Course duration: 1 Day

Course Description

You will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a presentation. You will format text on slides to enhance clarity. To enhance the visual appeal, you will add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. You will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form. You will then finalize a presentation to deliver it.

Target Student:

This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations by using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010.

Prerequisites:

Students should be familiar with using personal computers, and have used a mouse and keyboard. They should be comfortable with the Windows environment and be able to use Windows to manage information on their computers. Specifically, they should be able to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• explore the PowerPoint 2010 interface and familiarize yourself with the interface.
• create a presentation.
• format text on slides.
• add graphical objects to a presentation.
• modify graphical objects on slides.
• work with tables in a presentation.
• import charts to a presentation.
• prepare to deliver a presentation.

Course Content

Getting Started with PowerPoint
Identify the Elements of the User Interface
View a Presentation
Save a Presentation
Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help
Creating a Basic Presentation
Initiate a Presentation
Enter Text
Arrange Text
Format Text Placeholders
Add Slides to a Presentation
Arrange Slides
Work with Themes
Formatting Text on Slides
Apply Character Formats
Format Paragraphs
Adding Graphical Objects to a Presentation
Insert Images into a Presentation
Add Shapes
Add Visual Styles to Text in a Presentation
Modifying Graphical Objects in Presentations
Format Graphical Objects on a Slide
Group Graphical Objects on a Slide
Arrange Graphical Objects on a Slide
Apply an Animation Effect to a Graphical Object
Working with Tables
Insert a Table in a Slide
Format Tables
Import Tables from Other Office Applications
Working with Charts
Insert Charts in a Slide
Modify a Chart
Import Charts from Other Office Applications
Preparing to Deliver a Presentation
Review the Content in a Presentation
Divide a Presentation into Sections
Add Transitions
Add Speaker Notes
Print a Presentation
Deliver a Presentation