PowerPoint 2007 Training

This Video will acquaint you with the instructor, explain the overall design and segments of the course, and introduce basic computer/instructional terms.

• About the Instructor
• Course Design
• Course Topics
• Basic Terms and Commands
• Topics Recap

Knowing how to build slides in PowerPoint will not necessarily give you all the tools necessary for building an effective presentation. The most effective presentation is one that is "rhetorically focused."

With that in mind, this Video introduces some basic rhetorical strategies that can be useful when constructing your overall presentation or speech, let alone individual PowerPoint slides.

• PowerPoint Lesson Number 1: PowerPoint is Not a Crutch
• Definition of Rhetoric
• A History and Evolution of Rhetoric
• Ethos
• Logos
• Pathos
• PowerPoint Lesson Number 2: The Audience Comes First
• PowerPoint and Rhetoric
• Conclusion
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know
• References

If your goal is to create a visually stunning and captivating PowerPoint presentation, knowing how to use every feature in PowerPoint alone is not going to get you there; you have to know a little bit about design.

In this Video, we'll cover the differences between 'fashion' and 'design,' (two terms that are often confused), the inherent linear structure of the oral presentation, and basic design fundamentals as outlined in Alex White's book, The Elements of Graphic Design and relate those graphic design principles to building effective PowerPoint visuals.

• Fashion vs. Design
• PowerPoint Presentation Design
• PowerPoint Slide Design
• 7 Basic Graphic Design Principles and PowerPoint
• Conclusion
• Topics Recap
• References

The goal of most presentations is either to inform or to convince someone of something. In either case, whether informing or convincing, knowing how an individual learns or processes information is a key fundamental in creating an effective presentation.

In this Video, we'll cover the various ways an individual might process information and how to incorporate various learning strategies into the design of a PowerPoint presentation.

• Kinds of Learning Styles
• Presenting to Different Kinds of Learners Using PowerPoint
• Mix and Match Methods
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

People use PowerPoint for a variety of purposes and situations. With that in mind, creating an effective presentation also means understanding the role that the immediate environment plays on any given presentation.

In this Video, we outline the various kinds of presentations you can create with PowerPoint 2007 and discuss how the environment of the presentation will affect the look and structure of your PowerPoint slides as well as the overall design of your presentation.

• Speaker-Led Presentations
• Interactive Presentations
• Self-Running Presentations
• Other Uses for PowerPoint
• Topics Recap

Designed for both new and seasoned users of PowerPoint, this Video will guide users through some of the new PowerPoint 2007 features, as well as offer a guided tour of the New PowerPoint 2007 interface. In other words, we show you where everything is, and what everything does.

• What's New in PowerPoint 2007
• The New PowerPoint 2007 Interface
  • The 2007 Ribbon
  • Quick Access Toolbar
  • The New Presentation Window
  • The Office Button
  • Setting PowerPoint Options
  • Using Various PowerPoint Views
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

PowerPoint 2007 comes loaded with predesigned templates and themes. In this Video, we'll discuss the benefits of using prebuilt templates and how to customize and save PowerPoint templates.

• Pros and Cons
• Building a Presentation from a Predesigned Template
• The Difference Between a Template and a Theme
• Predisigned Templates and Themes
• Edit, Create, and Rename Masters
• Prebuilt Templates
• Templates on Microsoft Office Online
• Designing Your Own Template
• Saving a Presentation as a Template
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

The primary purpose of this Video is to acquaint you with the real-world scenario we will be using throughout the remainder of the course to build our templates and presentations.

• Introduction to Our Scenario
• Our Audience
• Our Goals
• Our Presentation
• Other Things to Consider
• PowerPoint Lesson Number Three: Choosing the Right Time for Your Presentation
• Our Equipment
• Topics Recap

Building off of the previous two Videos, students will create a custom template for Globomantics, our scenario's company. You will learn how to customize the Slide Master by formatting backgrounds, PowerPoint AutoShapes, pictures, text boxes, bullet points, slide layouts, and more! Afterwards, we will save the changes as a template that any Globomantics employee can reuse.

• Changing the Background
• Adding graphics
• Customizing Graphics
• Adding and Formatting AutoShapes
• Layering and Ordering Objects
• Customizing Bullet Points
• Master Layout Customization
• Manipulating AutoShapes
• Using WordArt
• Topics Recap

Part One: The Attention Getter

Following the scenario outlined in Video 8, you will begin creating a presentation designed for the Globomantics Operations department. Starting from a custom template, you will learn an abundance of PowerPoint skills from adding slides, pictures, and AutoShapes, to building the opening slide sequence that will act as our audience attention-getter.

• Test Your Presentation with the Actual Hardware and Environment
• Creating a Presentation from a Custom Template
• Inserting New Slides: 4 Ways
• Other Methods for Inserting Slides
• Adding Content
• Inserting Text into a Placeholder
• Differences between a Text Box and a Placeholder
• Inserting and Editing Pictures
• Creating Graphics with AutoShapes
• Graying Out and Highlighting Parts of the Slide
• Combining a Picture with Words
• Bulleted Lists
• Topics Recap

Continuing with our presentation for the Globomantics Operations department, you will work on building slides for the body of our presentation by adding and formatting Charts and SmartArt.

• Types of SmartArt
• 3 Ways for Inserting SmartArt
• Editing SmartArt Text
• Inserting and Deleting Shapes
• Promoting and Demoting Shapes
• Changing the Subordinate Layout
• Applying SmartArt Styles
• Manually Formatting Graphics
• PowerPoint Charts
• Kinds of Charts
• Parts of a Chart
• Different Methods for Adding a Chart
• Changing the Charted Data Range
• Editing a Chart
• Swapping Rows and Columns
• Select Data
• Labels
• Refresh Data
• Changing the Chart Layout, Titles, Legends, Numbers, and More
• Adding a Trend Line
• Topics Recap

Continuing with our presentation for the Globomantics Operations department, you will create and format a PowerPoint Table, and learn how to insert other objects (like a pdf) into a PowerPoint presentation.

• Inserting an Object from File
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
• Embedding a File
• Breaking Links
• Changing an Embedded File to an Image to Cut Down on File Size
• Inserting and Formatting a Table
• Table Terminology
• Ways to Insert a Table
• Merging Cells
• Text Alignment
• Resizing Rows and Columns
• Additional Formatting Options
• Topics Recap

In this Video, you will learn how to prepare Speaker Notes, Handouts and electronic PDF or XPS files using a variety of PowerPoint's print and save options.

• Speaker Notes
• Handouts
• Printing Options
• Exporting Materials to MS Word
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

In this Video, you will learn how to use PowerPoint's Preparation and Show Tools, such as the Rehearse Timings and Custom Show feature as well as other show settings, presentation keyboard shortcuts, pen tools, and more.

• Slide Transitions
• Rehearsing Timings
• Creating a Custom Show
• Setting Up Your Show
• Keyboard Shortcuts and Tools
• Troubleshooting Technological Problems

You will learn the basics of creating custom animations, using a variety of entrance, emphasis, exit, and motion path effects and learn to customize Effect start times, speed, and other Effect options, inlcuding setting triggers.

• Our Scenario
• Animation 101
• Creating Custom Animations
• Modifying Animation Effects
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

In this Video, you will learn the basics of user-interactivity by creating a variety of hyperlinks.

• What is a Hyperlink?
• What can be Hyperlinked?
• To what can I Hyperlink?
• Creating PowerPoint Hyperlinks
• Removing Hyperlinks
• Copying in Excel Data without OLE
• Creating Hyperlinks with Action Settings
• Setting the Presentation to Automatically Loop
• Applying Actions on Mouse Over
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Continuing with what we built in the hyperlinks Video, you will learn other ways to hyperlink to objects, slides, or even other presentations by using PowerPoint action buttons.

• Types of Action Buttons
• Inserting Action Buttons
• Action Buttons on the Master Slide
• Formatting Buttons
• Custom Action Buttons
• Altering Action Settings
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

This Video shows you all the various ways to add sound to a presentation, including sound effects, music, and voice-over narration. You will also learn the differences between embedding versus linking sound files to your presentation.

• Our Scenario
• Introduction to Audio Tools
• Inserting and Playing Music
• Embedding vs. Linking Sound Files
• Recording Your Own Audio
• Topics Recap

Here you will learn about the various Video file types that can be linked to a PowerPoint presentation and learn three different ways to play Video during a PowerPoint show, including linking to a YouTube Video.

• Introduction to Video Formats
• Inserting Video Files
• Creating a Mock Media Player with PowerPoint Objects
• Inserting a Windows Media Player
• Inserting a Shockwave Flash Object
• Topics Recap

In addition to learning several methods for distributing a presentation, you will also learn about how to prepare your PowerPoint file for distribution, including adjusting the file properties, password protection, embedding fonts, checking for prior version compatibility and more.

• Changing File Properties
• Embedding Fonts
• Checking for Prior Version Compatibility
• MS Office 2007 Compatibility Pack
• Inspect Document
• Mark as Final
• Encrypting a File with Password
• Package for CD
• Save As PowerPoint Show
• Saving the Presentation as a Webpage
• Topics Recap

In this Video, we will expand upon skills learned in earlier Videos by exploring more advanced techniques for animating drawn objects and syncing those animations to music, creating a PowerPoint presentation unlike any other.

• Flash vs. PowerPoint
• Creating Advanced Animations
• Building our Flash-Style Presentation
• Using Many Slides to Simulate Animation
• Topics Recap

Add-ins extend the functionality of PowerPoint 2007 by adding custom commands and features that can increase productivity. In this Video, students will learn how to install three popular (and free) add-ins for PowerPoint 2007: Microsoft's "Get Started Tab," PowerPoint MVP Shyam Pillai's "LiveWeb," and Microsoft Office Lab's "pptPlex."

• About Add-ins
• Free Add-ins
• Installing and Using Add-ins
• The Get Started Tab
• LiveWeb
• Uninstalling Add-ins
• pptPlex
• Save as XPS Add-in
• Create a pptPlex Presentation
• Adding Section Dividers
• Customizing the Background
• Running and Navigating a Show
• Format Section Divider Labels
• Topics Recap