Course outline for
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 - Foundation

Section 1: Getting Started

Lesson 1.1: Starting Out

What is Microsoft PowerPoint 2007?

Opening Microsoft PowerPoint

Interacting with PowerPoint

Closing Microsoft PowerPoint

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 1.5: Getting Help in PowerPoint

Using the Help Screen

About Online Help

About Offline Help

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.2: The Home Tab

Clipboard

Slides

Font

Paragraph

Drawing

Editing

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.3: The Insert Tab

Table

Illustrations

Links

Text

Media Clips

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.4: The Design Tab

Page Setup

Themes

Background

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.5: The Animations Tab

Preview

Animations

Transition to This Slide

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.6: The Slide Show Tab

Start Slide Show

Setup

Monitors

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 2.7: The Review Tab

Proofing

Comments

Protect

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.2: Formatting a Slide

Add a Background Color

Add Gradient Fills

Add Textures or Pictures

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.3: Other Formatting Tools

Inserting Headers and Footers

Inserting Slide Numbers

Inserting the Date and Time

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 3.4: Managing Slides

The View Toolbar

Rearranging Slides

Using the Slides Tab

Using the Outline View

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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Lesson 4.4: Using Paragraph Alignment

Using Left, Right, Or Centre Alignment

Using Justification

Using Columns

Changing Text Direction

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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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

Step-By-Step

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Section 5: Case Study

Section 5: Review Questions

Index