This one-day course introduces new users to PowerPoint to teach them how to
get the most out of PowerPoint’s powerful features. Users will be able to
customise and style presentations, create sophisticated on-screen shows and
print their presentations. Specially prepared exercises will provide hands-on
experience of using PowerPoint, enabling users to work quickly and confidently
Pre-requisites
A basic understanding of Pc’s and familiarity with the layout of a PC style
keyboard, and using a mouse/touchpad is required, gained either by previous
experience or by attendance on a “Windows Fundamentals” course.
Target Audience
New and recent users of PowerPoint who want to expand and consolidate their
knowledge of the application.
Upon successful completion of this course delegates will be able to: –
Upon successful completion of this course delegates will be able to: –
- Understand the PowerPoint Interface
- Create and modify presentation slides
- Be aware of several types of slides
- Work with Pictures and drawing
- Create a slideshow
- Preview/Print Slides and Handouts
Contents
- Starting PowerPoint
- The PowerPoint Screen
- Principles of Presentation Design
- Using Task Panes
- Navigating Between PowerPoint Views
- Zooming In and Out; Exiting PowerPoint
- Create a blank presentation /add and delete slides
- Create a specific type of slide Change the layout of a slide
- Enter, edit, move and copy text
- Promote and demote text in Normal and Outline views
- Modify slide sequence in Outline view
- Import text from Microsoft Word
- Create a text box for entering text
- Recover a presentation in the event of a crash
- Save and Close a presentation
- Working with multiple presentations
- Select, move, resize, delete and copy PowerPoint objects
- Use the Office Clipboard
- Undo, redo and repeat edits
- Change the order of slides in Slide Sorter view
- Using fonts and formatting for a slideshow
- Change text fonts/case/alignment
- Change paragraph and line spacing
- Graphical and AutoNumber bullets
- Use the Format Painter to copy formatting
- Find and replace text/ check spelling
- Working with pictures and WordArt
- Working with basic shapes and AutoShapes
- Move, rotate, align, distribute, group, scale, and size objects
- Place, wrap and format text inside a shape
- Apply formatting to different shapes
- Start a slide show on any slide
- Get Help during a slideshow
- Use on-screen navigation tools
- Animate text and objects
- Select an output format for a presentation
- Preview the presentation in Print Preview
- Preview a presentation in black and white and grayscale
- Print slides in a variety of formats
- Add and print speaker notes and audience handouts
Duration:
9.30am to 4.30pm (plus 1 day self learning)
Location:
Delivered online via Zoom/MS Teams
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Dates Available:
To be confirmed