POWERPOINT TRAINING COURSES

POWERPOINT INTERMEDIATE

Target Audience

Designed to be a follow-on from our Beginners Course, PowerPoint Intermediate adds features and techniques to lift your presentations to the next level.

Add Audio, video, animations and charts to your presentations as well as learn now to use and customise PowerPoint Themes and make reusable Templates.

Learn how to save output to different media options such as video as well as online.

The outline below is for contemporary versions of PowerPoint (2013, 2016, 2019 and 365). We do run courses on earlier versions when required. Please mention this when booking.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of PowerPoint such as adding slides, working with text boxes and slide layouts are Prerequisites for this course.

Duration:

1 Day

Price:

Prices start from $300 per day but may vary based on location.

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Course Dates - ONLINE-LIVE:

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COURSE OUTLINE

Themes

  • Understanding Themes
  • Applying a Theme
  • Changing the Theme Colours
  • Creating Custom Theme Colours
  • Changing the Theme Fonts
  • Changing the Slide Background
  • Saving a Customised Theme
  • Using a Customised Theme
  • Deleting a Customised Theme

Images

  • Understanding Pictures
  • Understanding Online Pictures
  • Working With PowerPoint Designer
  • Inserting a Picture From File
  • Inserting an Online Picture
  • Resizing an Image
  • Positioning an Image
  • Rotating and Flipping Images
  • Inserting a Screenshot
  • Inserting a Screen Clip
  • Creating a Photo Album

Tables

  • Inserting a Table Using the Ribbon
  • Inserting Rows and Columns
  • Applying a Table Style
  • Merging and Splitting Cells
  • Adjusting Column Widths
  • Adjusting Row Heights
  • Resizing and Positioning a Table
  • Formatting Table Data
  • Aligning Table Data
  • Applying Borders
  • Applying Shading

Charts

  • Understanding Charts
  • Inserting a Chart Using the Ribbon
  • Changing the Chart Type
  • Chart Elements
  • Using Quick Layouts
  • Understanding Chart Buttons
  • Changing the Layout of Chart Elements
  • Applying a Chart Style
  • Understanding the Chart Format Panes
  • Formatting Chart Elements
  • Editing a Data Series
  • Hiding Data Series
  • Working With Pie Charts

Enhancing Images

  • Understanding Picture Enhancements
  • The Format Picture Pane
  • Removing an Image Background
  • Applying Colour Corrections
  • Recolouring an Image
  • Applying a Picture Style
  • Applying Picture Effects
  • Applying Artistic Effects
  • Cropping an Image

 

Animations and Transitions

  • Understanding Animation
  • Animating Text
  • Animating Objects
  • Applying Multiple Effects
  • Applying Motion Paths
  • The Animation Pane
  • Setting the Timing
  • Animating SmartArt Graphics
  • Using Slide Transitions

Media and Action Buttons

  • Understanding Media in PowerPoint
  • Inserting an Online Video
  • Inserting an Audio Clip
  • Formatting Media Clips
  • Editing Audio Clips
  • Optimising and Compressing Media
  • Understanding Action Buttons
  • Inserting Action Buttons

Slide Masters

  • Understanding Slide Masters
  • Viewing the Slide Master
  • Changing the Master Font
  • Modifying Bullets
  • Inserting an Image
  • Applying Slide Transitions to the Slide Master
  • Inserting Slide Numbers
  • Creating Custom Slide Layouts
  • Modifying Slide Layouts

Templates

  • Understanding Templates
  • Setting a Custom Templates Location
  • Using an Existing Template
  • Creating a Template From a Template
  • Saving a Custom Template
  • Creating a Template From a Theme
  • Modifying a Template
  • Using a Custom Template

Setting Up the Show

  • About Self Running Presentations
  • Recording a Slide Show
  • Setting Up a Self Running Presentation
  • Rehearsing Timings
  • Setting Up a Speaker-Led Show
  • Creating a Custom Show
  • Understanding Presenter View
  • Using Presenter View

Saving and Sharing Presentations

  • Packaging Presentations for CD
  • Saving a Presentation as a PDF Document
  • Saving a Presentation as a Video
  • Sending a Presentation via Email
  • Presenting a Slide Show Online
  • Saving to a Storage Device

Working Collaboratively

  • Co-Authoring Documents
  • Saving to OneDrive
  • Sharing Presentations
  • Opening Shared Presentations