PowerPoint Training

This PowerPoint training course is aimed at those with no experience of presentation or graphics programs. Users will be shown what PowerPoint can be used for, and how to use its basic features to create presentations and produce graphics.

Microsoft PowerPoint Course Objectives

By the end of the PowerPoint training course delegates will:

• understand what an PowerPoint presentation is, and how they can be used.
• understand the principles of creating a presentation: including creating slides, using Master Slides, views and templates.
• understand some fundamental graphics package concepts: objects, handles, layers, drawing tools.
• know how to print their presentation, and/or associated handouts.

PowerPoint Training Course Prerequisites

Delegates are required to meet the following prerequisites:

• Familiarity with the windows operating system

Download the Microsoft PowerPoint Training Course Outline

PowerPoint Course Content

Creating New Presentations

• The Opening Screen
• Using the Ribbon
• Quick Access Toolbar
• Creating a new Presentation
• Saving a Presentation
• Closing and Opening a Presentation
• Printing a Presentation

Text Charts

• Title Pages
• Bullet Charts
• Editing and Enhancing bullet charts

Creating Chart Slides

• Creating a Chart
• Changing Chart Type
• Adding Chart Elements
• Formatting a Chart
• Quick Chart Elements
• Using Chart Designs
• Saving the Chart to a New Sheet

Diagrams

• Creating an Organisation Chart
• Entering Personnel Data
• Adding and Removing Boxes
• Formatting text, boxes and lines
• Other types of Diagrams

Creating Table Slides

• Creating Tables
• Adding text and numbers
• Formatting the data and table
• Inserting rows and columns
• Deleting rows and columns

Using Clipart & Pictures

• Inserting ClipArt or a Picture
• Sizing and Cropping images
• Re-colouring an Image
• Grouping & Un-Grouping Images

Printing

• Viewing the Slides
• Re-ordering the Slides
• Using Headers & Footers
• Spell Check
• Printing the Slides

On Screen Shows

• Running an On-Screen Show
• On-Screen Show with Transitions

Download the Microsoft PowerPoint Training Course Outline