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Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 Intermediate

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 Intermediate 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 Intermediate 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 Intermediate assumes little or no knowledge of the software.  However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers, 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 that involves using PowerPoint to create, design and format presentations that may require working with organisation charts, tables, pictures, animation and graphics.  You will also learn how to import from other Microsoft applications into PowerPoint.

Learning Objectives

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

  • Work with text in PowerPoint
  • Create tables, charts and diagrams in a presentation
  • Create organisational charts in presentations
  • Create slide masters for use in presentations
  • Insert tables from Microsoft Word and modify them in PowerPoint
  • Create and use templates and colour schemes
  • Import data into PowerPoint from a number of different applications
  • Insert movie clips and sound waves and work with action buttons
  • Set up an on-screen presentation
  • Modify charts in a presentation

Course Content

Text Techniques

  • Text pointers
  • Text layouts
  • Adding text directly to a slide
  • Adding speaker notes
  • Formatting text
  • Applying simple WordArt
  • Deleting a text place holder
  • Editing text
  • Changing text appearance
  • Changing text formatting
  • Changing text case
  • Changing text colour
  • Applying shadows to text
  • Changing text alignment
  • Adjusting line spacing
  • Changing bullet and number styles
  • Using undo and redo

Tables, Charts and Diagrams

  • Create a table
  • Charts
  • Creating a chart
  • Creating a bar chart
  • Creating a line chart
  • Creating a pie chart
  • Modifying charts
  • Create an organisation chart
  • Modify an organisation charts
  • The diagram gallery
  • Create a diagram

Organisation Charts

  • Creating an organisation chart
  • Editing organisation charts
  • Adding subordinates
  • Changing subordinate layout
  • Formatting organisation charts
  • Formatting organisation charts branches
  • Adding an assistant
  • Adding co-workers
  • Removing organisation chart positions
  • Changing hierarchical structure

Slide Masters

  • Using master slides
  • Viewing the slide masters
  • Modifying the master font
  • Modifying the bullet colour
  • Changing the bullet shape
  • Adding a logo
  • Adding automatic slide numbers
  • Inserting pictures and drawn objects
  • Deleting pictures, images and drawn objects
  • Adding footer text
  • Omit background graphics

Word Tables

  • Inserting a Word table
  • Formatting a Word table
  • Entering text in a Word table
  • Changing column width in a Word table
  • Adding borders to Word tables
  • Adding shading to Word tables

Templates and Colour Schemes

  • About templates and colour schemes
  • Applying a design template
  • Changing design templates
  • Creating a blank presentation
  • Changing the colour scheme
  • Adding graphics
  • Customising bullets and text layout
  • Creating template
  • Creating a Greyscale colour scheme
  • Using the customised template

Importing into PowerPoint

  • Copying and linking Excel tables
  • Importing and linking Excel charts
  • Importing Word tables
  • Changing a linked object to embedded
  • Linking images

Media and Action Buttons

  • Inserting a movie clip
  • Inserting sounds
  • Action buttons
  • Creating action buttons
  • Duplicating action buttons
  • Creating AutoShape action buttons
  • Assignment – AutoShape action buttons
  • Testing action buttons

Set Up Shows

  • Applying timings for a kiosk
  • Set up show for a kiosk
  • Set up show for a speaker
  • Rehearsed timings
  • Package for CD

Modifying Charts

  • Chart elements
  • Modifying chart data
  • Modifying chart colour
  • Modifying column colour
  • Modifying bar colour
  • Modifying line colour
  • Deleting data series
  • Modifying chart options
  • Change the value axis scale
  • Showing chart legends
  • Modifying chart legends
  • Adding data labels to a chart
  • Working with pie charts
  • Modifying chart backgrounds
  • Resizing charts
  • Duplicating charts
  • Moving charts
  • Deleting charts
  • Mixed charts
  • Primary and secondary axes