Introduction to Microsoft Powerpoint 2007™

A step by step guide to the fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint to give you the confidence to tackle presentations

New for 2012

This course is designed to give delegates a thorough introduction to the fundamentals of PowerPoint 2007, enabling them to make, edit and theme their own presentations.

All indivuals who prepare, or oversee the preparation of presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and need to understand the fundamentals of this package.

• Full understanding of new features, shortcuts and tips for the 2007 version of MS PowerPoint
• Total confidence in setting up, writing and editing your own presentations
• Understanding of how to use different slide types to hold your audience's attention
• Added value for your presentation through the ability to produce notes and handouts for your audience

This course is run by Reed Learning

Introduction to PowerPoint

• The Ribbon
• Command tabs
• Contextual command tabs
• Quick access toolbar
• Status bar and mini toolbar
• Moving around a presentation
• Working in different views
• Creating speaker's notes
• Opening and closing presentations

Creating new presentations

• Creating a new presentation
• Saving presentations
• Applying slide layouts
• Moving and deleting slides

Working with text

• Inserting and formatiing text
• Live preview
• Bulleted and numbered lists
• Spell checking
• Finding and replacing text
• Creating tables
• Creating text boxes and rotating text
• Inserting columns into text boxes

ClipArt

• Inserting and resizing pictures
• Ungrouping and grouping
• Re-colouring

Drawing Objects

• Using drawing tools
• Drawing shapes
• Adding text to shapes
• Flipping and rotating objects
• Aligning and ordering objects
• Selecting objects using the selection and visibility task pane

Using other visual tools

• Creating graphs
• Creating diagrams and organizational charts using SmartArt tools
• WordArt

Slide Masters and themes

• Viewing masters
• Modifying masters
• Inserting date, time and page numbers
• Applying and creating design templates

Presentation techniques

• Printing notes, slides and handouts
• Creating slide shows using transitions and text animation
• Using presenter view

This course, which is run by Reed Learning, is endorsed by CIMA as suitable for members and their colleagues.

6 CPD hours for non CIMA members

Knowledge of the Windows Vista environment is essential.