Microsoft PowerPoint for Business Professionals

·          Understand the functions of a presentation graphics application

·          Understand some principles of presentation design 

·          Recognise the different elements of the PowerPoint window

·          Select different views 

·          Change the zoom setting

·          Create a new presentation

·          Create a specific type of slide

·          Enter text onto a slide

·          Delete a slide

·          Move the insertion point 

·          Select text

·          Insert new text

·          Type over existing text

·          Delete text

·          Use the Undo, Redo, and Repeat commands

·          Insert the date and time

·          Insert symbols and special characters

·          Create and modify speaker notes

·          Select, position, and delete an object

·          Resize an object

·          Move or copy an object

·          Cut, Copy, and Paste with the Windows Clipboard using the menu, toolbars, and keyboard

·          Move and copy text from one presentation to another

·          Use the Paste Options smart tag to change the format of pasted text

·          Use drag-and-drop to move and copy text

·          Use Paste Special to choose different formats for data

·          Change the order of slidesvMove and copy slides between files

·          Delete slides

·          Understand Object Linking and Embedding

·          Insert a Clip Art object

·          Insert a picture from a file

·          Insert a Print Screen graphic

·          Insert an image from a scanner or digital cameravModify a picture using the Picture toolbar

·          Crop a picture

·          Understand the proper use of fonts and formatting for a slide show

·          Change text fonts, enhancements, and colour

·          Change the text alignment

·          Change paragraph and line spacing

·          Add different graphical bullets

·          Add AutoNumber bullets

·          Use the Format Painter to copy formatting

·          Apply a slide background colour

·          Format shapes and objects (line, border, shading, shadow, 3-D)

·          Start a slide show on any slide

·          Get Help during a slide show

·          Use on-screen navigation tools

·          Hide a slide

·          Add animated transitions between slides

·          Animate objects on a slide using a preset scheme

·          Select an output format for a presentation

·          Preview the presentation in Print Preview

·          Preview a presentation in black and white and greyscale

·          Print slides in a variety of formats

·          Add and print speaker notes

·          Print audience handouts

·          Create a presentation using a content template

·          Create a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard

·          Create a presentation from a design template

·          Apply a design template to an existing presentation or to selected slides

·          Enter and edit text in Outline view

·          Promote and demote text

·          Modify slide sequence in Outline view

·          Import text from Microsoft Word

·          Check spelling

·          AutoCorrect typing errors

·          Find and replace text

·          Insert a picture or drawing canvas

·          Use the Drawing toolbar to create basic shapes and lines

·          Draw and modify AutoShapes

·          Add text to a shape

·          Modify the Slide, Title, Notes, and Handouts Masters

·          Work with multiple masters

·          Insert headers and footers and slide numbering

·          Create and modify a presentation template

·          Apply a colour scheme to selected slides

·          Customise a colour scheme

·          Apply different slide background colours

·          Apply texture, pattern, and picture fill backgrounds

·          Change margin settings in a text box

·          Change the position of indents

·          Set the position of tab stops

·          Arrange and transform objects

·          Set options for the drawing grid

·          Group and ungroup shapes

·          Insert a new graph using Microsoft Graph

·          Reposition, resize, and delete a graph object

·          Modify an embedded graph object

·          Change data using the datasheet

·          Change the chart type

·          Create a diagram or organisation chart

·          Modify the layout of a diagram or organisation chart

·          Format a diagram or organisation chart

·          Apply an AutoFormat to a diagram or organisation chart

·          Draw and modify connecting shapes

·          Modify points on a line

·          Insert and format WordArt text

·          Create a table in PowerPoint

·          Modify a PowerPoint table

·          Add a table from Word

·          Understand Object Linking and Embedding

·          Insert or paste a linked or embedded object

·          Edit an OLE object

·          Import text from Word

·          Export an outline or slides to Word

·          Create a new presentation from existing slides

·          Copy a slide from one presentation into another

·          Create a self-running or looping slide show

·          Set and rehearse automatic slide timings

·          Use an action button as a hyperlink

·          Use any text or object as a hyperlink

·          Use action settings to open or edit an object or application

·          Use action settings to play a sound

·          Define and manage custom shows

·          Save a slide as a graphic 

·          Save a drawing as a picture file

·          Save a presentation in a different file format

·          Package a presentation for another computer

·          Save embedded fonts in a presentation

·          Change the presentation output format

·          Use Presenter View to deliver a presentation

·          Export to 35mm slides

·          Send or save a presentation for review  

·          Add and edit comments

·          Merge changes made by reviewers

·          Translate text to and from different languages

·          Spell check text in different language

·          Format a presentation for web publishing

·          Publish a presentation to the web

·          View a presentation on the web

·          Save HTML to a specific target browser