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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
- Register for a Tech ID.
- Call MC Services at 262-522-6950 locally or toll free 800-453-8106 to register for your exam.
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Course Outline
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Creating a Marketing Package |
Assembling Project Assets, Creating a Poster, Creating a Postcard,
and Creating a One-Sheet |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Certification Exam |
Students take a one hour exam to earn Apple Certified Associate,
iWork ’08 status |
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