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Microsoft Power Point Basic
                                                                                                Table of Contents of The Instructor's Guide

Section 1: Getting Started .............................................................................................................. 1

Lesson 1.1: Starting Out ........................................................................................................................ 2

What is Microsoft PowerPoint 2007? .................................................................................................................. 2

Opening Microsoft PowerPoint ........................................................................................................................... 3

Interacting with PowerPoint ............................................................................................................................... 5

Closing Microsoft PowerPoint ............................................................................................................................. 6

Step-By-Step ........................................................................................................................................................ 7

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 10

Lesson 1.2: Slides ................................................................................................................................ 11

What is a Slide?................................................................................................................................................. 11

Adding a Slide ................................................................................................................................................... 12

Deleting a Slide ................................................................................................................................................. 15

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Slides .................................................................................................................. 15

Text AutoFit ...................................................................................................................................................... 19

Step-By-Step ..................................................................................................................................................... 20

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 26

Lesson 1.3: Creating a Slide ................................................................................................................. 27

Creating Text .................................................................................................................................................... 27

Deleting Text ..................................................................................................................................................... 27

Selecting Text .................................................................................................................................................... 28

Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text .................................................................................................................... 28

Using the Format Painter ................................................................................................................................. 28

Using Find and Replace .................................................................................................................................... 30

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 32

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 39

Lesson 1.4: Working with a Presentation ........................................................................................... 40

Saving a Presentation for the Second Time........................................................................................................ 40

Opening a Presentation..................................................................................................................................... 40

Closing a Presentation ...................................................................................................................................... 42

Using the Save As Command ............................................................................................................................. 43

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 44

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 50

Lesson 1.5: Getting Help in PowerPoint ............................................................................................. 51

Using the Help Screen ....................................................................................................................................... 52

About Online Help ............................................................................................................................................ 53

About Offline Help ............................................................................................................................................ 53

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 55

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 60

Section 1: Case Study ........................................................................................................................... 61

Section 1: Review Questions ................................................................................................................ 62

Section 2: The New Interface ...................................................................................................... 65

Lesson 2.1: Using the Quick Access toolbar ....................................................................................... 66

About the Default Buttons ................................................................................................................................. 66

Adding Buttons .................................................................................................................................................. 67

Removing Buttons ............................................................................................................................................. 69

Customizing the Toolbar ................................................................................................................................... 69

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 70

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 74

Lesson 2.2: The Home Tab .................................................................................................................. 75

Clipboard .......................................................................................................................................................... 75

Slides ................................................................................................................................................................. 76

Font ................................................................................................................................................................... 76

Paragraph ......................................................................................................................................................... 77

Drawing ............................................................................................................................................................ 79

Editing ............................................................................................................................................................... 81

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 82

Skill Sharpener .................................................................................................................................................. 89

Lesson 2.3: The Insert Tab .................................................................................................................. 90

Table ................................................................................................................................................................. 90

Illustrations ....................................................................................................................................................... 91

Links .................................................................................................................................................................. 92

Text .................................................................................................................................................................... 92

Media Clips ....................................................................................................................................................... 93

Step-By-Step ...................................................................................................................................................... 94

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 102

Lesson 2.4: The Design Tab ............................................................................................................... 103

Page Setup ...................................................................................................................................................... 103

Themes ............................................................................................................................................................ 103

Background ..................................................................................................................................................... 104

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 105

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 110

Lesson 2.5: The Animations Tab ....................................................................................................... 111

Preview ........................................................................................................................................................... 111

Animations ...................................................................................................................................................... 111

Transition to This Slide ................................................................................................................................... 112

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 113

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 117

Lesson 2.6: The Slide Show Tab ........................................................................................................ 118

Start Slide Show .............................................................................................................................................. 118

Setup ................................................................................................................................................................ 118

Monitors .......................................................................................................................................................... 119

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 120

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 125

Lesson 2.7: The Review Tab .............................................................................................................. 126

Proofing .......................................................................................................................................................... 126

Comments ........................................................................................................................................................ 127

Protect ............................................................................................................................................................. 128

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 129

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 133

Section 2: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 134

Section 2: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 135

Section 3: Editing Slides ............................................................................................................ 138

Lesson 3.1: Placeholders .................................................................................................................... 139

Types of Placeholders ..................................................................................................................................... 139

Resizing Placeholders ..................................................................................................................................... 140

Moving a Placeholder ..................................................................................................................................... 141

Deleting Placeholders ..................................................................................................................................... 141

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 142

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 147

Lesson 3.2: Formatting a Slide .......................................................................................................... 148

Add a Background Color ................................................................................................................................ 148

Add Gradient Fills .......................................................................................................................................... 150

Add Textures or Pictures ................................................................................................................................. 150

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 152

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 158

Lesson 3.3: Other Formatting Tools ................................................................................................. 159

Inserting Headers and Footers ........................................................................................................................ 160

Inserting Slide Numbers .................................................................................................................................. 161

Inserting the Date and Time ............................................................................................................................. 162

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 163

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 167

Lesson 3.4: Managing Slides .............................................................................................................. 168

The View Toolbar ............................................................................................................................................ 168

Rearranging Slides .......................................................................................................................................... 168

Using the Slides Tab ....................................................................................................................................... 169

Using the Outline View ................................................................................................................................... 170

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 172

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 176

Section 3: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 177

Section 3: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 178

Section 4: Adding Effects .......................................................................................................... 181

Lesson 4.1: Formatting Text Using the Home tab ........................................................................... 182

Adjusting Font Size ......................................................................................................................................... 182

Adjusting Font Type ........................................................................................................................................ 183

Adding Effects ................................................................................................................................................. 183

Changing Text Color ....................................................................................................................................... 184

Changing Character Spacing ........................................................................................................................... 184

Changing Font Case ....................................................................................................................................... 185

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 186

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 189

Lesson 4.2: Formatting Text from the Fonts Dialog Box ................................................................ 190

Opening the Fonts Dialog Box ......................................................................................................................... 190

Using the Font Tab ......................................................................................................................................... 191

Using the Character Spacing Tab .................................................................................................................... 191

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 192

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 196

Lesson 4.3: Creating a Bulleted or Numbered List from the Home Tab....................................... 197

Adding Bullets ................................................................................................................................................. 198

Adding Numbers .............................................................................................................................................. 199

Customizing Bullets and Numbers ................................................................................................................... 199

Removing Bullets and Numbers ....................................................................................................................... 200

Discontinuing Bullets and Numbers ................................................................................................................. 201

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 202

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 206

Lesson 4.4: Using Paragraph Alignment .......................................................................................... 207

Using Left, Right, Or Centre Alignment ........................................................................................................... 207

Using Justification .......................................................................................................................................... 208

Using Columns ................................................................................................................................................ 208

Changing Text Direction ................................................................................................................................. 209

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 211

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 217

Section 4: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 218

Section 4: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 219  

Section 5: Printing and Viewing a Presentation....................................................................... 222

Lesson 5.1: Using Proofing Tools ...................................................................................................... 223

Spell Check ...................................................................................................................................................... 223

Using AutoCorrect .......................................................................................................................................... 224

The Thesaurus ................................................................................................................................................. 226

Using the Research Task Pane ......................................................................................................................... 226

Using the Translator ....................................................................................................................................... 229

Set Your Language .......................................................................................................................................... 229

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 231

Skill Sharpener ............................................................................................................................................... 237

Lesson 5.2: Using Print Preview ........................................................................................................ 238

Opening Print Preview .................................................................................................................................... 238

Using the Print Preview Toolbar ..................................................................................................................... 239

Using the Print What Option ............................................................................................................................ 240

Setting Print Options ....................................................................................................................................... 241

Printing Your Presentation .............................................................................................................................. 242

Step-By-Step .................................................................................................................................................... 243

Skill Sharpener ................................................................................................................................................ 246

Section 5: Case Study ......................................................................................................................... 247

Section 5: Review Questions .............................................................................................................. 248

Index ......................................................................................................................................... 251