- Powerpoint XP Course

This is one of the programs also bundled in Microsoft Office and the least understood. It is an aid to build powerful slide presentations for business meetings and employee training seminars. Our tutorial will teach you how to create a custom background and then apply animation over that to make your point in an interesting and engaging way. Then you can jazz up the show with photos and Excel Spreadsheet charts or sound recordings to make the entire presentation snap. Last you will learn how to run the slide show or burn a copy so you can give out promotion CD's to important clients to take with them and view over and over.

The whole package makes your company and each presentation look and feel powerful.

Learn at your own pace
Build exactly the skills you need
Master the tools for building a presentation that makes information easier to find and use
Link to data from other Microsoft Office applications, HTML and XML files, and other databases
Use animations, filters, queries, and reports to capture and present data
Learn ways to prevent data corruption and unauthorized access
Share your data with colleagues and customers through interactive Web pages
Prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exam

Microsoft Office Specialist

Join... It's FREE! CD-ROM Version

This is a 4 hours course.
You will learn virtually everything you need to know about Powerpoint XP.

Lessons:
PowerPoint Basics Welcome About Presentations Getting Started Menus,Toolbars,Sections PowerPoint Views Moving Between Slides Opening & Switching Between Presentations Saving And Exiting Help Options Document Recovery Creating New Presentations Creating Presentations Auto Content Wizard Pre-Built Presentations Blank Presentations Presentations Design Adding and Deleting Slides Modifying Presentations Adding and Editing Text Changing Text Attributes Master Views Adding Headers & Footers Changing the Master Modifying Backgrounds Changing Templates	Working With Text The Outline Tab Typing in the Outline Pane Promoting & Demoting Rearranging Text Collapsing and Expanding Importing Slides and Text Creating a Summary Slide Reapplying the Master Slide Line Spacing Setting Tabs Changing/ Removing Bullets Spell Checking	Working With Clip Art Inserting Clip Art Moving, Resizing, Nudging, Rotating The Picture Toolbar Contrast & Brightness The Crop Tool Recoloring Picture Formatting the Pictures Removing Embedded Information Selecting, Moving, and Resizing Multiple Objects Importing Photographs Transparencies Adding Sound Adding Movies
Drawing Tools The Drawing Toolbar Basic Shapes Fills Line, Dash, and Arrow Styles Selecting and Grouping Order of Objects Text Boxes Word Art Word Art Options Shadow Styles 3D Styles AutoShapes- Curves AutoShapes- Freeform AutoShapes- Scribble AutoShapes- Connector Lines Other AutoShapes Charts and Diagrams	Charts and Tables Creating Charts Chart Types Formatting Chart Area Formatting Data Series Formatting Individual Entities Editing the Datasheet Inserting an Excel Chart Inserting a Table Creating Charts/Tables Organization Charts	Links and Animation Adding Action Buttons Editing Action Buttons Adding Actions to Objects Linking to the Internet Custom Animation Animating Charts
Running Presentations Slide Sorter Options Slide Transitions Animation Schemes Rehearse Timings Recording Sound Custom Shows Setting up the Show Pack and Go	Printing and Packaging Preparing/Speaker Notes Printing Presentation	Putting it all Together Create a Design Template Outline Your Presentation Use the Master View Add Charts and Tables Add Pictures Set up your Show Running the Show