Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)

1 Day Course

Performance-based objectives

• Customize the PowerPoint environment.
• Customize a design template.
• Add diagrams to your presentation.
• Add special effects to a PowerPoint presentation.
• Use the various options to customize slide shows.
• Use PowerPoint to publish slides to a slide library and secure your presentations.
• Finalize a presentation.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for students who are interested in learning the fundamentals needed to create and modify basic presentations using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007. Students should have a working knowledge of the Windows Operating System.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Customizing the PowerPoint Environment

• 1A: Personalize the PowerPoint Interface
• 1B: Customize Save Options
• 1C: Apply Advanced Customization Options

Lesson 2: Customizing a Design Template

• 2A: Set Up a Slide Master
• 2B: Customize Slide Layouts
• 2C: Create Custom Themes
• 2D: Customize Bullets
• 2E: Add Common Slide Information
• 2F: Modify the Notes Master
• 2G: Modify the Handout Master

Lesson 3: Adding Diagrams to a Presentation

• 3A: Create a Diagram
• 3B: Modify Diagrams

Lesson 4: Adding Special Effects to Presentations

• 4A: Add Multimedia Elements
• 4B: Customize Slide Component Animation

Lesson 5: Customizing a Slide Show Presentation

• 5A: Set Up a Custom Show
• 5B: Annotate a Presentation
• 5C: Create an Independent Slide Show
• 5D: Set Up a Slide Show to Repeat

Lesson 6: Collaborating on a Presentation

• 6A: Publish Slides to a Slide Library
• 6B: Share a Presentation

Lesson 7: Finalizing a Presentation

• 7A: Review a Presentation
• 7B: Secure Presentations
• 7C: Publish a Presentation as a Web Page

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