Datasheet

Changing the Chart Type

Changing Colors

Changing Fonts and Attributes

Formatting the Legend

Animating Slide Shows

Animating a Text Box

Animating a Bullet List

Animating Graphic Objects

Setting the Animation Order and Timing

Animating a Chart

Exporting Presentation Files

Exporting a Presentation to Microsoft Word

Saving a Presentation as a Web Page

Saving a Presentation as a Show

Package for CD