Microsoft PowerPoint 97
Beginners Course
What is PowerPoint?
PowerPoint is a presentation graphics program. You can use it to prepare all sorts of presentation materials including OHP Acetates, paper, 35mm slide and on-screen presentations. You can easily mix backgrounds, pictures and text to produce professional-looking results. You can combine slides, handouts, speaker notes and outlines to produce a complete presentation, with supporting materials for the speaker and the audience. You can even preview your presentation and time it to see how long it takes.

You will learn about:
  • Getting Started
    starting PowerPoint
    the PowerPoint & presentation windows
    using the menu system

  • Your First Presentation
    six steps for your presentation
    the slide view
    saving your presentation

  • Open, Close, New & Save As

    open using the look in list/file name box
    starting a new presentation
    presentation designs and presentations
    opening and saving presentations

  • Views, Toolbars & Options
    the different views
    options for customising PowerPoint

  • Picking Looks for Slides
    slides and master slides
    designs/colour/background

  • Editing Your Presentation
    editing the text content of slides
    deleting a complete slide
    inserting a new slide
  • Simple Text Formatting
    selecting text using the keyboard/mouse
    applying bold/italics/underlining/colour text
    changing font and font size

  • Creating Slides
    choosing slides
    adding a slide with a chart
    finishing off

  • Transition Effects & Builds
    building text/transition in the slide sorter
    timing slides
    rehearsing timings

  • Printing & Audience Handouts
    using the print button
    printing audience handouts
    slides with or without animations

  • Pack & Go
    the pack and go wizard
    running your presentation on another computer
    ending the session
By The End Of This Course You Will Be Able To:
  • Start and exit PowerPoint

  • Use the menus, toolbar buttons and shortcut key combinations.

  • Use the AutoContent wizard.

  • Change and zoom the view; use the Slide, Outline, Slide Sorter and Notes Page views; hide and show toolbars.

  • Apply Designs to change the look of your presentation.

  • Use the transition and animation effects to enliven your presentation.

  • Insert ClipArt; create a simple chart

  • Run your presentation.

  • Print your presentation; create audience handouts.

  • Use the Pack and go wizard to package your presentation on to diskette(s); retrieve the presentation from diskette, to perform the presentation on another computer.
The Trainer/Tutor

Our trainers are all "Quality Assured" to have a wealth of practical experience in the field of computer applications with qualifications to match. We are using the latest in purpose written Information Technology training courseware.

Having learnt all of the above, you will be able to produce powerful presentations.

GOOD LUCK!

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