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PowerPoint Basic Design Course Outline
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Lesson 1
Presentation Basic Concepts
Working Views
Slide View
Outline View
Slide sorter
Notes Pages
Audience Handouts
Running a Slide Show
Using annotations
escaping a slide show

Lesson 2
Creating Your Own Presentation
Presentation Templates
Auto Content Wizard
Changing Templates
Selecting a template based on output
Color and Design considerations

Lesson 3
The Elements of a Slide
Slide Layouts
changing and reapplying layouts
using toolbars, menus and help
Formatting text and place holders
Bullet List Slides
customizing bullets
Making universal changes using the Master Slide

Lesson 4
Outline View
Outline Toolbar
Rearranging slides in outline view
Printing Outlines

Lesson 5
Creating Organization Charts

Lesson 6
Creating Graphs
Graph types and formatting
Entering Data
Copying, pasting and hiding data
Legends and labels

Lesson 6
Inserting Objects from other Programs
Using Word Art to Shape Text
Placing Clipart
Inserting pictures and choosing file formats

Lesson 6
Drawing Techniques and Tools
basic shape, line and text tools
fills, lines and shading
the freeform tool
using auto shapes

Lesson 7
Fine Tuning Your Presentation
Slide color schemes
changing slide elements
universal color schemes
customizing backgrounds

Lesson 8
putting it all together
Final Output
On Screen Slide shows
transitions and bullets
Timing
Creating a new presentation based on an existing presentation
(AKA a custom template)

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