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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

Course Length: 1 Day
Hours: 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Learning Method: Instructor-Led
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

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Getting Started

LEARN YOUR WAY AROUND THE POWERPOINT WINDOW, THE BASICS OF CREATING AND SAVING POWERPOINT FILES, AND THE VARIOUS WAYS OF VIEWING A POWERPOINT FILE IN ORDER TO EDIT, ARRANGE, AND REHEARSE IT.

Details:

• Become familiar with the various aspects of the PowerPoint screen and their functions, including the Toolbar, Stencil Window, Grid, and more.

• Use the Office Clipboard to gather information from other Microsoft Office applications for use in your presentation.

• Use any of four methods to create a new presentation: create from scratch, choose a style and then add your own content, use a Wizard to choose a style and receive content suggestions by topic, or use an existing presentation as a springboard for your own.

• Choose from either of PowerPoint’s two basic saves, depending on whether you want to update an existing file, or create a new file.

• PowerPoint offers a variety of methods for viewing presentation content and making changes.  Depending on what you want to see, there is a view that makes it easy.

Working with Slides

LEARN THE VARIOUS WAYS OF ADDING, EDITING, ARRANGING, AND OTHERWISE HANDLING THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF A POWERPOINT FILE TO ACHIEVE PRECISELY THE PRESENTATION YOU DESIRE.

Details:

• Get a solid start with your presentation by navigating easily between slides, choosing an overall design, and selecting from a wide variety of layouts when inserting slides.

• Use Slide Sorter View to view the overall slide progression at a glance, rearrange slides, choose which slides to hide or display, and choose the visual effect as slides move from one to the next.

Working with Text

USE A VARIETY OF TECHNIQUES TO ADD AND EDIT WRITTEN INFORMATION ON YOUR SLIDES.  EXPLORE SEVERAL FORMATTING METHODS THAT GIVE THEM AN ATTRACTIVE AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND APPEARANCE, AND USE SPECIAL FEATURES THAT LET YOU CHANGE CONTENT AND/OR APPEARANCE ACROSS THE PRESENTATION WITH A SINGLE COMMAND.

Details:

• Add text to your slides and apply formatting enhancements, then copy these enhancements with a few clicks of the mouse.

• Though PowerPoint 2003 makes it exceptionally easy to create slides containing the type of placeholder necessary, there may be time when you want to add text to an otherwise blank or object-only slide.  In these times, simply add a text box.

• Use the Cut, Copy, and Paste functions to rearrange or reuse text on another slide.

• Use the Find feature to search your presentation for particular contents or choose Replace to edit the contents of specific contents across your presentation.

• Use bulleted and numbered lists to present sequential or non-sequential items in a visually attractive, easy-to-understand layout.

• Use Outline View to edit written content without having to display the slide itself or risk disturbing objects placed on the slide.

• Instead of making changes to each slide individually (such as font style, background image, certain text), edit the one slide that controls them all, and change the entire presentation at once.

Working with Objects

ENHANCE THE APPEAL AND IMPACT OF YOUR PRESENTATION BY INCLUDING VISUAL OBJECTS THAT SUPPLEMENT YOUR TEXT.  INSERT POWERPOINT’S BUILT-IN SHAPES AND OTHER OPTIONS, THEN FORMAT AND ARRANGE THEM FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT.

Details:

• Use the Drawing Toolbar to insert, create, and format non-text slide elements.

• Add a wide variety of customizable shapes to liven up and complement slide text.

• Use formatting to change the colors and other attributes of an existing object.

• Have PowerPoint turn your text into a highly customizable work of art, adding vitality to your slide.

• Easily arrange multiple objects so that they appear as desired on the finished slide.

• Group multiple objects to help them to stay put and allow you to cut, copy, paste, and format them as a single unit.

Working with Charts, Tables, and Diagrams

THE IMPLICATIONS OF NUMERICAL AND CATEGORICAL INFORMATION OR BUSINESS PROCESSES CAN BE DIFFICULT TO CONVEY USING THE WRITTEN OR SPOKEN WORD.  INSTEAD, SHOW YOUR AUDIENCE WHAT YOU MEAN VIA POWERPOINT’S DYNAMIC VISUALS.

Details:

• Use Tables to present your categorical information in a clear, attractive format.

• Use Charts to present numeric information in an attractive, easily edited, and highly customizable form.

• Use the Organization Chart to represent relationships between people, operations, functions and activities within an organization.

• Use Diagrams to create representations of relationships, processes, components, and other spatial information.

Adding Visual Interest and Interactivity

LIVEN UP YOUR PRESENTATION WITH PICTURES, MOVIES, SOUNDS, AND BUTTONS THAT LET THE PRESENTER OR USER JUMP TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PRESENTATION, OR EVEN TO A WEB SITE!

Details:

• Using animated clip and pictures adds liveliness to your presentation.  Insert pictures from a digital camera or scanner to present your own visual illustrations.

• When used judiciously, sound gives tremendous dimension to your presentation, particularly when it will be run by the viewer (as opposed to a presenter).  Choose from PowerPoint’s built-in sounds, or insert them from your own CD or other source.

• Create motion on your slide to add energy and visual interest, illustrate a point, and keep information out of the way until the presenter is ready to discuss it.

• Add buttons to slides that launch a variety of actions when clicked or “moused over, “ including jumping to a different slide, running a program, playing a sound, and more.

• Make it easy for viewers or the presenter to jump to another location within the presentation, to another file, or to a web site.