Overview

You have worked with Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 (or earlier) to create presentations. PowerPoint 2007, with its redesigned interface, enhanced features, and results-oriented authoring tools, improves the process of creating dynamic presentations. In this course, you will work with the new and enhanced features available in Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007.

Course Objectives

You will explore the components of the results-oriented interface of the PowerPoint environment and customize the interface to suit your requirements. You will identify and use the new and enhanced features of PowerPoint 2007 to create dynamic and visually appealing presentations. You will then finalize a presentation and secure it with a digital signature to authenticate its validity.

Prerequisites

Students enrolling in this course should understand how to use a version of PowerPoint, preferably 2003 or XP, and have some familiarity with the Internet. This course covers the commonly used new features for a typical user. Due to the nature of this course and the minimal prerequisites, there are other more advanced new features that are not covered in depth.

Target Student

This course is designed for experienced PowerPoint users who have worked with earlier versions of Microsoft® Office PowerPoint®, ideally Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003, and who have upgraded to Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2007.

Hardware Requirements

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components:

• Pentium IV 1.5 GHz processor (2 GHz recommended).
• A minimum of 256 MB of RAM. 512 MB of RAM is recommended.
• A 10 GB hard disk or larger if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• A mouse or other pointing device.
• A VGA or higher video adapter and monitor. Recommended monitor resolution is 1024 x 768.
• Network cards and cabling for local network access.
• Internet access (contact your local network administrator).
• A printer (optional) or an installed printer driver. (Printers are not required; however, each PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
• A projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen.