Course 4103: Core Training for Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

Introduction This course introduces the basic features and tools of Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003, including the following: creating presentations, working with slides, making presentations look consistent, working with shapes, working with graphics, working with tables, charts, and diagrams, creating multimedia presentations, reviewing and sharing presentations, preparing a presentation for printing or web publication, and setting up and delivering slide shows.

This course has been certified as Microsoft Office Specialist Approved Courseware, and covers all exam skill standards.

Modules & Lessons Core Training for Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 Pre-Assessment Pre-Assessment Creating Presentations Lesson Introduction Opening, Saving, and Closing a Presentation Viewing a Presentation Using a Wizard to Start a New Presentation Using a Template to Design a Presentation Importing an Outline from Word Working with Slides Lesson Introduction Creating Slides and Revising Their Layouts Editing Text Formatting Text and Text Objects Checking Spelling and Word Choice Rearranging a Presentation Making Presentations Look Consistent Lesson Introduction Working with Color Schemes and Other Colors Creating a New Color Scheme Coloring and Shading the Slide Background Switching the Design Template Viewing and Changing Master Slides Formatting Text and Bullets Throughout a Presentation Working with Shapes Lesson Introduction Drawing and Modifying Shapes Aligning and Connecting Shapes Stacking and Grouping Shapes Working with Graphics Lesson Introduction Inserting Clip Art and Pictures Modifying Clip Art and Pictures Inserting and Modifying Stylized Text Working with Tables, Charts, and Diagrams Lesson Introduction Inserting and Formatting a Table Inserting and Formatting a Chart Inserting and Formatting an Organization Chart Creating Multimedia Presentations Lesson Introduction Animating Slides Adding Transition Effects Inserting and Playing Sounds and Movies Reviewing and Sharing Presentations Lesson Introduction Adding Comments Merging Versions of a Presentation Sending an Outline or Notes to Word Preparing a Presentation for Printing or Web Publication Lesson Introduction Adjusting Headers and Footers Choosing the Correct Print Settings Previewing and Printing a Presentation Creating Hyperlinks Previewing and Saving a Presentation as a Web Page Setting Up and Delivering Slide Shows Lesson Introduction Taking a Slide Show on the Road Delivering a Slide Show Customizing a Slide Show Adding Slide Timings Post Assessment Post Assessment Reference and Glossary Quick Reference Glossary System Requirements To view this course, you need:

• A Pentium II, 256 MB RAM with a processor speed greater than or equal to 400 MHZ
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000 or higher
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Adobe Flash 7.0 or higher (1MB disk space needed to install)
• Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 or higher
• Microsoft Windows Media Player 7.0 or higher
• Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0 or higher
• A Super VGA monitor with minimum screen resolution 1024x768, with 16-bit color.
• A sound card, and either speakers or headphones (for multi-media audio).
• Internet bandwidth of 56K or faster. Broadband internet access is recommended.

For courses containing Virtual Server-based labs (courses in the IT Professional and Developer Catalog), you will need:

• Microsoft Virtual Server ActiveX control (1MB disk space needed to install)

Test your computer's capabilities to see if it supports this course. Accessibility Requirements The following software must be running on your computer in order to access this course with Screen Reader Software:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher
• Window-Eyes from GW Micro
• JAWS from Freedom Scientific
• MSAA enabled