For courses on Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. Teach the course YOU want in LESS TIME! The primary goal of the GO! Series, aside from teaching computer applications, is ease of implementation, with an approach that is based on clearly defined projects for students and a one-of-a-kind supplements package for instructors.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Project 1A Advertising Presentation Objective 1: Open, View, and Save a Presentation with Footers Activity 1.1 Starting PowerPoint and Opening a Presentation Activity 1.2 Accessing the Various Presentation Views Activity 1.3 Displaying ScreenTips Activity 1.4 Adding Footers to Slides Activity 1.5 Creating a Folder and Saving a File Objective 2: Edit a Presentation in Normal View Using the Outline Tab Activity 1.6 Promoting and Demoting Slide Text Using Outline View Activity 1.7 Moving and Deleting Slides in Outline View Activity 1.8 Spell Checking a Presentation Activity 1.9 Editing Text Using the Thesaurus Objective 3: Edit a Presentation in Normal View Using the Slides Tab Activity 1.10 Editing Slide Text Using Slides View Activity 1.11 Moving Slides Using Slides View Objective 4: Use Slide Sorter View Activity 1.12 Moving Slides in Slide Sorter View Objective 5: View a Slide Show Activity 1.13 Viewing a Slide Show Activity 1.14 Closing a Slide Show and Exiting PowerPoint Project 1B Packages Objective 6: Add Speaker Notes to a Presentation Activity 1.15 Adding Speaker Notes to a Presentation Objective 7: Add Headers and Footers to Notes Pages Activity 1.16 Adding Headers and Footers to Notes Pages Activity 1.17 Previewing Headers and Footers on Notes Pages Objective 8: Preview and Print Slides and Notes Pages Activity 1.18 Previewing and Printing Slides Activity 1.19 Printing Notes Pages Objective 9: Use Microsoft PowerPoint Help Activity 1.20 Accessing PowerPoint Help Chapter 2: Creating a Presentation with PowerPoint 2007 Project 2A Organization Objective 1: Create a New Presentation Activity 2.1 Creating a New Presentation Activity 2.2 Inserting Text in the Title Slide Activity 2.3 Inserting New Slides Objective 2: Modify Slide Text and Format Fonts Activity 2.4 Editing Slide Text Activity 2.5 Editing Fonts Using the Ribbon Activity 2.6 Editing Fonts Using the Font Dialog Box Activity 2.7 Editing Fonts Using the Mini Toolbar Activity 2.8 Applying a Custom Font Color Activity 2.9 Applying Other Formatting Styles to Text Activity 2.10 Applying Formatting Techniques Using Format Painter Activity 2.11 Applying Formatting Techniques to Multiple Instances of Text Objective 3: Move and Copy Text Activity 2.12 Moving Text Using Drag and Drop Activity 2.13 Copying Text Using Drag and Drop Activity 2.14 Copying and Pasting Text Using the Clipboard Activity 2.15 Moving Text Using the Clipboard Project 2B Marketing Objective 4: Create a Presentation Using a Design Theme Activity 2.16 Creating a Presentation Using a Design Theme Objective 5: Modify a Design Theme Activity 2.17 Modifying Theme Colors Activity 2.18 Modifying Theme Fonts Objective 6: Modify Slide Backgrounds Activity 2.19 Modifying the Background Style using the Background Styles Activity 2.20 Modifying the Background Using the Format Background Dialog Box Activity 2.21 Modifying the Background of a Single Slide Using the Format Background Dialog Box Objective 7: Modify Slide Format Activity 2.22 Formatting the Content and Design of Individual Slides Activity 2.23 Modifying Slide Content Using the Undo and Redo Buttons Chapter 3: Formatting a Presentation Project 3A Garden Design Seminar Objective 1: Format Slide Text Activity 3.1 Editing Text and Changing Text Case Activity 3.2 Changing the Direction of the Placeholder Activity 3.3 Changing Character Spacing Activity 3.4 Changing Line Spacing and Text Alignment Activity 3.5 Editing Text Using Select All Activity 3.6 Editing Text Using Find and Replace Objective 2: Create a Customized Color Theme Activity 3.7 Creating New Theme Colors Activity 3.8 Saving a Custom Theme Objective 3: Insert an Image Using Clip Art Activity 3.9 Inserting Clip Art Objective 4: Size and Move an Image Activity 3.10 Sizing and Moving a Graphic Object Project 3B Landscape Plants Presentation Objective 5: Format Bullets and Numbering Activity 3.11 Modifying the Style, Size, and Color of Bullets Activity 3.12 Inserting Picture Bullets Activity 3.13 Removing Bullets Activity 3.14 Numbering a List Objective 6: Insert an Image from a File Activity 3.15 Inserting an Image as a Background Activity 3.16 Customizing the Background Using Texture Fill Objective 7: Insert and Customize an Image from a File Activity 3.17 Inserting and Customizing an Image from a File Objective 8: Modify Slide Master Elements Activity 3.18 Modifying Elements on the Slide Master Activity 3.19 Inserting Footers into a Customized Layout Chapter 4 Enhancing a Presentation with Graphic Elements Project 4A DeLong Grant Law Partners Objective 1: Insert and Format Shapes Activity 4.1 Inserting Shapes Activity 4.2 Formatting Shapes Activity 4.3 Inserting and Formatting Lines Activity 4.4 Using the Format Tab to Modify Text Objective 2: Insert Text into Shapes Activity 4.5 Adding Text to Shapes Project 4B Entertainment Law Basics Objective 3: Insert and Format SmartArt Activity 4.6 Converting Bulleted Lists to SmartArt Graphics Activity 4.7 Inserting Text into SmartArt Graphics Activity 4.8 Formatting SmartArt Graphics Activity 4.9 Inserting Pictures into SmartArt Graphics Objective 4: Insert and Format WordArt Activity 4.10 Inserting WordArt into Slides Activity 4.11 Applying WordArt to Selected Text and formatting WordArt Activity 4.12 Applying Text Effects Activity 4.13 Formatting Notes with WordArt Chapter 5: Advanced Graphic Techniques and Inserting Sound Project 5A Cross Oceans Music Objective 1: Change the Brightness and Contrast of a Picture Activity 5.1 Changing the Brightness of a Picture Activity 5.2 Changing the Contrast of a Picture Objective 2: Add a Border to a Picture Activity 5.3 Adding a Border to a Picture Objective 3: Change the Shape of a Picture Activity 5.4 Changing the Shape of a Picture Objective 4: Enhance a Presentation with Sound Activity 5.5 Adding an Embedded Sound to a Presentation Activity 5.6 Applying Custom Animation to a Presentation Project 5B Jazz Album Objective 5: Create a Photo Album Activity 5.7 Creating a Photo Album Objective 6: Edit a Photo Album and Add a Caption Activity 5.8 Editing a Photo Album and Adding a Caption Objective 7: Crop a Picture Activity 5.9 Cropping a Picture Chapter 6: Delivering a Presentation Project 6A Penn Liberty Motors Objective 1: Apply and Modify Slide Transitions Activity 6.1 Applying Slide Transitions Activity 6.2 Modifying Slide Transitions Activity 6.3 Advancing Slides Automatically Objective 2: Apply Custom Animation Effects Activity 6.4 Adding Entrance Effects Activity 6.5 Adding Emphasis Effects Activity 6.6 Adding Exit Effects Activity 6.7 Adding Motion Paths Objective 3: Modify Animation Effects Activity 6.8 Modifying Animation Effects Activity 6.9 Setting Effect Options Project 6B Penn Liberty Motors Advertisement Objective 4: Insert Hyperlinks Activity 6.10 Inserting a Hyperlink to a Web Page Activity 6.11 Inserting a Hyperlink to a Slide in Another Presentation Activity 6.12 Inserting a Hyperlink to an E-Mail Address Activity 6.13 Inserting a Hyperlink to a New File Activity 6.14 Creating an Action Button Objective 5: Create Custom Slide Shows Activity 6.15 Creating a Basic Custom Slide Show Activity 6.16 Creating a Hyperlinked Custom Slide Show Objective 6: Present and View a Slide Presentation Activity 6.17 Hiding a Slide Activity 6.18 Using the Onscreen Navigation Tools Activity 6.19 Using the Annotation Tool Activity 6.20 Creating a Self-Running Presentation Chapter 7 Presentations Using Charts and Graphs Project 7A Project 7A Graduate Statistics Objective 1 Create and Modify Line Charts Activity 7.1 Creating Line Charts Objective 2: Create and Modify Column Charts Activity 7.2 Modifying Line Charts Activity 7.3 Creating Column Charts Activity 7.4 Modifying Column Charts Project 7B Pennsylvania Demographics Objective 3: Create and Modify Pie Chart Activity 7.5 Creating Pie Charts Activity 7.6 Modifying Pie Charts Objective 4: Create and Apply a Chart Template Activity 7.7 Creating a Chart Template Activity 7.8 Applying a Chart Template Objective 5: Apply Animation to a Chart Activity 7.9 Applying Animation to a Chart Chapter 8: Presentations Using Tables and Publishing Presentations Project 8A Job Fair Database Objective 1: Add a Table to a Presentation Activity 8.1 Creating a Table in PowerPoint Activity 8.2 Copying a Table from Microsoft Word 2007 Activity 8.3 Copying a Table from Microsoft Excel 2007 Objective 2: Add or Delete Table Rows, Columns, or Cells Activity 8.4 Adding and Deleting Table Rows Activity 8.5 Adding and Deleting Table Columns Activity 8.6 Merging and Splitting Table Cells Objective 3: Move and Size a Table Activity 8.7 Moving a Table Activity 8.8 Sizing a Table Objective 4: Modify a Table Activity 8.9 Modifying a Table Project 8B Job Fair Interviews Objective 5: Insert Outline Text from Another Program into a PowerPoint Presentation Activity 8.10 Inserting Outline Text from Another Program into a PowerPoint Presentation Activity 8.11 Publishing a PowerPoint Presentation as a Web Page Objective 7: Copy a Presentation CD, a Network, or a Local Drive Activity 8.12 Copying a Presentation using Package for CD

Author Biography

Shelley Gaskin, Series Editor for the GO! Series, is a professor of business and computer technology at Pasadena City College in Pasadena, California. She holds a master's degree in business education from Northern Illinois University and a doctorate in adult and community education from Ball State University. Dr. Gaskin has 15 years of experience in the computer industry with several Fortune 500 companies and has developed and written training materials for custom systems applications in both the public and private sector. She is also the author of books on Microsoft Outlook and word processing.