Price: £195 per person
Time: 9:00am-2:00pm
Available: Bridgend, South Wales or Online
Welcome to our Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners course. In today's fast-paced world, visual aids and presentations have become a critical tool for communicating ideas and information effectively. Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software that allows you to create professional-looking slideshows, whether you need to present information in a classroom, a boardroom, or a Online environment. On this course, we will focus on the fundamentals of using Microsoft PowerPoint. This course is designed for beginners who are new to the software or have limited experience with it. Throughout the course, we will cover the basic features of PowerPoint, such as creating and formatting slides, adding text, images, and graphics, and creating simple animations and transitions.
Getting started with PowerPoint
Command & contextual tabs
Navigating a presentation
Creating a new presentation
Saving presentations
Applying slide layouts
Moving and deleting slides
Working with text
Bulleted and numbered lists
Creating tables
Clipart
Inserting and resizing pictures
Ungrouping and grouping
Drawing objects
Creating graphs
Slide masters and themes
Printing notes, slides and handouts
Creating slide shows using transitions and text animation
Using presenter view
This Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners course is designed for anyone who is new to PowerPoint or has limited experience with the software. This course is particularly useful for professionals, students, educators, and anyone else who needs to create presentations for work, school, or personal use. Whether you are a business professional who needs to create presentations for clients or a student who needs to present a project in class, this course will provide you with the skills you need to create compelling and professional-looking presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Price: £195 per person
Time: 9:00am-2:00pm
Available: Bridgend, South Wales or Online
This course will focus on working beyond bullet points to create presentations that have real impact and communicate your ideas clearly. Learners will discover how to insert and manipulate Word tables, Excel spreadsheets and other graphic elements in a PowerPoint presentation. The course will also cover advanced graphic manipulation features, getting the best out of Slide Masters and working with animations and transitions. You will learn how to increase the visual impact of your presentations by adding objects to slides and how to develop more sophisticated and impressive slide shows. Enhanced visual impact through the use of appropriate, engaging styles and layouts when preparing your presentations.
Adding tables and charts
Creating and working with tables
Inserting an excel table
Setting style options
Working with charts and graphs
Creating and linking worksheet Charts and Graphs
Incorporating titles and data
Legends and labels
Working with SmartArt
Adding graphics
Inserting a symbol or special character
Changing diagram types and design schemes
The drawing tools ribbon
Inserting a photo from a file, scanner or camera
Slide masters and templates
Using animation
Entrance, emphasis and exit effects
Add and draw motion paths
Creating a custom animation
For anyone who has attended an Introduction to PowerPoint course or self-taught delegates with equivalent basic knowledge. You should feel comfortable creating basic presentations that include title slides, text and bullet slides, drawing objects, ClipArt, and pictures.
Price: £195 per person
Time: 9:00am-2:00pm
Available: Bridgend, South Wales or Online
On this course, we will focus on the advanced features of Microsoft PowerPoint, including creating custom animations and transitions, integrating multimedia elements such as audio and video, using advanced graphics tools, and collaborating with others on presentations. We will also explore best practices for designing effective presentations and delivering them to different types of audiences.
By the end of the course, you will have a deeper understanding of how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create dynamic and engaging presentations that leave a lasting impact on your audience. You will have had the opportunity to practice these skills through hands-on exercises and projects. Whether you need to create a presentation for a conference, a sales pitch, or an educational seminar, this course will provide you with the skills you need to create professional-looking slideshows that stand out from the crowd. Join us for this practical and informative course and take your PowerPoint skills to the next level.
Saving your files using file formats
Save as HTML
Using file properties
Chart tools ribbon
Incorporating titles and data
Adding chart specific animations
Insert movie from the clip organiser or file
New Video tools in Office 365
Designed for individuals who have a good understanding of the basics of PowerPoint and are looking to expand their skills and knowledge to create more sophisticated and engaging presentations. This course is suitable for business professionals, educators, students, and anyone else who needs to create and deliver high-quality presentations. If you are looking to take your PowerPoint skills to the next level and learn how to create more advanced and visually appealing presentations, this course is for you.
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"The course was well structured, gradually building up to more complex aspects. The trainer was very knowledgeable and patient and explained concepts clearly with examples."
South Wales Police
"After this course I feel way more confident in my ability to make professional presentations that stand out. I particularly enjoyed learning about the many different aspects of the ribbon."
Rockwool
"This course has significantly improved my confidence when using PowerPoint. I now feel prepared to create exciting and engaging presentations."
Ecolab
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