PowerPoint 2007 Training Course

Maximize PowerPoint 2007 to its Fullest Potential and Design Effective Presentations that Engage, Entertain and Communicate to ANY Audience!

Web 2.0 has not only affected how websites look and perform; it has also dramatically influenced how you design PowerPoint presentations.

Keeping up with new design trends is just one aspect of our exciting new PowerPoint 2007 course. You'll dive right into the newest tools and features while designing several styles of presentations including: speaker-led presentations, interactive or kiosk style presentations, self-running presentations and more!

Our course doesn't simply rehash the Microsoft help file, it teaches you to effectively use PowerPoint as a tool to interact with and engage your audience. Our scenario based training will give you a career's worth of PowerPoint skill and prepares you for real world challenges!

• Nearly 17 Hours of PowerPoint 2007 Training Videos on 4 Jam Packed DVDs!
• BONUS Videos Just Added! "Broadening the Capabilities of PowerPoint 2007!" Will be shipped FREE with your order!
• Scenario based training 
• PDF of Instructor Notes allow you to follow along with the videos and take more organized notes.
• Multiple File Formats Make It Convenient for You To Learn Anywhere You Go! iPod Video, Mp3 Audio, .WMV & high quality .AVI video
• All course demo examples provided on CD

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No More "Death By PowerPoint"!

• Learn step-by-step how to improve slide design and build rhetorically driven presentations.
• Learn How to Present Information to a Variety of Different Audiences.
• Design and Build Attractive, Trendy and Sophisticated Slides!
• Create and Format PowerPoint Charts.
• Learn To Link and Embed Objects From Other Programs!
• Create Flash-Like Animations, Hyperlinks, and Hover Actions!
• PowerPoint Won't Display On a Second Monitor or Projector? Learn Basic Trouble-Shooting Techniques.
• And much more... scroll down to view our entire course outline...

"Am I Qualified To Take This PowerPoint 2007 Course?"

YES! Only the most basic knowledge about computers is required. Although you may find a basic understanding of MS Word and Excel helpful, it is certainly not necessary. If you can turn on your computer and launch an application, you can take this course!

YES! Whether you're a total beginner to PowerPoint 2007 or even if you are self-taught, this course will fill in the gaps and provide you the most thorough PowerPoint 2007 training anywhere!

PowerPoint 2007 Training Course Outline

Video 1
Course Introduction
This video will acquaint you with the instructor, explain the overall design and segments of the course, and introduce basic computer/instructional terms.

• About the Instructor
• Course Design
• Course Topics
• Basic Terms and Commands
• Topics Recap

Section I: Creating a Rhetorically Designed Presentation
In this section, you will learn the principles and techniques that will allow you to be able to cater a PowerPoint presentation to any kind of audience through the application of basic rhetorical strategies, design concepts, organizational structures, and learning methods. The theories learned in this video can be applied to any style presentation.

Video 2
An Introduction to Rhetoric
Knowing how to build slides in PowerPoint will not necessarily give you all the tools necessary for building an effective presentation. The most effective presentation is one that is “rhetorically focused.”

With that in mind, this video introduces some basic rhetorical strategies that can be useful when constructing your overall presentation or speech, let alone individual PowerPoint slides.

• PowerPoint Lesson Number 1: PowerPoint is Not a Crutch
• Definition of Rhetoric
• A History and Evolution of Rhetoric
• Ethos
• Logos
• Pathos
• PowerPoint Lesson Number 2: The Audience Comes First
• PowerPoint and Rhetoric
• Conclusion
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know
• References

Video 3
An Introduction to Design
If your goal is to create a visually stunning and captivating PowerPoint presentation, knowing how to use every feature in PowerPoint alone is not going to get you there; you have to know a little bit about design.

In this video, we’ll cover the differences between ‘fashion’ and ‘design,’ (two terms that are often confused), the inherent linear structure of the oral presentation, and basic design fundamentals as outlined in Alex White’s book, The Elements of Graphic Design and relate those graphic design principles to building effective PowerPoint visuals.

• Fashion vs. Design
• PowerPoint Presentation Design
• PowerPoint Slide Design
• 7 Basic Graphic Design Principles and PowerPoint
• Conclusion
• Topics Recap
• References

Video 4
Types of Learners
The goal of most presentations is either to inform or to convince someone of something. In either case, whether informing or convincing, knowing how an individual learns or processes information is a key fundamental in creating an effective presentation.

In this video, we’ll cover the various ways an individual might process information and how to incorporate various learning strategies into the design of a PowerPoint presentation.

• Kinds of Learning Styles
• Presenting to Different Kinds of Learners Using PowerPoint
• Mix and Match Methods
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Video 5
Understanding Various Kinds of Presentations
People use PowerPoint for a variety of purposes and situations. With that in mind, creating an effective presentation also means understanding the role that the immediate environment plays on any given presentation.

In this video, we outline the various kinds of presentations you can create with PowerPoint 2007 and discuss how the environment of the presentation will affect the look and structure of your PowerPoint slides as well as the overall design of your presentation.

• Speaker-Led Presentations
• Interactive Presentations
• Self-Running Presentations
• Other Uses for PowerPoint
• Topics Recap

Video 6
Navigating PowerPoint 2007
Designed for both new and seasoned users of PowerPoint, this video will guide users through some of the new PowerPoint 2007 features, as well as offer a guided tour of the New PowerPoint 2007 interface. In other words, we show you where everything is, and what everything does.

• What’s New in PowerPoint 2007
• The New PowerPoint 2007 Interface
• - The 2007 Ribbon
• - Quick Access Toolbar
• - The New Presentation Window
• - The Office Button
• - Setting PowerPoint Options
• - Using Various PowerPoint Views
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Section II: Creating a Speaker-led Presentation
In this section you will learn a variety of ways to build and format a PowerPoint presentation, insert objects such as SmartArt, charts, tables and custom drawn objects as well as how to create print materials to accompany a presentation. Additionally, students will learn the ins and outs of running a slide show, including keyboard shortcuts, pen tools, slide transitions, and basic troubleshooting techniques.

Video 7
Starting from a Template vs. Starting from Scratch
PowerPoint 2007 comes loaded with predesigned templates and themes. In this video, we’ll discuss the benefits of using prebuilt templates and how to customize and save PowerPoint templates.

• Pros and Cons
• Building a Presentation from a Predesigned Template
• The Difference Between a Template and a Theme
• Predisigned Templates and Themes
• Edit, Create, and Rename Masters
• Prebuilt Templates
• Templates on Microsoft Office Online
• Designing Your Own Template
• Saving a Presentation as a Template
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Video 8
Introduction to our Scenario
The primary purpose of this video is to acquaint you with the real-world scenario we will be using throughout the remainder of the course to build our templates and presentations.

• Introduction to Our Scenario
• Our Audience
• Our Goals
• Our Presentation
• Other Things to Consider
• PowerPoint Lesson Number Three: Choosing the Right Time for Your Presentation
• Our Equipment
• Topics Recap

Video 9
Building a Template from Scratch
Building off of the previous two videos, students will create a custom template for Globomantics, our scenario’s company. You will learn how to customize the Slide Master by formatting backgrounds, PowerPoint AutoShapes, pictures, text boxes, bullet points, slide layouts, and more! Afterwards, we will save the changes as a template that any Globomantics employee can reuse.

• Changing the Background
• Adding graphics
• Customizing Graphics
• Adding and Formatting AutoShapes
• Layering and Ordering Objects
• Customizing Bullet Points
• Master Layout Customization
• Manipulating AutoShapes
• Using WordArt
• Topics Recap

Video 10
Making Our Speaker-Led Presentation

Part One: The Attention Getter
Following the scenario outlined in Video 8, you will begin creating a presentation designed for the Globomantics Operations department. Starting from a custom template, you will learn an abundance of PowerPoint skills from adding slides, pictures, and AutoShapes, to building the opening slide sequence that will act as our audience attention-getter.

• Test Your Presentation with the Actual Hardware and Environment
• Creating a Presentation from a Custom Templat
• Inserting New Slides: 4 Ways
• Other Methods for Inserting Slides
• Adding Content
• Inserting Text into a Placeholder
• Differences between a Text Box and a Placeholder
• Inserting and Editing Pictures
• Creating Graphics with AutoShapes
• Graying Out and Highlighting Parts of the Slide
• Combining a Picture with Words
• Bulleted Lists
• Topics Recap

Video 11
Making Our Speaker-Led Presentation: Part Two
Continuing with our presentation for the Globomantics Operations department, you will work on building slides for the body of our presentation by adding and formatting Charts and SmartArt.

• Types of SmartArt
• 3 Ways for Inserting SmartArt
• Editing SmartArt Text
• Inserting and Deleting Shapes
• Promoting and Demoting Shapes
• Changing the Subordinate Layout
• Applying SmartArt Styles
• Manually Formatting Graphics
• PowerPoint Charts
• Kinds of Charts
• Parts of a Chart
• Different Methods for Adding a Chart
• Changing the Charted Data Range
• Editing a Chart
• Swapping Rows and Columns
• Select Data
• Labels
• Refresh Data
• Changing the Chart Layout, Titles, Legends, Numbers, and More
• Adding a Trend Line
• Topics Recap

Video 12
Making Our Speaker-Led Presentation: Part Three
Continuing with our presentation for the Globomantics Operations department, you will create and format a PowerPoint Table, and learn how to insert other objects (like a pdf) into a PowerPoint presentation.

• Inserting an Object from File
• Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)
• Embedding a File
• Breaking Links
• Changing an Embedded File to an Image to Cut Down on File Size
• Inserting and Formatting a Table
• Table Terminology
• Ways to Insert a Table
• Merging Cells
• Text Alignment
• Resizing Rows and Columns
• Additional Formatting Options
• Topics Recap

Video 13
Preparing Materials for Your Presentation
In this video, you will learn how to prepare Speaker Notes, Handouts and electronic PDF or XPS files using a variety of PowerPoint's print and save options.

• Speaker Notes
• Handouts
• Printing Options
• Exporting Materials to MS Word
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Video 14
Preparing Yourself for Your Presentation
In this video, you will learn how to use PowerPoint’s Preparation and Show Tools, such as the Rehearse Timings and Custom Show feature as well as other show settings, presentation keyboard shortcuts, pen tools, and more

• Slide Transitions
• Rehearsing Timings
• Creating a Custom Show
• Setting Up Your Show
• Keyboard Shortcuts and Tools
• Troubleshooting Technological Problems 

Section III: Creating an Interactive (Kiosk-Style) Presentation
In this section, you will expand upon previously learned skills by creating an interactive show complete with sophisticated animations, hyperlinks, and action buttons that will allow end users to navigate slide content (much like a website) without the aid of a presenter.

Video 15
Introduction to Animations
You will learn the basics of creating custom animations, using a variety of entrance, emphasis, exit, and motion path effects and learn to customize Effect start times, speed, and other Effect options, inlcuding setting triggers.

• Our Scenario
• Animation 101
• Creating Custom Animations
• Modifying Animation Effects
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Video 16
Creating Hyperlinks
In this video, you will learn the basics of user-interactivity by creating a variety of hyperlinks.

• What is a Hyperlink?
• What can be Hyperlinked?
• To what can I Hyperlink?
• Creating PowerPoint Hyperlinks
• Removing Hyperlinks
• Copying in Excel Data without OLE
• Creating Hyperlinks with Action Settings
• Setting the Presentation to Automatically Loop
• Applying Actions on Mouse Over
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Video 17
Creating Action Buttons
Continuing with what we built in the hyperlinks video, you will learn other ways to hyperlink to objects, slides, or even other presentations by using PowerPoint action buttons.

• Types of Action Buttons
• Inserting Action Buttons
• Action Buttons on the Master Slide
• Formatting Buttons
• Custom Action Buttons
• Altering Action Settings
• Topics Recap
• Vocabulary You Should Know

Section IV: Creating a Multimedia (Self-Running) Presentation
Much like the previous section, we will create another kind of self-running show. This time, however, the presentation will feature a variety of multimedia including music, a movie, and voice-over narration. After completion of the presentation, students will prepare the PowerPoint file for distribution through a variety of methods including saving as a PowerPoint show, packaging for CD, and saving as a webpage.

Video 18
Inserting Audio into a Presentation
This video shows you all the various ways to add sound to a presentation, including sound effects, music, and voice-over narration. You will also learn the differences between embedding versus linking sound files to your presentation.

• Our Scenario
• Introduction to Audio Tools
• Inserting and Playing Music
• Embedding vs. Linking Sound Files
• Recording Your Own Audio
• Topics Recap

Video 19
Inserting Video into a Presentation
Here you will learn about the various video file types that can be linked to a PowerPoint presentation and learn three different ways to play video during a PowerPoint show, including linking to a YouTube video.

• Introduction to Video Formats
• Inserting Video Files
• Creating a Mock Media Player with PowerPoint Objects
• Inserting a Windows Media Player
• Inserting a Shockwave Flash Object
• Topics Recap  

Video 20
Planning to Distribute a Presentation
In addition to learning several methods for distributing a presentation, you will also learn about how to prepare your PowerPoint file for distribution, including adjusting the file properties, password protection, embedding fonts, checking for prior version compatibility and more.

• Changing File Properties
• Embedding Fonts
• Checking for Prior Version Compatibility
• MS Office 2007 Compatibility Pack
• Inspect Document
• Mark as Final
• Encrypting a File with Password
• Package for CD
• Save As PowerPoint Show
• Saving the Presentation as a Webpage
• Topics Recap 

Bonus Videos: Broadening the Capabilities of PowerPoint 2007
The bonus section shows you how to extend the capabilities of PowerPoint. In the first video, you will create another kind of presentation using more advanced animation techniques, syncing animations to music, and mimicking motions often created in Flash. The second video teaches you how to find, install, and use popular PowerPoint add-ins.

Bonus Video 1
Expert Animations - Creating a "Flash-Style"Presentation Using PowerPoint
In this video, we will expand upon skills learned in earlier videos by exploring more advanced techniques for animating drawn objects and syncing those animations to music, creating a PowerPoint presentation unlike any other.

• Flash vs. PowerPoint
• Creating Advanced Animations
• Building our Flash-Style Presentation
• Using Many Slides to Simulate Animation
• Topics Recap  

Bonus Video 2
Add-ins for PowerPoint
Add-ins extend the functionality of PowerPoint 2007 by adding custom commands and features that can increase productivity. In this video, students will learn how to install three popular (and free) add-ins for PowerPoint 2007: Microsoft’s "Get Started Tab," PowerPoint MVP Shyam Pillai’s "LiveWeb," and Microsoft Office Lab’s "pptPlex."

• About Add-ins
• Free Add-ins
• Installing and Using Add-ins
• The Get Started Tab
• LiveWeb
• Uninstalling Add-ins
• pptPlex
• Save as XPS Add-in
• Create a pptPlex Presentation
• Adding Section Dividers
• Customizing the Background
• Running and Navigating a Show
• Format Section Divider Labels
• Topics Recap

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