Module 1: Creating a PowerPoint Presentation

• Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
• Normal View
• Creating a Presentation
• Saving a Document
• Importing a File
• The Status Bar
• Closing a Presentation
• Exercise: Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation

Module 2: The Ribbon

• The Ribbon
• Tabs
• Groups
• Commands
• Exercise: Exploring the Ribbon

Module 3: The Quick Access Toolbar

• Adding Common Commands
• Adding More Commands with the Customize Dialog Box
• Adding Ribbon Commands or Groups
• Placement
• Exercise: Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

Module 4: The Backstage View (The File Menu)

• Introduction to the Backstage View
• Opening a Presentation
• Exercise: Opening a Presentation
• New Presentation and Presentation Templates
• Exercise: Creating an Agenda Using a Template
• Presentation Properties
• Adding Your Name to a Microsoft PowerPoint

Module 5: Formatting Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• Selecting a Slide Layout
• Adding text
• Adding Text from a Text File or Word Outline
• Editing Text
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Text as WordArt
• Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Formatting Text Placeholders
• Adding Slides to a Presentation
• Arranging Slides
• Exercise: Formatting Text

Module 6: Working with Images

• Adding Images to a Slide
• Inserting a Picture
• Inserting Clip Art
• Capturing and Inserting a Snapshot
• Editing an Image
• Formatting Images
• Applying a Style and Cropping an Image
• Grouping and Ungrouping Images
• Arranging Images
• Adding Shapes
• Exercise: Working with Images and Shapes

Module 7: Working with Tables and Charts

• Inserting a Table
• Formatting Tables
• Importing Tables from External Sources
• Exercise: Working with a Table
• Inserting a Chart
• Formatting a Chart
• Importing Charts from External Sources
• Exercise: Working with Charts