Knowing how to create presentations for business, student or personal use is a necessary skill. We have training material that will help you learn the many uses of the leading program, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

Our Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Foundation courseware and training materials can help instructors understand PowerPoint 2007. You will feel comfortable and knowledgeable when training students. Planning lessons will be a breeze.

All material is customizable – you can make it your own. You will be able to tailor logos, exercises and other material to make it yours.

We will provide you with teaching aids like instructor guides, student manuals, lesson plans, quick reference guides, and exercises to help your lessons.

The customizable Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007: Foundation training material will help further your understanding in: creating slides, working with a presentation, the new interface, using the quick access toolbar, different tabs, formatting slides and tools, adding effects/ animations, customizing slideshows and others. With the prepared material, you will feel relaxed and over informed, to be able to apply your knowledge in any teaching environment.

For the intermediate and more advanced learner, we also offer courseware to help improve their natural development and understanding of Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

Section 1: Getting Started

Lesson 1.1: Starting Out

What is Microsoft PowerPoint 2007?

Opening Microsoft PowerPoint

Interacting with PowerPoint

Closing Microsoft PowerPoint

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Lesson 1.2: Slides

What is a Slide?

Adding a Slide

Deleting a Slide

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Slides

Text AutoFit

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Lesson 1.3: Creating a Slide

Creating Text

Deleting Text

Selecting Text

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text

Using the Format Painter

Using Find and Replace

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Lesson 1.4: Working with a Presentation

Saving a Presentation for the Second Time

Opening a Presentation

Closing a Presentation

Using the Save As Command

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Lesson 1.5: Getting Help in PowerPoint

Using the Help Screen

About Online Help

About Offline Help

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Section 1: Case Study

Section 1: Review Questions

Section 2: The New Interface

Lesson 2.1: Using the Quick Access Toolbar

About the Default Buttons

Adding Buttons

Removing Buttons

Customizing the Toolbar

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Lesson 2.2: The Home Tab

Clipboard

Slides

Font

Paragraph

Drawing

Editing

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Lesson 2.3: The Insert Tab

Table

Illustrations

Links

Text

Media Clips

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Lesson 2.4: The Design Tab

Page Setup

Themes

Background

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Lesson 2.5: The Animations Tab

Preview

Animations

Transition to This Slide

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Lesson 2.6: The Slide Show Tab

Start Slide Show

Setup

Monitors

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Lesson 2.7: The Review Tab

Proofing

Comments

Protect

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Section 2: Case Study

Section 2: Review Questions

Section 3: Editing Slides

Lesson 3.1: Placeholders

Types of Placeholders

Resizing Placeholders

Moving a Placeholder

Deleting Placeholders

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Lesson 3.2: Formatting a Slide

Add a Background Color

Add Gradient Fills

Add Textures or Pictures

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Lesson 3.3: Other Formatting Tools

Inserting Headers and Footers

Inserting Slide Numbers

Inserting the Date and Time

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Lesson 3.4: Managing Slides

The View Toolbar

Rearranging Slides

Using the Slides Tab

Using the Outline View

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Section 3: Case Study

Section 3: Review Questions

Section 4: Adding Effects

Lesson 4.1: Formatting Text Using the Home Tab

Adjusting Font Size

Adjusting Font Type

Adding Effects

Changing Text Color

Changing Character Spacing

Changing Font Case

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Lesson 4.2: Formatting Text from the Fonts Dialog Box

Opening the Fonts Dialog Box

Using the Font Tab

Using the Character Spacing Tab

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Lesson 4.3: Creating a Bulleted or Numbered List from the Home Tab

Adding Bullets

Adding Numbers

Customizing Bullets and Numbers

Removing Bullets and Numbers

Discontinuing Bullets and Numbers

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Lesson 4.4: Using Paragraph Alignment

Using Left, Right, Or Centre Alignment

Using Justification

Using Columns

Changing Text Direction

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Section 4: Case Study

Section 4: Review Questions

Section 5: Printing and Viewing a Presentation

Lesson 5.1: Using Proofing Tools

Spell Check

Using AutoCorrect

The Thesaurus

Using the Research Task Pane

Using the Translator

Set Your Language

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Lesson 5.2: Using Print Preview

Opening Print Preview

Using the Print Preview Toolbar

Using the Print What Option

Setting Print Options

Printing Your Presentation

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Section 5: Case Study

Section 5: Review Questions

Index