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An Introduction to iWork ’08 (iWork 101)

Enjoy the Way You Work

Course Description

This two-day, hands-on course introduces students to the key features and basic interface of iWork ’08. iWork ’08 is a suite of productivity tools that includes Pages for producing professional looking documents, Numbers for creating spreadsheets, tables and charts, and Keynote for developing high-quality presentations.

In this course, you will learn how to work with writing and graphics tools to create beautiful documents. You will find out how to effortlessly create stunning presentations, complete with Apple-designed themes, cinema-quality animations, and voiceover narration. You will create compelling spreadsheets for everything from family budgets and event planning to invoices and complex financial reports. And all three applications give you import and export compatibility with Microsoft Office applications.

Who should attend?
 
This class is designed for anyone who prefers hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality of the iWork ’08 applications. This course prepares students to pass the Apple Certified Associate, iWork ’08 exam.

What You Will Learn

  • Creating presentations with themes, graphic, media and hyperlinks
  • Animating presentations
  • Exporting presentations
  • Creating a newsletter from a template
  • Creating a spreadsheet with formulas and functions
  • Converting a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to Numbers

Prerequisites

Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS

Certification

This course covers the knowledge necessary to become an Apple Certified Associate, iWork ’08. Certification is granted upon successful completion of the exam.

To register for an exam

  1. Register for a Tech ID.
  2. Call MC Services at 262-522-6950 locally or toll free 800-453-8106 to register for your exam.



Course Outline 
Topic Description
Creating a Basic Presentatio Launching Keynote, Choosing a Theme and Slide Size, Selecting a Master Slide, Outlining the Presentation, Working with the Format Bar, Working with the Inspector, Formatting Text on a Slide, Customizing a Slide Layout, Copying Styles Between Slides, Cleaning Up the Slides, Adding a Table, and Fixing Spelling Errors

Adding Media to Your Presentation

Accessing Media Files, Working with Still Photos in iPhoto, Adding Photos to Slides, Adding Audio to a Slideshow, Using Video in a Slideshow, and Keeping Media with Your Presentation


Animating and Viewing Your Presentation Creating Builds to Reveal Text, Creating a Sequence Build to Reveal a Table, Creating Interleaved Builds, Creating a Smart Build, Watching the Presentation, Creating Transitions Between Slides, Indexing Your Presentation with Spotlight, Configuring Preferences for Smooth Playback, Running Your Presentation, Pausing and Resuming a Slideshow, and Troubleshooting Your Presentation

Converting a PowerPoint Presentation

Importing a PowerPoint Presentation, Animating the Title Slide, Cleaning Up a Chart, Enhancing a Chart, Animating a Chart, Enhancing a Table, Animating a Bar Chart, Animating a Pie Chart, Changing the Style of the Chart, Adding Content from a Word Document, Adding Comments to a Presentation, Rehearsing the Presentation and Creating a Self-Running Slideshow


Working with Themes, Graphics and Hyperlinks

Preparing a Custom Theme, Creating a Background and Formatting Text, Creating a Photo Cutout with Photoshop and Keynote, Saving and Sharing Themes, Applying a Custom Theme, Adding Transparency to Artwork, Masking Photos and Shapes, Embedding a Web Page, Embedding and Formatting a QuickTime Movie, Adding Hyperlinks and Navigation, Running a Presentation as a Kiosk, and Exporting to CD-ROM


Publishing and Giving Your Presentation

Reviewing a Presentation with Light Table View, Adding and Printing Presenter Notes, Printing Handouts, Exporting to QuickTime, Exporting to PowerPoint, Exporting to PDF, Exporting Images, Exporting to Flash, Exporting to HTML, Exporting to an iPod, Sending to iDVD, Sending to iWeb, Creating an Enhanced Audio Podcast with Garageband, Sending to YouTube and Giving Your Presentation with a Laptop

Word Processing

Launching Pages, Choosing a Template, Replacing Placeholder Text, Formatting Text and Lists with Styles, Adding Graphics to a Document, Adjusting Margins in a Document, Proofreading a Document, Using Change Tracking, Using Comments, Creating Addressed Envelopes and Adding a Table of Contents

Creating a Newsletter

Choosing a Newsletter Template, Working with a Template, Replacing Placeholder Text, Editing Image Placeholders, Cropping Images Using Masks, Customizing Colors, Laying Out More Pages, Inserting a Page into a Layout, Completing the Layout, and Exporting to PDF

Creating a Marketing Package

Assembling Project Assets, Creating a Poster, Creating a Postcard, and Creating a One-Sheet

Creating a Spreadsheet

Launching Numbers, Choosing a Template, Organizing Information, Building the Spreadsheet, Formatting the Table, Using Formulas and Functions, Adding Media, Printing Your Spreadsheet, Exporting Your Spreadsheet and Using Templates

Creating an Event Planner

Choosing a Template, Adding Media to a Spreadsheet, Transferring Address Book Contacts to a Spreadsheet, Editing Data in a Table, Sorting Data in a Table, using Checkboxes, Stepper and Sliders, Modifying and Saving Table Styles and Publishing with iWeb

Creating a Script, Storyboard, Budget and Presentation

Saving a Template for a Video Script in Pages, Prepare a Budget with Numbers, Creating a Storyboard Presentation, Moving a Chart from Numbers to Keynote, Publishing a Presentation to MobileMe, and Creating a Storyboard Handout

Certification Exam

Students take a one hour exam to earn Apple Certified Associate, iWork ’08 status

(This is a 2 day course)
9:00am to 4:30pm

$750.00


Dates Location Instructor
Dec 15 thru Dec 16, 2008 Pewaukee, WI Duane Maas
Jan 29 thru Jan 30, 2009 Pewaukee, WI Duane Maas
April 2 thru April 3, 2009 Pewaukee, WI Duane Maas

Call us at 262-522-6950 locally or toll free 800-453-8106 to register for any course.