Total Time: 7 hour(s)

Summary: 
This course shows users how to work with a presentation application to insert, manipulate, and format text, images, and slides. It also shows how to draw objects and produce charts for a presentation; how to print and distribute a presentation; and how to add special effects to a slide presentation. This course describes how to meet European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) objectives using Microsoft PowerPoint on a personal computer that uses a Windows operating system. The ECDL test can be taken with any presentation application, and although this course demonstrates a specific application, the tasks it teaches can be applied to other applications as well

Ojectives: 
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Create and save a presentation document.
Open, revise, and close a presentation document.
Change display settings.
Export a presentation document to an application or Web site.
Create a presentation.
Add text and an image to a slide.
Use a master slide.
Copy, move, and delete text, images, and slides.
Format a presentation document.
Draw and change objects in a presentation.
Create and change graphics and charts.
Preview and print a presentation document.
Add special effects and deliver the slide show.

Topics: 
Opening and closing an application and presentations
Using help
Adjusting settings
Presentation views
Slides and design templates
The master slide
Adding and editing text
Formatting the slide layout
Inserting images
Creating charts and graphs
Creating organisational charts
Drawing objects
Editing drawn objects
Copying, moving, and deleting objects
Adding slide show effects
Preparing presentations
Printing and delivering a presentation

Technical Requirements: 
P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Javascript, DHTML and cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.