PowerPoint 2002: Level 1

Course Description
Overview: Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin effectively creating presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. The course is suitable for persons preparing to be certified Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) in PowerPoint.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, you must have a strong working knowledge of the Windows environment. For example, you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. The Software Training courses Windows 98: Introduction, Windows ME: Introduction, Windows 2000: Introduction and Windows XP: Introduction teach these skills.

Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Target student: The target student for this course is someone who is comfortable with the Windows environment, and who needs to learn the basics of PowerPoint 2002 for creating slides and presentations.

Performance-Based Objectives: Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Start the PowerPoint program, identify on-screen features, and navigate through a presentation.
• Create and edit bullet slides.
• Use PowerPoint drawing tools to create a slide.
• Incorporate clip art and WordArt objects in a slide.
• Create and enhance organization charts, and create and edit graphs.
• Change the overall appearance of a presentation by using design templates and the Slide Master.
• Run a slide show, become familiar with slide show options, and add notes to a slide.
• Preview and save a PowerPoint presentation as a Web page and open a locally stored presentation in Internet Explorer.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Getting Started

          Topic 1A: Opening a Presentation

          Topic 1B: Examining Screen Elements

          Topic 1C: Exploring PowerPoint Views

Lesson 2: Starting a New Presentation

          Topic 2A: Creating a New Presentation

          Topic 2B: Adding Text to a Title and Bullet Slide

          Topic 2C: Working in Outline View

          Topic 2D: Modifying Text on a Slide

          Topic 2E: Checking Spelling

Lesson 3: Drawing and Working with Objects

          Topic 3A: Using Drawing Tools

          Topic 3B: Working with Text and Objects

          Topic 3C: Enhancing Text and Objects

          Topic 3D: Working with Text Color and Fills

Lesson 4: Clip Art, Tables, and WordArt

          Topic 4A: Using Clip Art

          Topic 4B: Inserting a Table

          Topic 4C: Using WordArt

Lesson 5: Creating Charts

          Topic 5A: Creating an Organization Chart

          Topic 5B: Changing the Organization Chart Style

          Topic 5C: Creating a Bar Chart

          Topic 5D: Changing Chart Data and Type

Lesson 6: Working with Templates and the Slide Master

          Topic 6A: Selecting a Template

          Topic 6B: Changing Elements of the Slide Master

          Topic 6C: Removing Slide Master Objects

Lesson 7: Slide Shows and Output

          Topic 7A: Adding Transitions and Animation to a SlideShow

          Topic 7B: Running Slide Shows

          Topic 7C: Working with Notes

          Topic 7D: Printing

Lesson 8: Preparing Presentations for the Web

          Topic 8A: Using the AutoContent Wizard

          Topic 8B: Saving Presentations for Internet Delivery and Viewing