About this Course
This one-day instructor-led course provides students with experience at creating more elaborate presentations in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.
Audience Profile
This course is intended for information workers who want to learn intermediate-level PowerPoint 2007 skills.
Before attending this course, students must have:
Basic computer knowledge
Basic file-management skills
Basic knowledge of the PowerPoint user interface and presentation creation
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Insert and format a table.
Insert and update an Excel worksheet.
Insert and format a chart.
Insert and format a diagram.
Convert existing bullet points into a diagram.
Insert and modify pictures.
Draw, modify, and connect shapes.
Insert and modify stylized text.
Align and stack graphics.
Animate slide elements.
Add transition effects.
Insert, play, and modify sounds.
Insert, play, and modify movies.
Create a hyperlink.
Attach an action to text or an object.
Save a presentation for the Web
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Module 1: Tables
This module explains how to add tables to a PowerPoint presentation and format the tables, and how to insert
Microsoft Office Excel worksheets and then update the worksheets.
Lessons
Inserting and Formatting a Table
Inserting and Updating an Excel Worksheet
Lab : Tables
Create a table, modify its structure, and format it.
Insert a worksheet as an embedded object.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create and modify tables.
Add tables from existing Excel worksheets.
Module 2: Charts and Diagrams
This module explains how to create and format charts and diagrams, and how to use diagrams rather than bullets to display information.
Lessons
Inserting and Formatting a Chart
Inserting and Formatting a Diagram
Converting Existing Bullet Points into a Diagram
Lab : Charts and Diagrams
Create, format, and update a chart.
Create and modify a diagram.
Add visual interest with a diagram instead of bullets.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Create charts and diagrams, and then update them.
Change bullet points into a diagram.
Module 3: Other Visual Enhancements
This module explains how to insert and modify pictures and stylized text, and how to work with shapes and graphics.
Lessons
Inserting and Modifying Pictures
Drawing, Modifying, and Connecting Shapes
Inserting and Modifying Stylized Text
Aligning and Stacking Graphics
Lab : Other Visual Enhancements
Add pictures to slides, and then format them.
Draw, format, connect, and group shapes.
Create and modify a WordArt object.
Use various techniques to position graphics.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Enhance slides with pictures.
Create and manipulate shapes.
Use WordArt to create fancy titles.
Change the relationship of graphics on a slide.
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Module 4: Animation
This module explains how to animate text and graphics, and how to ensure a smooth transition from one slide to the next.
Lessons
Animating Slide Elements
Adding Transition Effects
Lab : Animation
Apply animations to text and graphics.
Apply and modify transitions.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Animate parts of a slide.
Use transition effects as you move among slides.
Module 5: Sound and Movies
This module explains how to work with audio and video files.
Lessons
Inserting, Playing, and Modifying Sounds
Inserting, Playing, and Modifying Movies
Lab : Sound and Movies
Insert, preview, and adjust sounds.
Insert, preview, and adjust a video object.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Add, preview, play, and modify sounds and movies.
Module 6: Web Presentations
This module explains how to add hyperlinks to slides, attach actions to text or objects, and create a Web presentation.
Lessons
Creating a Hyperlink
Attaching an Action to Text or an Object
Saving a Presentation for the Web
Lab : Web Presentations
Insert hyperlinks to a message window and a Web page.
Attach actions and sounds to text, and create navigation action buttons.
Convert and edit a Web presentation.
After completing this module, students will be able to:
Add hyperlinks to allow viewers to jump to related information.
Attach actions that perform tasks such as opening a program.
Convert presentations so that they can be viewed on the Web
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.