Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Almost every organisation today, irrespective of size, expects its team to be able to present logically and clearly to other groups of people. Often these are clients, sometimes they are internal customers - another department, for example - but in all cases, the success or otherwise of the presentation can have a direct impact on the outcome.
PowerPoint is Microsoft's presentation graphics software tool, a class-leader in the world of the Windows platform. It can be a sophisticated tool for creating projectable slide shows or a simple and intuitive graphics editor, depending on how it is used.
Our courses cover two levels of skill to reflect this; Introduction covers the basic skills plus some in-depth analysis of the slide show creation process, while the Intermediate level concentrates on the finer points of the software and explores more business-oriented uses, like adding tables and charts, working with templates, and saving in other formats.
All courses are available in XP, 2003 and 2007 versions.
Introduction - Course content
| Exploring the PowerPoint environment | Using Drawing Tools |
| Help options | Drawing objects |
| Closing presentations and closing PowerPoint | Using Auto Shapes |
| Building New Presentations | Formatting and Proofing |
| Creating new presentations | Exploring text formatting |
| Saving presentations | Moving and copying text |
| Working in the outline tab | Setting tabs and alignment |
| Rearranging and deleting slides | Using the spelling checker |
| Using slides from other presentations | Auto Correct and the style checker |
| Working with text in objects | Delivering Presentations |
| Enhancing objects | Running presentations |
| Working with Word Art and Clip Art | Printing presentations |
| Working with Word art | Exporting to other formats |
| Adding clip art | Saving presentations for web delivery |
| Enhancing Presentations | Using Tables and Charts |
| Using templates | Working with tables |
| Working with the slide master | Creating and enhancing charts |
| Working with multiple slide masters | Creating organization charts |
| Adding transitions and timings | |
| Adding speaker notes and footers |
Intermediate - Course content
| Building Custom Presentations | Using Multimedia in Presentations |
| Modifying templates | Advanced clip art and drawing techniques |
| Building custom templates | Adding movies and sound |
| Building custom slide masters | Using animations |
| Advanced slide master techniques | Using scanned images |
| Using Organisation Charts and Tables | Delivering Advanced Presentations |
| Advanced organisation chart options | Working with shared workspaces |
| Formatting and modifying tables | Working with the Pack and Go Wizard |
| Adding special effects | Advanced delivery techniques |
| Working with slide show options | |
| Setting up review cycles | |
| Customising the Environment | Microsoft Office Integration |
| Customising and creating toolbars | Working with Excel |
| Automating your work | Working with Word |
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