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Create your first presentation Length: 50 min
Learn what you need to know to put together a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation quickly and with little fuss.

Printing I: Know your options Length: 50 min
See what your choices are for printing Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and get some handy troubleshooting tips along the way.

Printing II: Work with color commands Length: 50 min
Examine the color choices for printing your Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentations, ranging from color to rich shades of gray (grayscale) to simple black and white. Also, hide items or background graphics when they're not needed on a printout.

Design efficiently with masters Length: 50 min
If you've wondered how to make a design change in Microsoft Office PowerPoint that would apply to several slides at once, this course is for you. See how the slide master helps you efficiently alter such elements as the font, text position, and layout. Also, work with several masters in a show that has more than one design template.

Create your own template Length: 50 min
You want a customized template for your Microsoft PowerPoint® presentations that includes your organization's name and a unique background, with the colors and font styles of your choice. How do you create it and make it available for later use within PowerPoint? This course tells you.

Animations I: Preset and custom animation Length: 50 min
Make text and pictures fly in, bounce, and zoom out using the animation features in Microsoft® PowerPoint®. Apply preset animation schemes, and use custom animation to modify them or create animation sequences of your own.

Animations II: Motion paths Length: 50 min
Expand your animation horizons in Microsoft® PowerPoint® with motion path effects. Discover types of paths from preset lines, curves, and shapes to custom paths that let you scribble freely. You'll learn good uses for paths, how to edit them, and about options and tricks available for them.

Animations III: Timing Length: 50 min
Improve your skills for timing animation effects by learning about timing delays and how they let you overlap effects. Also, become a pro with the Advanced Timeline.

Great PowerPoint features Length: 50 min
Pick up tricks in four areas, including the new Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® 2003 feature that lets you package presentations to a CD. Tips on templates, the title master slide, and picture optimization round out the course.

Audio course: Sign your own macros for stronger security Length: 30 min
Learn why signing your own macros will reduce the number of security warnings you see while still maintaining a high security level, and find out how to sign a macro by using self-certification.

Org charts A to Z Length: 50 min
Use the Microsoft Office diagramming tool to create an organization chart in Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003. Build and lay out a chart, style it effectively, and get editing tips that'll help you adapt it.

Flowcharting with flair Length: 50 min
Use the Microsoft® Office drawing tools to build a flowchart in Microsoft PowerPoint®.

Playing sound Length: 40 min
Make a sound file play when you want it to, even over several slides, in a Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 presentation. Also learn how to play a CD with your show.

Playing movies Length: 50 min
Play movies in Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003 and control how they start and how long they play. As an extra, create buttons to run them.

The small print: headers and footers Length: 30 min
The small print that goes at the top or bottom of slides and printouts, known in Microsoft PowerPoint® as header and footer text, can be important — and sometimes tricky to get right. Learn how to place slide or page numbers, dates, and other text on slides, handouts, notes, and outlines.

Navigation know-how Length: 50 min
Master quick methods for navigating in Microsoft Office PowerPoint®—when you create a slide show, and when you present one.

Organize your clip art and other media Length: 20 min
Microsoft Clip Organizer is a Microsoft Office tool that arranges and catalogs clip art and other media files stored on your hard disk. Learn how to make Clip Organizer work for you and to quickly find the clips you need.