Module 1: Tables

This module explains how to add tables to a PowerPoint presentation and format the tables, and how to insert Microsoft Office Excel worksheets and then update the worksheets.

Lessons

• Inserting and Formatting a Table
• Inserting and Updating an Excel Worksheet

Lab: Tables

• Create a table, modify its structure, and format it.
• Insert a worksheet as an embedded object.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 2: Charts and Diagrams

This module explains how to create and format charts and diagrams, and how to use diagrams rather than bullets to display information.

Lessons

• Inserting and Formatting a Chart
• Inserting and Formatting a Diagram
• Converting Existing Bullet Points into a Diagram

Lab: Charts and Diagrams

• Create, format, and update a chart.
• Create and modify a diagram.
• Add visual interest with a diagram instead of bullets.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 3: Other Visual Enhancements

This module explains how to insert and modify pictures and stylized text, and how to work with shapes and graphics.

Lessons

• Inserting and Modifying Pictures
• Drawing, Modifying, and Connecting Shapes
• Inserting and Modifying Stylized Text
• Aligning and Stacking Graphics

Lab: Other Visual Enhancements

• Add pictures to slides, and then format them.
• Draw, format, connect, and group shapes.
• Create and modify a WordArt object.
• Use various techniques to position graphics.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 4: Animation

This module explains how to animate text and graphics, and how to ensure a smooth transition from one slide to the next.

Lessons

• Animating Slide Elements
• Adding Transition Effects

Lab: Animation

• Apply animations to text and graphics.
• Apply and modify transitions.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 5: Sound and Movies

This module explains how to work with audio and video files.

Lessons

• Inserting, Playing, and Modifying Sounds
• Inserting, Playing, and Modifying Movies

Lab: Sound and Movies

• Insert, preview, and adjust sounds.
• Insert, preview, and adjust a video object.

After completing this module, students will be able to:

Module 6: Web Presentations

This module explains how to add hyperlinks to slides, attach actions to text or objects, and create a Web presentation.

Lessons

• Creating a Hyperlink
• Attaching an Action to Text or an Object
• Saving a Presentation for the Web

Lab: Web Presentations

• Insert hyperlinks to a message window and a Web page.
• Attach actions and sounds to text, and create navigation action buttons.
• Convert and edit a Web presentation.

After completing this module, students will be able to: