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Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Lack of training holding you back?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