PowerPoint 2007 Basic Study Guide

1-4239-1825-8 © 2008 Publish date: March 31, 2007 256 pages

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Course ID: powerpoint-2007-basic-sg

If you need to learn how to use PowerPoint 2007, the PowerPoint 2007 Basic study guide is an excellent choice to get started. This course has been awarded a rating of 4.9 out of 5.0 in overall quality by ProCert Labs. Its self-directed format allows you to learn the basic functions and features of this popular presentation software.

CBT Planet carries a two-part series of computer training books that teach you both the basics as well as the advanced topics of using the 2007 edition of PowerPoint. Each course is Microsoft-approved courseware for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist program. The PowerPoint 2007 Basic courseware along with the advanced level study guide will prepare you for Microsoft's PowerPoint 2007 exam #70-603.

This course teaches you about the creation of presentations using text, WordArt, graphics, diagrams, and charts. You will learn how to work with individual slides including how to edit and format your slide's content and how to apply various transition effects.

The handy format of this manual allows you to learn these basic skills a unit at a time – when and where you want. Course activities reinforce the concepts and challenge you to dig in and get started creating professional presentations.

You can complete the Microsoft PowerPoint training courseware in as little as one day or you can work at a slower pace according to your existing skills and available study time.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be comfortable working with PowerPoint's environment, opening and launching presentations, using help, creating new presentations, adding slides, editing your content, rearranging slides, adding slides from other presentations, formatting text and bullet lists, aligning text, using editing commands, such as Find, Replace, Cut, Copy, and Paste, and using drawing tools.

You will also know how to create your own visually-appealing text objects with WordArt and be able to add and modify images with the Picture Tools tab options. Next, you will learn about adding tables to presentations, entering text in a table, and formatting the table.

The course teaches you about using the Create Chart Tools and the IGX Graphic Tools for creating and editing charts and IGX charts. You will also learn how to use a template to modify a presentation, use the Master Slide view to make global changes, specify a slide's transition and timing, add speaker notes and footers, and set up a presentation for both a speaker as well as for a kiosk.

Finally, you will be able to use Spell Check, Thesaurus, and AutoCorrect for proofing your presentation and you will be able to prepare your presentation for viewing and printing. You will learn how to specify printing options for the entire presentation, handouts, a single slide, and notes pages.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces the PowerPoint environment

• Exploring the PowerPoint window
• How to get help

Unit 2 covers creating new presentations

• How to create a new presentation
• Saving your presentations
• How to rearrange and delete slides
• Importing slides from other presentations

Unit 3 goes over formatting slides

• Formatting text
• Modifying text
• Formatting paragraphs

Unit 4 covers drawing objects

• Creating shapes
• Modifying objects
• Using text in objects

Unit 5 goes over graphics

• Working with WordArt
• Working with pictures
• Working with clip art

Unit 6 covers tables and charts

• Adding tables
• Adding charts
• Using diagrams

Unit 7 discusses modifying presentations

• Working with templates and themes
• Using slide masters
• Adjusting transitions and timings
• Working with speaker notes
• Setting up slide shows

Unit 8 covers proofing and delivering presentations

• Proofing your presentations
• Displaying your presentations
• Printing your presentations