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Spice up your presentation by using PowerPoint's visual aides of graphics, text, charts, animation and more. Learn how to put together a slide show presentation including titles, bulleted items, tables, charts and graphics. Learn many eye opening special effects. Some previous experience with Windows/mouse required. Hands-on class. Text and floppy data disk provided. (CEU=1)

Syllabus for PowerPoint Introduction

Provider: Julie Randolph of Computer Tutors
Course Run Time: 10 hours

Course Description:
Spice up your presentation by using PowerPoint's visual aides of graphics, text, charts, animation and more. Learn how to put together a complete transparency or slide show presentation including titles, bulleted items, tables, charts and graphics. Learn many eye opening special effects. Some previous experience with Windows/mouse required. Hands-on class. Text and floppy data disk provided. (CEU=1)

Order of Instruction:
Outline Starting PowerPoint
PowerPoint opening screen items
Creating a presentation
Using autocontent wizard
Viewing toolbars
Creating an outline
Using the outline toolbar
Duplicating, deleting, and moving slides
Working in slide view
Changing the “look” of your presentation
Changing fonts with the slide master
Changing bullets in the master
Adding the date, time, page, company to the master
Viewing multiple slides
Editing text in slides
Modifying the template design—adding different backgrounds
Slide layout
Adding new slides, tables, and graphs
From the clip organizer
From the digital files
More with drawing
Using the drawing toolbar
Drawing menu items
Deleting, grouping, moving
Creating your slideshow
Adding transitions
Building slides
Annotating slides during a presentation
Mousing and keyboard control
Working with hidden slides
Recording narration
Creating speaker’s notes
Providing audience handouts
Printing and slide setup

Note: Every effort has been made to provide a complete and accurate syllabus; however, specific changes may be made as needed. The instructor reserves the right to make exceptions or amend course requirements and syllabus as deemed necessary.