50131 - Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Step by Step, Level 3

This one-day instructor-led course provides students with an overview of the more advanced features and functions of Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007.

After completing this course, students will know how to collaborate on content creation, create custom elements that can be used in multiple presentations, and customize the PowerPoint program. Specifically, they will be able to:

• Restrict access to a presentation
• Insert review comments in a presentation
• Use a document workspace
• Create theme colors and fonts
• View and change a presentation’s master slides
• Create a slide layout
• Save a custom design template
• Adapt a presentation for different audiences
• Rehearse a presentation
• Prepare speaker notes and handouts
• Prepare a presentation for travel
• Change default presentation options
• Make favorite PowerPoint commands easily accessible
• Make commands available with a specific presentation

Module 1: Reviewing and Sharing
This module explains how to set permissions to secure presentations, enter comments in a presentation, and set up and work in a document workspace.

Lessons
• Restricting Access to a Presentation
• Inserting Review Comments in a Presentation
• Using a Document Workspace
• Key Points

Lab : Reviewing and Sharing
• Set a password, and test the presentation's security.
• Add, edit, delete, and hide comments.
• Publish a presentation to a workspace, and work with the Document Management task pane.

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Control who can access a presentation.
• Work with comments while reviewing a presentation.
• Collaborate with others on a presentation in a document workspace.

Module 2: Custom Presentation Elements
This module explains how to work with color schemes and font sets, master slides and master layouts, and design templates.

Lessons
• Creating Theme Colors and Fonts
• Viewing and Changing a Presentation’s Master Slides
• Creating a Slide Layout
• Saving a Custom Design Template
• Key Points

Lab : Custom Presentation Elements
• Create a color scheme and font set, and save them as a theme.
• View and change a presentation's slide master.
• Create a master layout.
• Save a design template, and use it as the basis for a new presentation.

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Create custom color schemes and font sets.
• Make changes to the overall design of a presentation.
• Develop custom slide layouts.
• Save and use design templates.

Module 3: More Delivery Tools
This module explains how to modify a presentation to show to different audiences, practice giving a presentation and set slide timings, work with speaker notes and handouts, and package a presentation to show someplace else.

Lessons
• Adapting a Presentation for Different Audiences
• Rehearsing a Presentation
• Preparing Speaker Notes and Handouts
• Preparing a Presentation for Travel
• Key Points

Lab : More Delivery Tools
• Create a custom slide show, and hide a slide.
• Apply equal slide timings; then rehearse the presentation, and apply custom timings.
• Enter text, graphics, and tables in notes; and print notes and handouts.
• Create a presentation package on a CD.

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Use the same basic presentation for different audiences.
• Apply global and custom slide timings to pace presentation delivery.
• Enter notes, and print speaker notes and handouts.
• Ensure that a presentation has all the components needed for delivery.

Module 4: Custom PowerPoint
This module explains how to set up the PowerPoint window to make commands readily available.

Lessons
• Changing Default Presentation Options
• Making Favorite PowerPoint Commands Easily Accessible
• Making Commands Available with a Specific Presentation
• Key Points

Lab : Custom PowerPoint
• Explore options in the PowerPoint Options window.
• Add a button to the Quick Access Toolbar.
• Add and remove a button from a presentation-specific Quick Access Toolbar.

After completing this module, students will be able to:
• Modify the PowerPoint program options to meet their needs
• Make commands available on the Quick Access Toolbar
• Build a Quick Access Toolbar for a specific presentation

This course is intended for experienced information workers who want to learn advanced-level PowerPoint 2007 skills.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Basic computer knowledge
• Basic file-management skills
• Basic knowledge of the PowerPoint user interface, presentation creation, and enhancement with visual elements