Microsoft PowerPoint Introduction

Who is this course for?

Our Microsoft Powerpoint Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Powerpoint.

Prerequisites

A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Microsoft Windows Introduction course. No experience of MS Powerpoint is required.

Benefits

At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of PowerPoint basics. You will feel more confident using PowerPoint and be able to create a presentation from scratch. You will learn how to improve the format of your text as well as getting to grips with importing and manipulating graphics, using the PowerPoint drawing tools and the chart and table design tools to make your presentation much more visually stimulating. You will also learn how to make modifications to your presentation before you learn how PowerPoint is used in a live presentation.

After completing this course you will be prepared to attend the PowerPoint Advanced training course.

• Course content

  PowerPoint Design Tips and Techniques
  What’s new in PowerPoint

  PowerPoint Basics

  Exploring the PowerPoint environment
  Help options
  Closing presentations and closing PowerPoint

  Building New Presentations

  Creating new presentations
  Saving presentations
  Working in the outline tab and slide sorter
  Rearranging and deleting slides
  Using slides from other presentations

  Formatting and Proofing

  Moving and copying text
  Text formatting
  Setting tabs and alignment
  Using the spelling checker and AutoCorrect
  Using templates and themes

  Working with text in objects

  Drawing objects
  Using AutoShapes
  Enhancing objects
  Using Drawing Tools

  Using Tables and Charts

  Working with tables
  Creating and enhancing charts and graphs

  Delivering Presentations

  Adding speaker notes and footers
  Running presentations
  Printing presentations
  Exporting to other formats