Module 1: Introduction to PowerPoint 2007

This module explains how to work with presentations, including how to open, view, save, and close them.

Lessons

• Working in the PowerPoint Environment
• Opening, Moving Around in, and Closing a Presentation
• Displaying Different Views of a Presentation
• Saving a Presentation

Lab: Introduction to PowerPoint 2007

• Explore the interface.
• Explore ways to move around in a presentation.
• Explore different views.
• Save a new presentation in a new folder and an existing presentation in an existing folder.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 2: New Presentations

This module explains how to create presentations from templates, convert outlines to presentations, reuse existing slides, and create photo albums.

Lessons

• Quickly Creating a Presentation
• Creating a Presentation Based on a Ready-Made Design
• Converting an Outline to a Presentation
• Reusing Existing Slides
• Creating a Photo Album

Lab: New Presentations

• Create a presentation based on a presentation template.
• Create a presentation based on a design template, and add and delete slides.
• Import an outline as a presentation.
• Import slides from an existing presentation.
• Display photos in a photo album.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 3: Slide Text

This module explains how to enter and edit text; add and manipulate text boxes; check spelling and use the Thesaurus; find and replace text and fonts; and change the size, alignment, spacing, and look of text.

Lessons

• Entering Text
• Editing Text
• Adding and Manipulating Text Boxes
• Correcting and Sizing Text While Typing
• Checking Spelling and Choosing the Best Words
• Finding and Replacing Text and Fonts
• Changing the Size, Alignment, Spacing, and Look of Text

Lab: Slide Text

• Enter text in layout placeholders.
• Edit slide text.
• Create, size, position, and format text boxes.
• Explore AutoCorrect and AutoFit
• Correct misspellings, and substitute a word.
• Replace a word and a font, and hide an object.
• Resize placeholders, and apply paragraph and character formatting.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 4: Slide Layout and Order

This module explains how change the layout of slides and rearrange slides in a presentation.

Lessons

• Changing the Layout of a Slide
• Rearranging Slides in a Presentation

Lab: Slide Layout and Order

• Switch to a different layout, adjust it, and revert to the default layout.
• Arrange slides in a presentation.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 5: Visual Enhancements

This module explains how to apply themes to presentations, change the color scheme or create a custom color scheme, change the color of specific elements, add backgrounds to presentations, and insert and customize clip art.

Lessons

• Applying a Theme
• Switching to a Different Color Scheme
• Using Colors That Are Not Part of the Scheme
• Adding Shading and Texture to the Background of a Slide
• Inserting and Modifying Clip Art Images

Lab: Visual Enhancements

• Switch to a different theme.
• Switch to a different color scheme, and create a custom color scheme.
• Change the color of specific elements.
• Add background shading and texture.
• Insert and customize a clip art image.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 6: Lights, Projector, Action!

This module explains how to preview and print a presentation, how to ensure that a presentation contains no inappropriate information before marking it as final, and how to present a presentation.

Lessons

• Previewing and Printing a Presentation
• Finalizing a Presentation
• Showing a Presentation

Lab: Lights, Projector, Action!

• Prepare a presentation for printing, and then print it.
• "Scrub" a presentation, and mark it as final.
• Deliver a presentation, and mark up slides.

After completing this module, students will be able to: