PowerPoint Introduction
Duration: 1 day | Book this course
Cost: $395.00 + GST
Course Description
Participants in this one-day introductory class will learn all the fundamental aspects of creating and running PowerPoint presentations. Participants will learn how to insert slides, modify and apply themes to slides, add placeholders, text, graphics and shapes. Finally the course covers how to seamlessly run a slide show.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with the Windows operating system is essential.
Who Should Take This Course
New users of PowerPoint who would like to create a basic corporate presentation. If you are unsure, please complete a Training Needs Assessment form by clicking here or email admin@ardito.co.nz.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:
- Open and run a presentation
- Create a blank presentation and insert slides.
- Add and format text
- Insert and edit illustrations and images
- View and manage slides.
- Present a slide show.
Course Outline
Introducing PowerPoint
- The PowerPoint screen (The File menu, Quick Access Toolbar, Views, Zoom)
- Understanding File Types
- Getting Help
- Using undo and redo
- Opening, closing and saving a presentation
- Navigating between slides
- Switching between multiple presentations
Creating a Presentation
- Creating a new blank Presentation
- Creating a Presentation from a Template
- Inserting new slides
- Saving the new Presentation
Manipulating Slides
- Changing the Slide Layout
- Changing the background of a slide
- Applying a theme to a presentation
Using Master Pages
- Working with Slide masters
- Working with Handout masters
- Working with Notes masters
Working with Text
- Inserting text boxes
- Moving, copying and deleting text
- Finding and Replacing Text
Font and Paragraph formatting
- Changing font, font size and adding font effects
- Aligning text and changing text direction
- Creating columns
- Adding bullets and numbering
- Using Format Painter
Working with Illustration
- Inserting illustrations including shapes and SmartArt
- Manipulating illustrations (incl. copying, deleting and resizing)
- Grouping and ungrouping objects
- Rotating, laying and aligning objects
Managing Slides
- Moving between slides
- Copying and deleting slides
Presenting the Slide Shows
- Spell checking the presentation
- Adding transition effects to the slides
- Adding animation effects to text and illustrations
- Running the slide show (including pointer options and accessing screen options)
- Using Presenter view
Printing and Proofing
- Using portrait or landscape orientation
- Switching between standard and widescreen formats
- Selecting your output format
- Printing a presentation
PowerPoint Intermediate
Duration: 1 day | Book this course
Cost: $395.00 + GST
Course Description
In this intermediate level course participants will learn how to enhance their presentations through use of media (audio and video), animation effects, charts and SmartArt. In addition participants will learn how to create photo albums, tables and work with templates and Slide Masters. Finally the participant will lean how to merge and export slides, link objects and use the Presenter View.
Prerequisites
Participants should have completed the PowerPoint Introduction level or have equivalent experience.
Who Should Take This Course
People wanting their presentations to look more dynamic and more engaging.
Course Objectives
Upon completing this course, you will have learned how to:
- Create and format a photo album
- Work with PowerPoint charts and Organisation charts.
- Work with tables
- Apply custom animation and slide show controls
- Merge and export slides
- Use multimedia elements such as movies and sounds.
Course Outline
Creating and Formatting a Photo Album
- Create a photo album with pictures from a file
- Manipulating the photo album
Inserting Multimedia Objects (Video and Audio)
Working with Tables
- Creating and Formatting Tables
- Customising a Table
Applying Animation Effects
- Adding and editing animation effects
- Customising animation effects
- Animating chart elements
Slide show control and manipulation
- Action buttons
- Slide timings
- Looping the presentation
- Hiding slides
Custom Slide Shows
Templates and Slide Masters
- Accessing and modifying slide masters
- Accessing and modifying Handout and Notes masters
- Inserting footers
- Creating your own Template
Merging and Exporting slides
- Merging slides
- Importing a Microsoft Word document outline
- Saving a slide in a picture format
Working with PowerPoint Charts
- Adding and managing Charts
- Applying chart styles and layouts
- Quick Chart formatting
Working with Organisation Charts
- Creating an Organisation Chart
- Entering Text in an Organisation Chart
- Formatting the Organisational Chart using SmartArt styles
Linking
- Linking an Excel chart into a PowerPoint presentation
- Updating links
- Working with Hyperlinks
Colour matching and merging shapes
Using the Screenshot feature
Using Presenter View