Working with charts

• Creating and modifying charts
• Manipulating the source data
• Adding a chart title
• Changing the chart type
• Setting the axis labels
• Showing or hiding the gridlines
• Showing or hiding the legend
• Adding data labels
• Adding a data table
• Selecting and formatting a chart component
• Changing the text orientation
• Applying a gradient, texture, pattern or
  picture fill to a chart component
• Manipulating 3D charts
• Exploding a pie chart
• Importing an Excel chart
• Using the chart toolbar

Organisation charts

• Creating a hierarchy chart
• Adding and removing subordinates, co-workers and assistants
• Changing the diagram layout
• Formatting the diagram
• Exploring the other diagram types - cycle, radial, target, Venn and pyramid

Advanced editing

• Replacing one font with another
• Setting Case End punctuation
• Changing the Visual Clarity settings
• Using the Style Checker
• Using AutoCorrect

Creating a consistent presentation

• Applying design templates
• Changing the slide colour scheme
• Managing the title and slide masters
• Understanding the relationship between the master and the header and footer
• Notes and handout masters
• Creating and applying custom templates
• Incorporating slides from other presentations

Integrating with other Office programs

• Sending a presentation to Microsoft Word
• Importing an outline from Word
• Pasting and linking objects

Linking within a presentation

• Linking to other slides in the same presentation, other presentations, other files, web pages and emails
• Adding screen tips
• Editing and deleting a link
• Returning to the link
• Using Action Buttons

Incorporating sound and movies

• Adding a soundtrack to a presentation
• Changing how the track is initiated and when it finishes
• Playing directly from a CD
• Playing a movie during a show

Custom Animation

• Understanding the difference between standard and custom animation
• Choosing animation steps
• Advancing slides automatically or using the mouse
• Defining a motion path
• Animating chart components
• Animating by letter, word or sentence
• Inserting sounds, movie clips and
  animated GIFs
• Changing or removing an animation step

Preparing for the perfect presentation

• Rehearsing your timing
• Recording a narration
• Creating, running and editing a custom show
• Setting up a slide show
• Preparing speaker notes and handouts

Running the show

• Learning the navigation keys and techniques
• Packaging a presentation
• Using the Package for CD Wizard
• Using the Powerpoint Viewer
• Previewing and publishing the presentation to the web