In the past, you have used paper-based overhead systems to give presentations. Now, you want to upgrade those presentations to an electronic format. You can use Microsoft? Office PowerPoint? 2004 for Macintosh to give electronic presentations.
Course Objectives
You will create effective basic Microsoft? Office PowerPoint? 2004 for Macintosh presentations for delivery in front of an audience.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of the following have equivalent knowledge:
Target Student
This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic Microsoft? PowerPoint? 2004 presentations.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Manipulate an existing PowerPoint presentation.
- Begin creating a presentation.
- Format text slides.
- Add tables to a presentation.
- Chart data in a presentation.
- Modify objects on slides.
- Add images to a presentation.
- Prepare to deliver a presentation
Delivery Method
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course duration
1 Day(s)
Course outline
Lesson
1: Familiarizing Yourself with PowerPoint
- Topic 1A: Examine the PowerPoint Environment
- Topic 1B: Examine Various Slide Views
- Topic 1C: Navigate Through a Presentation
- Topic 1D: Edit Slide Text
- Topic 1E: Save the Presentation
- Topic 1F:Run a Slide Show
Lesson
2: Beginning a Presentation
- Topic 2A: Create a New Presentation
- Topic 2B: Change Background Color
- Topic 2C: Add Slides to a Presentation
- Topic 2D: Enter Text
- Topic 2E:
Create a Presentation from a Microsoft Word Outline
Lesson
3: Formatting Text Slides
- Topic 3A: Apply Character Formats
- Topic 3B: Align Text
- Topic 3C: Change Line Spacing
- Topic 3D:
Change Indents
Lesson
4: Adding Tables to a Presentation
- Topic 4A: Create a Table
- Topic 4B: Format Tables
- Topic 4C:
Insert a Table from Microsoft Word
Lesson
5: Charting Data
- Topic 5A: Create a Column Chart
- Topic 5B: Edit Chart Data
- Topic 5C: Change Chart Type
- Topic 5D:
Insert a Chart from Microsoft Excel
Lesson
6: Modifying Objects
- Topic 6A: Resize Objects
- Topic 6B: Copy and Duplicate Objects
- Topic 6C: Move Objects
- Topic 6D: Change Object Orientation
- Topic 6E: Format Objects
- Topic 6F: Group and Ungroup Objects
- Topic 6G:
Change the Order of Objects
Lesson
7: Adding Images to a Presentation
- Topic 7A: Add Clip Art
- Topic 7B: Add a Picture from a File
- Topic 7C: Draw Lines and Shapes
- Topic 7D:
Insert WordArt
Lesson
8: Preparing to Deliver a Presentation
- Topic 8A: Spell-check
- Topic 8B: Arrange Slides
- Topic 8C: Add Transitions
- Topic 8D: Create Speaker Notes
- Topic 8E: Send a Presentation to Microsoft Word
- Topic 8F: Print the Presentation
- Topic 8G:
Package a Presentation for CD
Platform Requirements
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components:
- 800-MHz PowerPC G4.
- 256-MB SDRAM.
- 434 MB of available hard-disk space is recommended for installing PowerPoint by using the Office Setup Assistant; 460 MB for installing PowerPoint by dragging the Microsoft Office 2004 folder to your hard disk. The hard disk should be in Mac OS Extended (HFS+) format, the default format for Mac OS X.
- CD-ROM drive.
- A mouse or other pointing device.
- A 1024 x 768 or higher resolution monitor.
- 14.4 Kbps or faster modem.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access (see your local network administrator).
- A printer (optional).
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
- For this course, it is assumed that you are using a keyboard that does not require the use of function key combinations.
Software Requirements
- Mac OS X v10.3.
- Microsoft? Office 2004 for Macintosh
