Microsoft PowerPoint® 2000 makes it easier to organize, illustrate, and deliver your ideas professionally. Whether you're conducting a meeting, presenting at a conference, or delivering your message over the Internet, the Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 presentation graphics program provides the tools you need to make your point—powerfully.

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Part 1

Prerequisites

A knowledge of personal computer fundamentals, experience in working within the Microsoft Windows environment, a reasonable degree of keyboard proficiency and experience in using a mouse.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Start PowerPoint

• Display help information

• Create a title and bulleted list slide

• Save and close a presentation

• Reopen a presentation

• Add an AutoShape to a slide

• Add text to an AutoShape

• Print one or more slides

• Add a PowerPoint table to a slide

• Format a PowerPoint table

• Use the spelling checker

• Insert a clip art image into a slide

• Add a text block to a slide

• Apply a design template to a presentation

• Modify the color scheme of slides

• Modify the Slide Master and Title Master

• Enter text on a notes page

• Run a slide show

• Add transition effects to slides

• Change and replace text fonts in a presentation

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Part 2

Prerequisites

Part 1 or equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Link Microsoft Excel worksheet entries to a PowerPoint presentation

• Embed Microsoft Excel worksheet entries in a PowerPoint presentation

• Embed Microsoft Word text in a PowerPoint presentation

• Create an artistic text block

• Use the Formatting toolbar to enhance text

• Use the Format Painter to copy text attributes

• Stack and group AutoShapes

• Add a text box to an AutoShape

• Add a clip art image to an AutoShape

• Create a three-dimensional AutoShape

• Manually branch to a specific slide in a slide show

• Add animation effects to slides

• Access the World Wide Web from PowerPoint

• Link a PowerPoint presentation to a Web page

• Publish a PowerPoint presentation to the World Wide Web

• Save an existing presentation in a new file

• Copy slides from one presentation to another

• Find and replace specific text in a presentation

• Send a presentation via electronic mail

• Import a Microsoft Word outline into PowerPoint

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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Part 3

Prerequisites

Part 2 or equivalent knowledge.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Copy a design template from one presentation to another.

• Reset paragraph indentation on a slide.

• Set and clear tab stops on a slide.

• Adjust an AutoShape to fit text.

• Adjust text to fit within an AutoShape.

• Create a PowerPoint chart.

• Add a Microsoft Word table to a slide.

• Add a Microsoft Excel chart to a slide.

• Create an organization chart.

• Insert a sound clip and video clip into a slide.

• Define the slide color scheme of a new design template.

• Modify the slide background of a new design template.

• Add a logo to the Title Master of a new design template.

• Save a new design template.

• Exclude a slide from a slide show.

• Hyperlink to a specific slide and to another presentation.

• Use the Meeting Minder.

• Set automatic slide timings.

• Modify a toolbar.

• Create a new toolbar.

• Create a summary slide.

• Export a PowerPoint presentation to Microsoft Word.

• Save a presentation for use on another computer.

• Work with other PowerPoint users via the Web

Course Materials

The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class.

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