PowerPoint gives you everything you need to quickly turn ideas into dynamic presentations. The Introduction to PowerPoint class teaches students how to use various tools such as text, graphics and animation to create presentations that will grab and maintain an audiences attention.

Students should have a basic understanding of the Windows operating system. Recommend, but not required, Computer Literacy and Introduction to Microsoft Word.

A. PowerPoint screen

B. Autolayout

C. Toolbars

            2. Basic PowerPoint Skills

A. Creating a new presentation

B. Design templates

C. Slide layout

D. Views and magnification

E. Templates

F. AutoContent Wizard

            3. Presentation Text

A. Fonts and font sizes

B. Animating text

            4. Slide Master

A. Working with Slide Master

            5. Slide Sorter

A. Working with multiple slides

B. Slide transitions

            6. Outline Pane

A. Collapse and expand slides

B. Summary slides

A. Text alignment

B. Bulleted lists

            8. Formatting and Editing Text

A. Modify paragraph spacing

            9. Graphics

A. Using Drawing toolbar

B. Fills and colors

A. Running a slide show

B. Slide transitions

C. Animating text and objects