Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals

Details

Time: 09:00 – 16:00
Venue: AP Courses Training Room
Cost: £295
Included in the price: Learning manual for the course; lunch, refreshments and post-course support

Course Description

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals is designed for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the software.  The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals are sufficient to be able to operate the software at an efficient level.

Course Design

The course is a full-day, tutor-led course that combines tutoring and practical work.

Target Audience

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals assumes little or no knowledge of the software.  However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment, and to have used a mouse and keyboard.  The course is intended for persons pursuing a Microsoft Office specialist certification in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, or for those in employment involving use of PowerPoint to create, design and format presentations.

Learning Objectives

On completion of Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Fundamentals, you should be able to:

• Start and navigate around PowerPoint
• Create a presentation
• Insert and modify Clip Art in your presentation
• Use various drawing objects to create simple drawings
• Create animations in a presentation
• Navigate slide shows in PowerPoint
• Use a range of printing techniques and view your presentation as web pages
• Access and use the help system and work safely with your computer

Course Content

PowerPoint 2003 Orientation

• Starting PowerPoint
• The PowerPoint screen
• Using menu commands
• Using keyboard shortcuts
• Using the toolbars
• Using shortcut menus
• Understanding settings
• Modifying basic options
• Exiting PowerPoint

Working with Presentations

• Opening an existing presentation
• Opening several presentations
• Switching between open presentations
• Navigating a presentation
• Using the Zoom tool
• Understanding PowerPoint views
• Switching between views
• Task panes
• Navigating task panes
• Closing a presentation
• Returning to a previous presentation

Creating a Presentation

• Designing a presentation
• Presentation methods and hardware
• New presentations
• Creating a new presentation
• Adding text using the outline pane
• Saving a presentation
• Adding slides and text
• Previewing a slide show

Clip Art

• Inserting Clip Art
• Re-sizing Clip Art
• Modifying Clip Art
• Modifying elements of Clip Art
• Rotating Clip Art
• Perusing your clips
• Pasting from the clipboard

Drawing Objects

• Drawing tools
• Arrows and lines
• AutoShapes
• Create a flowchart
• Adding connectors to flowcharts
• Adding text to flowcharts
• Editing a grouped object
• Layering objects
• Drawing various shapes
• Changing fill and line formatting
• Changing arrow formatting
• Applying shadows to drawn objects
• Rotating and flipping drawn objects
• Aligning drawn objects
• Resizing drawn objects
• Bringing drawn objects forward
• Duplicating drawn objects
• Moving drawn objects
• Deleting drawn objects

Animation

• Animation schemes
• Custom text animation
• Applying custom text animation
• Custom object animation
• Motion paths
• Animating diagrams
• Slide transition
• Changing custom animation

Slide Show Navigation

• Slide Sorter view
• Adding speaker notes
• Creating a summary slide
• Removing slide numbers
• Hyperlinks
• Internal hyperlinks
• Hyperlink to another application
• Presenting a slide show

Printing and Publishing

• Printing and publishing options
• Previewing and printing slides
• Printing handouts
• Printing notes pages
• Printing the outline
• Printing for overhead transparencies
• Web page preview
• Publishing as web pages
• Printing slides