This course is designed to give delegates the tools to create a professional presentation. Entirely hands-on, this course will provide those attending with a good basic understanding of how to create and manipulate charts, graphic images, organisation charts and how to create a rolling presentation on screen using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Course Content
This outline is based on the 2016 Version of Powerpoint. If users are using a newer version of Powerpoint please outline this prior to signing up for the course.
Getting Started with Powerpoint
- Exploring the Powerpoint screen and ribbons
- The Quick Access Toolbar(QAT)
- Changing Ribbon Display options and customising the QAT
- Creating a Presentation
- Open / Close / Save Presentation
- Creating a presentation from a template
Editing Presentations and Adding Text Content
- Using Slide Layouts
- Adding text and bullet points
- Using undo and redo
- Selecting text and objects
- Formatting text and bullets
- Applying Word Art & Other Special Effects to text
- Using the Format Painter
- Using the Clear Formatting Command
- Controlling Paragraph Spacing, Line Spacing and Text Direction
- Choosing from the Themes Gallery to apply a specific 'look' to the presentation
- New Office Themes
Inserting Art and Objects
- Inserting and Formatting Graphics - The Picture Tools Ribbon
- Inserting and Manipulating Shapes
- Changing Colour Schemes
- Using SmartArt to design diagrams
- Inserting Screen Shots
- Inserting graphs
- Using 'Paste link' feature
- Inserting Audio and Video clips
- Inserting Hyperlinks
- Adding tables
Managing the Slide Deck
- Changing the slide backgrounds
- Resetting layouts
- Adding Headers and Footers
- Using Sections
- Adding notes to slides
- Using Slide Sorter
Delivering the Presentation
- Creating or printing notes and handouts
- Animating elements in the slides
- Controlling the transition from slide to slide
- Controlling what slisde are visible in the Presentation
- Rehearsing the Presentation and Recording timings
- Using the Presenter view
- Printing and Saving the Presentation
Target Trainee Profile
New, recent or intended users of PowerPoint
Anyone who needs to produce high quality slides, overheads and other presentation materials.
