Highlights of the
- Create professional, high-impact presentations.
- Convert your presentations to PDF or XPS for easy sharing and extra security.
- Customize your presentation with color, texture, animation schemes, and slide transitions.
- Insert new text placeholders, tables, diagrams, pictures, shapes, and WordArt to enhance presentation quality.
- Work with the slide master to create a uniform look across all of your presentation slides.
Course Summary
This Microsoft Office PowerPoint course teaches you how to effectively use the PowerPoint 2008 for Mac through comprehensive lessons and engaging quizzes, allowing the user to choose which lesson to learn. New users will be guided through the fundamentals of the PowerPoint 2008 for Mac interface, while experienced users will be brought up to speed on the new navigation and functionality of this 2008 edition.
Course Contents
Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2008: Beginner
Getting Started
Launching PowerPoint 2008
Touring the PowerPoint Window
Save vs. Save As
About XML
Opening & Closing Files
Getting Help
Creating a New Presentation
Creating a New Presentation from a Template
Creating a New Presentation from Scratch
Adding & Editing Text
Undo, Redo, & Repeat
Viewing Presentations
Navigating Through a Presentation
Presentation Views
Using Slide Show View
Modifying an Existing Presentation
Slide Basics
Choosing a Design Theme
Working with Text Boxes
Formatting Text
Using Bullets & Numbering
Working with Indents & Line Spacing
AutoCorrect
Preparing a Presentation for Delivery
Using Spell Check
Using the Thesaurus & Research Pane
Working with Speaker Notes
Adding a Header & Footer
Printing
Recap
Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2008: Intermediate
Outlines
Adding & Editing Slides in Outline View
Formatting Slide Text in Outline View
Exporting a PowerPoint Outline
Working with Pictures and Shapes
Inserting ClipArt & Pictures
Drawing AutoShapes
Grouping & Ungrouping Objects
Layering Objects
Working with Themes
Applying Themes
Creating Custom Themes
Working with Animation
Adding Entrance & Exit Animation
Adding Emphasis
Assign the Order of Animation Effects
Organizing & Enhancing Your Presentation
Duplicating & Deleting Slides
Hiding Slides
Rearranging Slides
Adding Slide Transition
Managing Presentations
Inserting Slides from Other Presentations
Using Find & Replace
Customizing PowerPoint
Customizing PowerPoint’s Toolbars
Modifying PowerPoint Preferences
Recap
Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac 2008: Advanced
Working with Tables
Adding a Table to a Slide
Navigating & Selecting in a Table
Inserting & Deleting Columns and Rows
Formatting a Table
Working with Charts
Creating a Chart
Adding & Removing Chart Data
Formatting & Resizing a Chart
WordArt & SmartArt
Inserting a WordArt Object
Editing a WordArt Object
About SmartArt
Creating a List
Creating a Hierarchy
Creating a Pyramid
Editing SmartArt
Working with Templates, Masters & Custom Layouts
Creating and Editing a Custom Template
Working with Masters
Working with Custom Layouts
Saving Presentations for the Web
Adding a Hyperlink to a Slide
Publishing a Presentation to the Web
Collaboration
Inserting Comments
Viewing Comments
Editing Comments
Advanced Presentation Delivery Options
Working with Action Buttons
Annotating a Presentation
Using Slide Timings
Slide Show Options
Recap
Instructor: Deanna Reynolds
Deanna Reynolds (MCTS) is an author and technical instructor living in Suffolk, Virginia. Since 1993, Deanna has been privileged to work with students traveling many different career paths on a multitude of software programs, including the entire Microsoft Office suite, project management, desktop publishing, and database development. Throughout her career, Deanna has led hundreds of computer productivity training sessions, from beginner through advanced levels.
Most recently, Deanna’s technical training has extended beyond the classroom to include more than 10 DVD-ROM courses for KeyStone Learning Systems and two published books: Word 2007 Pocket Book (Prentice Hall) and Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 (Microsoft Press). |
