PPTL2: Microsoft PowerPoint - Creating Effective Presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint - The Essentials class, or equivalent experience.

After completing this course, students will know how to: 

• Identify components of the PowerPoint interface, open and run a presentation,  switch between views, and control the magnification level. 
• Create a basic presentation and add content, arrange, insert and delete slides,  and apply templates and design themes. 
• Format text and lists, apply font styles, copy formatting, and control  alignment and spacing of content on a slide. 
• Create and edit shapes, apply shape styles, duplicate and move shapes, resize,  rotate, and align shapes, and apply content to shapes. 
• Insert and modify WordArt objects, insert and edit pictures, arrange  overlapping items, and group items. 
• Create and modify tables, apply styles to tables, insert images into tables,  create and modify charts, and use SmartArt to create diagrams. 
• Proof a presentation for errors; prepare and preview a presentation, hide  slides, create speaker notes, use Presenter view, prepare a presentation for  printing, and print notes, handouts, and the presentation outline.

This course is intended for students who have a foundational knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and want to take advantage of the application's advanced features.

Modifying the PowerPoint Environment 
 Customise the User Interface 
 Set PowerPoint Options 

Customising Design Templates 
 Modify Slide Masters and Slide Layouts 
 Add Headers and Footers 
 Modify the Notes Master and the Handout Master 

Adding SmartArt and Math Equations to a Presentation 
 Create SmartArt 
 Modify SmartArt 
 Write Math Equations 

Working with Media and Animations 
 Add Audio to a Presentation 
 Add Video to a Presentation 
 Customise Animations and Transitions
 
Collaborating on a Presentation 
 Review a Presentation 
 Store and Share Presentations on the Web 

Customising a Slide Show 
 Annotate a Presentation 
 Set Up a Slide Show 
 Create a Custom Slide Show 
 Add Hyperlinks and Action Buttons 
 Record a Presentation 

Securing and Distributing a Presentation 
 Secure a Presentation 
 Broadcast a Slide Show 
 Create a Video or a CD