Getting Started With PowerPoint 2000 :

Course length: 1/2 day

Course Description

Overview:   Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin effectively creating presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint

Prerequisites:   To ensure students' success with this course, we recommend that they first take one of the following Element K Content courses or have equivalent knowledge:

• Windows 95 : Introduction

• Windows 98 : Introduction

• Windows NT 4.0 : Introduction

Performance-Based Objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Start the PowerPoint program, identify on-screen features, and navigate through a presentation.
• Create and edit bullet slides.
• use PowerPoint's drawing tools to create a slide
• Incorporate clip art objects and tables in a slide.
• Change the overall appearance of a presentation by using design templates and the Slide Master.
• Run a slide show, become familiar with slide show options, and add notes to a slide.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Introduction to PowerPoint

Topic 1A: Opening a Presentation

Topic 1B: Exploring the PowerPoint Window

Topic 1C: Exploring Different PowerPoint Views

Lesson 2: Beginning a Presentation

Topic 2A: Creating Title and Bullet Slides

Topic 2B: Creating Slides in Outline View

Topic 2C: Modifying Slide Text

Topic 2D: Checking Spelling

Lesson 3: Drawing Tools

Topic 3A: Working with Drawing Tools

Topic 3B: Working with Text and Drawn Objects

Topic 3C: Enhancing Drawn Objects

Lesson 4: Clip Art and Tables

Topic 4A: Using Clip Art

Topic 4B: Inserting a Table

Lesson 5: Templates and the Slide Master

Topic 5A: Selecting a Template

Topic 5B: Changing Text and Bullets in the Slide Master

Topic 5C: Removing Slide Master Objects

Lesson 6: Slide Shows, Output, and Presentation Options

Topic 6A: Slide Show Options

Topic 6B: Adding Transitions and Animation to a Slide Show

Topic 6C: Running a Manual and an Automatic Slide Show

Topic 6D: Printing a Presentation