Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003: Level 2
Course Specifications
Course number: 084871
Software: Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Microsoft Office Specialist: PowerPoint® 2003
Course Description
As a Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 user familiar with the basics, you're able to convey information clearly without much glitz. That's okay, but you can do better—audiences expect more than the basics. In this course, you will enhance presentations with features that will transform basic presentations into those with a powerful means of communication. 
Course Objective: You will use Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 features that draw, animate, and format presentations with professional-quality content such that they may be communicated to a wide variety of live, remote, and self-service audiences.

Target Student: This course is designed for students who desire to gain the skills necessary to work with design templates, organizational charts, special effects, Web presentations, collaboration functionality, and advanced presentation delivery, or students who desire to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003 and who already have knowledge of the basics of Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003, including slide formatting, working with tables, images, and objects, charting data, and presentation preparation.

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend that you have taken the Element K courses or possess equivalent knowledge. 
•	Windows XP: Introduction
•	Windows 2000: Introduction
•	Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Level 1
Web browsing experience is also strongly recommended.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Certification
This course is one of a series of Element K courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Office Specialist (Office Specialist) skill sets. The Office Specialist program is for individuals who use Microsoft’s business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. Certification candidates must pass one or more proficiency exams in order to earn Office Specialist certification. 
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware components: 
•	A 233 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system (300 MHz is recommended). 
•	A 133 MHz Pentium-class processor if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system. 
•	128 MB of RAM. 
•	A 5 GB hard disk if you use Windows XP Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation. 
•	A 3 GB hard disk if you use Windows 2000 Professional as your operating system. You should have at least 600 MB of free hard disk space available for the Office installation. 
•	A floppy disk drive.
•	A mouse or other pointing device. 
•	An 800 x 600 resolution monitor.
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access.
•	Internet access (see your local network administrator). 
•	A printer (optional).
•	A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen. 
Platform Requirements
•	Windows XP Professional or Windows 2000 Professional
Software Requirements
•	Either Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 3. 
•	Microsoft® Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	create a design template.
•	create organization charts and diagrams.
•	add special effects to a Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 slide. 
•	create a Web-based Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 presentation. 
•	use a Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 presentation for collaborative workgroup review. 
•	use functionality that will enable you to deliver live, self-service, and online presentations. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Creating a Custom Design Template
Topic 1A: Define Design Template Characteristics 
Topic 1B: Create a Custom Color Scheme 
Topic 1C: Set Up a Slide Master
Topic 1D: Format Custom Bullets
Topic 1E: Add a Footer
Topic 1F: Modify the Notes Master
Topic 1G: Save a Custom Design Template 

Lesson 2: Adding Organization Charts and Diagrams
Topic 2A: Working with Organization Charts 
Topic 2B: Update an Organization Chart 
Topic 2C: Applying a Chart Layout
Topic 2D: Create a Diagram
Topic 2E: Draw a Flowchart

Lesson 3: Adding Special Effects
Topic 3A: Add Sound and Movies
Topic 3B: Add Animation
Topic 3C: Emphasize Objects
Topic 3D: Set a Motion Path
Topic 3E: Set the Order of Effects

Lesson 4: Creating Web Presentations
Topic 4A: Create a Group Home Page with the AutoContent Wizard 
Topic 4B: Hyperlink to a Web Page 
Topic 4C: Publish as a Web Page

Lesson 5: Collaborating in PowerPoint
Topic 5A: Set Password Protection
Topic 5B: Work with Comments
Topic 5C: Send a Presentation for Review 
Topic 5D: Merge Revision Copies
Topic 5E: Apply Reviewer Changes

Lesson 6: Delivering a Presentation
Topic 6A: Hyperlink Within PowerPoint 
Topic 6B: Add an Action Button
Topic 6C: Set Up a Custom Show
Topic 6D: Annotate a Presentation
Topic 6E: Working with Narrations and Slide Timings 
Topic 6F: Set Up a Slide Show to Repeat Automatically 

Appendix A: Microsoft Office Specialist Program