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Powerpoint Professional Presentations

Learn the proper way to use PowerPoint and the background features that can make a real difference.

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Course overview

Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours)

Our PowerPoint – Professional Presentations course looks at creating professional, business focussed presentations quickly and easily. It ensures delegates are aware of the key concepts in using the tool such as slide masters and by the end of the day you will be able to create and run high quality presentations.

This course is designed for new and existing users of PowerPoint who want to get the best out of the tool.

Objectives 

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Create a new presentation
  • Amend the slide master/template
  • Create text slides
  • Animate text on slides
  • Insert pictures and objects
  • Set object animation
  • Insert and work with SmartArt
  • Create charts
  • Run a presentation

Content

Creating a new presentation
  • Creating a new presentation from a template
  • Using your company template
  • Changing slide layouts
  • Copying, deleting and inserting slides
Using the slide master
  • Modifying the Slide Master
  • Using Slide layouts
  • Multiple Slide Masters
  • Slide dates, footers and numbers
Creating text slides 
  • Working with bullet points
  • Setting spacing
  • Changing text and bullet styles
  • Using Outline view
  • Text animation on a slide
  • Slide titles
  • Bullet points
  • Applying animation to the Slide Master
Animating text
  • Slide titles
  • Bullet points
  • Applying animation to Slide Master
Drill Down vs Drill Through
  • Review of drill down
  • Creating drill through pages
  • Using drill through
Inserting and working with pictures
  • Inserting pictures
  • Inserting online pictures
  • Formatting pictures
Adding Drawings
  • Inserting lines and shapes
  • Using Quick Styles
  • Selecting and grouping objects
  • Aligning and positioning objects
  • Add text to a shape
  • Duplicating objects
Object animation
  • Simple object animations
Working with SmartArt
  • Inserting SmartArt Graphics
  • SmartArt formatting
  • Converting text to SmartArt
Inserting charts
  • Creating a slide with a graph
  • Changing chart types
  • Setting chart options
  • Graph animations
Presenting your presentation
  • Slide show settings
  • Using Presenter view
  • Using the PowerPoint viewer
  • Slide show presentation tips

Testimonials

“Susan is such a great trainer - knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. I’ve been on three courses with her now and enjoyed every one. The course was delivered virtually but adapted really well, with plenty of support whenever we had questions or issues. I learned lots about PowerPoint that I didn’t know existed, especially around Slide Master. It was great to have time to practise new things and get immediate feedback.”

Amanda Allen – Team Manager, Civil Aviation Authority

“A great workshop with a good agenda and the right number of attendees. The virtual training was really useful, with short sessions and the opportunity to try things in the afternoon. The small refresh each morning helped reinforce what we learned, and Susan was a fantastic trainer - patient, clear, and engaging throughout.”

Stephanie Heßlich – SSG Regional Group Leader, Tokyo Electron Europe Limited

“ Yes, I would definitely recommend this course. It was super informative and practical, helping me to create more polished and effective presentations. The session was engaging from start to finish, and Susan was excellent at explaining things clearly and responding to any questions. Overall, a brilliant learning experience.”

Isabella Martin – Senior Associate, Thinking Ahead Institute

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