Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint

About the Course

Designed for
This is a course with a high level of practical content, aimed at those who have not used Microsoft PowerPoint before. It is designed for candidates with widely differing experience and skill levels.

Teaching Approach
The teaching approach contains a mix of lectures, practical and one-to-one work and varies according to the people attending. For the most part, candidates are able to work at a pace that best suits them, and emphasis is placed upon quality of learning, rather than quantity.

Requirements
No previous experience of Microsoft PowerPoint is necessary, but candidates should have a good understanding of computer basics and be familiar with the Windows operating system.

Course Material
A large part of each course is spent with a set of specially prepared exercises and projects so that those attending gain firm foundations through their own practical experience. Professionally presented course notes are provided and these may be retained for reference afterwards.

Duration
This training program is one day in duration

Course Outline

Using PowerPoint

  • PowerPoint Views
  • Creating a New Presentation
  • Inserting a New Slide

Manipulating Slides

  • Modifying the Slide Layout
  • Copying & Moving Slides
  • Deleting Slides

Themes

  • Applying a Theme to a Presentation
  • Modifying the Theme Colours

Placeholders

  • Editing Placeholders
  • Moving & Resizing a Placeholder

Paragraph Formatting

  • Modifying Bullet Point Formatting
  • Changing the List Level
  • Indenting Bulleted Text
  • Line Spacing
  • Paragraph Spacing
  • Text Direction

Tables

  • Creating a Table
  • Cell Background Shading & Borders to Cells
  • Inserting / Deleting Rows or Columns Graphics

Graphics

  • Manipulating Illustrations, Pictures, Clip Art & Shapes
  • Inserting Text Into a Shape
  • Inserting SmartArt

Manipulating Graphics

  • Shape Background Fill Colour Style
  • Shape Line Weight and Style
  • Rotating or Flipping Charts

Charts

  • Inserting Charts
  • Changing the Chart Type
  • Changing the Colours In the Chart
  • Adding Data Labels to a Chart

Organisation Charts

  • Creating an Organisation Chart
  • Adding Labels to an Organisation Chart
  • Changing the Hierarchical Structure

Slide Masters

  • Inserting a Picture into a Master Slide
  • Removing a Graphic from a Master Slide
  • Creating a Footer

Slide Shows

  • Running a Slide Show
  • Transition Effects
  • Animation Effects
  • Hiding Slides

Printing and Proofing

  • Spell-Checking
  • Portrait or Landscape Orientation
  • Printing Options
  • Printing Selected Slides