Using Microsoft PowerPoint XP

Productivity tutorial

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Web-based features of Microsoft PowerPoint XP. You will learn how to create and deliver compelling, information-rich online presentations, and get your message out with ease. The tutorial provides tips for customizing your presentations with sound, animation, charts, graphics, narration, and video.

Step-by-step instructions show you how to deliver a presentation over a network in real time. You will also learn how to save your presentation as a Web page so that you can view it in a browser.

The accompanying instructor presentation offers a guide to the tutorial, suitable for instructors leading a class or for self-paced learning.

On This Page
Tutorial informationTutorial information
ObjectivesObjectives
Tutorial outlineTutorial outline
Web links to tutorial and instructor presentationWeb links to tutorial and instructor presentation

Tutorial information

Productivity tutorial
ItemRequirements

Instructional level

Intermediate user

Advanced user

Curriculum areas

Teacher productivity

Classroom management

Technology

Software required

Microsoft Office PowerPoint XP

Objectives

Create a simple presentation, and enhance it by adding graphics, spreadsheet data, and voice narration.

Save your presentation as a Web document so that anyone can view your work with a browser.

Set up and deliver an online broadcast of your presentation over your network or the Internet.

Automatically archive your presentation so that students can see and hear it while studying for an exam, clarifying notes, or catching up on a missed class.

Tutorial outline

Touring PowerPoint
Get familiar with the PowerPoint user interface and terminology so that you can easily develop your online presentation.

Using online presentations
Create your presentation, and then add graphics and an Excel spreadsheet.

Adding narration
Learn how to record and re-record narration for your online presentation.

Delivering presentations online
Discover different options for delivering the presentation over a network. This section includes procedures for using the Save As Web Page feature, the Pack and Go Wizard, and the Online Broadcast feature.

Web links to tutorial and instructor presentation

Creating online presentations (1 MB Microsoft Word file)

Instructor presentation (945 KB Microsoft PowerPoint file)

Get Microsoft Office File Viewers



Was this information useful?