Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course Length:  1 Day, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

Course Description

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® 2003 to give electronic presentations.

Course Objective:  

You will create effective basic Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 presentations for delivery in front of an audience.

Target Student:  

This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003 presentations. This course is also intended for students who wish to pursue their Microsoft Office Specialist certification in PowerPoint 2003.

Prerequisites:  

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take one of the following Element K courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Windows XP: Introduction
Windows XP Professional: Levels 1 and 2
Windows 2000: Introduction
Word Level 1

Delivery Method:  

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

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.

Course Content

Lesson 1: An Orientation to PowerPoint

The PowerPoint Environment
Orientation to Views
Navigate Through a Presentation
Edit Slide Text
Save the Presentation
Run a Slide Show

Lesson 2: Beginning a Presentation

Create a New Presentation
Change Background Color
Add Slides to a Presentation
Enter Text
Create a Presentation from a Microsoft Word Outline

Lesson 3: Formatting Text Slides

Apply Character Formats
Align Text
Change Line Spacing
Change Indents

Lesson 4: Adding Tables to a Presentation

Create a Table
Format Tables
Insert a Table from Microsoft Word

Lesson 5: Charting Data

Create a Column Chart
Edit Chart Data
Change Chart Type
Insert a Chart from Microsoft Excel

Lesson 6: Modifying Objects

Resize Objects
Copy and Duplicate Objects
Move Objects
Changing Object Orientation
Format Objects
Group and Ungroup Objects
Change the Order of Objects

Lesson 7: Adding Images to a Presentation

Add Clip Art
Add a Picture from a File
Draw Lines and Shapes
Insert WordArt

Lesson 8: Preparing to Deliver a Presentation

Spell Check
Arrange Slides
Add Transitions
Create Speaker Notes
Send a Presentation to Microsoft Word
Print the Presentation
Package a Presentation for CD