After completing PowerPoint 97: Creating Presentations, the user should be able to:

 

	Open a presentation, move between slides, and change views
	Create and save a presentation
	Enter slide text
	Rearrange the order of slides
	Add transitions and animations
	Run a slide show
	Print slides and handouts

Getting Started
Exploring the application
Opening a presentation file
Moving between slides
Changing the view
Closing a presentation file

Beginning a Presentation
Running a slide show
Creating a new presentation
Saving a presentation

Creating Slides and Entering Text
Slide view
Outline view
Working with PowerPoint 4.0 files

Bullets and Slide Text Attributes
Adding and rearranging bulleted items
Creating nonbulleted body text
Applying text attributes
Text formatting and the slide master
Paragraphs and changing indents

Working With Slide Text
Aligning text
Changing line spacing
Using the edit, replace command
Changing text case
Spell-checking a presentation

Presentation Options
Rearranging slides in a presentation
Transitions and animation
Running a Slide Show

Printing
The Page Setup command
Using printing options
Printing slides and handouts

This course is distributed with

 

	Exercises, with sample files, that allow users to practice in PowerPoint 97
	A file containing the text of the exercises
	Simulations that allow users to practice course skills, even if they don't have access to the PowerPoint 97 product
	A PowerPoint 97 Glossary