PPT 8 Intro

PowerPoint 97: Introduction (Windows 95)

Course description

Overview: Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin effectively creating presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint 97

Prerequisites: Students enrolling in this course should understand the basic concepts involved in working with a personal computer (PC). No prior knowledge of PowerPoint is assumed.

Benefits: Students will learn how to start the program, create and edit slides, incorporate clip art and charts, and run a slideshow.

Performance- objectives

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 and WordArt objects in a slide.
Create and enhance organization charts, and create and edit charts by using Microsoft Graph.
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

Starting PowerPoint and opening a presentation
Orientation to the PowerPoint presentation screen
Orientation to views
Creating a title and bullet slide in Slide view
Creating a slide in Outline view
Editing slides
Working with drawing tools
Working with text and drawn objects
Using clip art and WordArt
Creating an organization chart
Orientation to Microsoft Graph
Editing a column chart
Changing text and bullets in the Slide Master
Removing Slide Master objects and adding a footer
Slide show options
Adding transitions and animation to a slide show
Running a manual and an automatic slide show
Printing a presentation