PowerPoint 97: Advanced

Students will learn advanced features of PowerPoint, as well as how to embed Microsoft Word tables and Microsoft Excel charts in a presentation. Students should have a working knowledge of PowerPoint, as well as a basic understanding of word processing and spreadsheet concepts.

Prerequisites

To ensure students’ success with this course, we recommend that they first take the following courses or have equivalent knowledge:

Windows 95: Introduction
PowerPoint 97: Introduction (Windows 95)

Performance-Based Objectives

Create a custom template by selecting a color scheme, background fill, and fonts.
Enhance a presentation by using graphic objects.
Examine the concept of embedded and imported information by using Microsoft applications.
Enhance a slide containing a flow chart by using advanced drawing techniques.
Customize the PowerPoint environment by modifying toolbars and using the Options dialog box.
Enhance a presentation by using animation.
Bring PowerPoint meeting notes into Word by using the Meeting Minder.

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities. Course duration 1 Day(s) Course outline Lesson 1: Working with templates

Topic 1A: Working with presentations
Topic 1B: Creating your own template
Topic 1C: Working with fonts

Lesson 2: Working with graphic objects

Topic 2A: Working with clip art
Topic 2B: Using AutoCorrect and the Style Checker

Lesson 3: Importing and embedding objects

Topic 3A: Creating a table
Topic 3B: Enhancing the table
Topic 3C: Editing the table
Topic 3D: Importing and embedding charts

Lesson 4: Advanced drawing techniques

Topic 4A: Aligning and rotating flow-chart objects
Topic 4B: Enhancing flow-chart objects

Lesson 5: Additional PowerPoint features

Topic 5A: Customizing PowerPoint toolbars
Topic 5B: Other customization options
Topic 5C: Working with the Internet and hyperlinks

Lesson 6: Examining animation and multimedia

Topic 6A: Working with animation
Topic 6B: Multimedia

Lesson 7: Working with meeting notes

Topic 7A: Using the Meeting Minder
Topic 7B: Sending slides to Word

Hardware/Software Requirements

8 megabytes (MB) of Random Access Memory (RAM) for use on Windows 95 (16 MB recommended); 16 MB of RAM for use on Windows NT Workstation
121 MB of hard-disk space for Custom installation of PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
a personal computer with a 386 DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation operating system version 3.51 or later (will not run on earlier versions of Windows)
3.5” high-density disk drive
Windows-compatible mouse and printer

You will also need an installed sound card and speakers if you want to hear the animation effects applied in the course.

See your reference manual for hardware considerations that apply to your specific hardware setup.