Adding Graphics to Presentations in PowerPoint 2007

Overview/Description
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 is a useful authoring application tool for creating dynamic slide show presentations. This course demonstrates how to create visually appealing presentations using PowerPoint's design templates and implementing new Microsoft Office 2007 themes. The course also explores the introduction of SmartArt in PowerPoint 2007, a feature that allows you to add some glamour to your presentations by using colors and shapes to emphasize text and data. Also covered are the various ways of incorporating diagrams, tables, and charts to enhance your presentations' appeal.

Target Audience
End User

Prerequisites
Knowledge of basic word processing and computing; familiarity with the Microsoft Windows and Office environments

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Adding Graphics to Presentations in PowerPoint 2007

apply a theme to a presentation in PowerPoint 2007

customize a theme in a PowerPoint 2007 presentation

insert objects in PowerPoint presentations

modify the appearance of PowerPoint slides using SmartArt graphics

apply a theme to a PowerPoint presentation

add an object to a slide in PowerPoint

add a SmartArt graphic to a PowerPoint slide

modify a SmartArt graphic in PowerPoint

add a chart or a table in PowerPoint

modify the data in an embedded chart

change the appearance of a PowerPoint chart

modify the appearance of a PowerPoint table

insert a chart in a PowerPoint slide

change how a chart looks in PowerPoint

modify the data in a PowerPoint chart