• Launching PowerPoint 97
• Examining the PowerPoint dialog box
• Exploring the new slide dialog box
• Exploring the PowerPoint program window
• Examining the standard and formatting toolbars
• The slide workspace
• Displaying a presentation On - screen
• Examining the common tasks and drawing toolbars
• Examining the Status bar
• Using the office assistant to get help
• Exploring PowerPoint's Help features
• Exiting PowerPoint 97
• Additional exercises: Using help's index and find features

Creating a Presentation

• Creating a new presentation
• Adding text to a slide
• Modifying text
• Adding a new slide to a presentation
• Creating a slide with clip art
• Entering text and correcting spelling mistakes
• Using the clip gallery
• Interactive exercise #1: Creating a fourth slide
• Using the replace feature
• Switching to slide sorter view
• Rearranging the order of slides
• Deleting a slide
• Applying a template
• Returning to slide view
• Saving the presentation and exiting PowerPoint 97
• Additional Exercises: Creating a toolbar

Working In Outline View

• Opening an existing presentation
• Switching to outline view
• Adjusting the display size
• Adding a new slide
• Adding a title to a slide in outline view
• Using the outlining toolbar
• Demoting, promoting, and entering text in outline view
• Collapsing an outline
• Changing slide order in outline view
• Changing text order on a slide
• Viewing the new slides in slide view
• Changing text attributes
• Previewing changes
• Changing text alignment
• Checking styles
• Exporting an outline to Microsoft Word
• Saving changes and exiting the program
• Additional exercises: Changing slide formatting

• Retrieving a file
• Displaying a specific slide
• Exploring the drawing toolbar
• Drawing a starburst
• Precision drawing
• Scaling an object
• Resizing the starburst's points
• Repositioning an object
• Adding text to an object
• Changing object attributes
• Saving changes and exiting the program
• Additional exercises: Changing slide layout and recoloring a picture

Conducting A Presentation

• Retrieving a presentation
• Creating speaker's notes
• Printing speaker's notes
• Printing audience handouts
• Selecting transition effects for a slide show
• Interactive exercise #2: Adding transition effects
• Conducting a slide show
• Using the mouse during a slide show
• Saving changes and exiting the program
• Additional Exercises: Using the slide sorter toolbar

• Using the AutoContent wizard
• Selecting and deleting multiple slides
• Interactive exercise #1: Completing the presentation
• Modifying the slide master
• Changing the bullet design
• Using the ruler to change tabs
• Creating a custom background
• Interactive exercise #2: Changing text color
• Modifying the title master
• Interactive exercise #3: Completing modifications to the title master
• Saving a presentation as a template
• Exiting PowerPoint
• Additional Exercises: Creating a macro to perform repetitive tasks

Advanced Drawing Techniques

• Creating a blank presentation
• Displaying guides and rulers
• Drawing a square
• Drawing a donut
• Grouping objects
• Applying drawing attributes to an object
• Applying a textured background
• Adjusting an object
• Drawing an arc
• Duplicating an object
• Drawing a trapezoid
• Rotating an object
• Filling an object
• Interactive exercise #4: Drawing the prongs
• Saving the presentation
• Selecting multiple objects
• Scaling an object
• Moving an object
• Adding text to an object
• Interactive exercise #5: Formatting text
• Exiting PowerPoint
• Additional Exercises: Adding a movie

Tables and Charts

• Creating a new presentation
• Adding a chart to a slide
• Resizing the datasheet window
• Editing a datasheet
• Interactive exercise #6: Enter the quarterly expenses
• Modifying a chart
• Previewing a different chart type
• Adding a table
• Interactive exercise #7: Entering data into the table
• Autoformatting a table
• Adding an organization chart
• Modifying an organization chart
• Entering text in the organization chart
• Interactive exercise #8: Entering additional text
• Changing text style and color
• Changing the box color
• Saving the chart
• Saving the presentation
• Exiting PowerPoint
• Additional Exercises: Animating elements

• Importing text from Word 97
• Preparing to link a chart
• Interactive exercise #9: Setting up the display
• Linking an Excel chart
• Interactive exercise #10: Resizing and repositioning a chart
• Testing the link
• Restoring initial display
• Adding a hyperlink to a slide
• Adding text to the action button
• Testing the hyperlink
• Exiting PowerPoint
• Additional Exercises: Embedding an object on a PowerPoint slide

Advanced Presentation Techniques

• Opening an existing presentation
• Applying transition effects
• Applying build effects
• Viewing build effects
• Additional build effects options
• Interactive exercise #11: Applying build effects to the remaining slides
• Setting automatic slide timing
• Hiding a slide
• Creating build objects
• Running a continuous slide show
• Start a slide show on any slide
• Pausing and resuming a running presentation
• Exiting PowerPoint
• Additional Exercises: Saving a presentation for Internet viewing