Microsoft PowerPoint Online Course
Overview
Foundational skills needed to create and deliver presentations. This includes understanding the PowerPoint interface, creating slides, formatting text and objects, adding images, charts, and basic animations, and presenting your slides effectively in a slideshow format. Additionally, you’ll explore features like slide transitions and basic design principles to create clear and engaging presentations.
Description
“From A-Z, you will be equipped to create effective presentations while making the most of shortcut keys and methods to ensure maximum utility of Microsoft PowerPoint. Whether it be to convince management to invest in that new piece of equipment or to present the new annual budget to the board of directors, this course helps you put it in action”
Course Content
Unit 1: Getting started with PowerPoint
- Finding your way in the PowerPoint environment
- Create and save a PowerPoint presentation
- Using the help function in PowerPoint
Unit 2: Developing a PowerPoint presentation
- Creating and ordering multiple slides
- Creating slide layouts with placeholders
- Working with themes
- Working with text
Unit 3: Performing advanced text editing
- Formatting characters
- Creating bulleted and numbered lists
- Adjusting spacing options
- Formatting text boxes
Unit 4: Adding graphical elements to your presentation
- Inserting images
- Inserting shapes and WordArt
- Inserting tables
- Inserting charts
- Lines
Unit 5: Delivering a presentation
- Transitions
- Preparing notes
- Proofing the presentation
- Printing handouts
- Preparing to present
- Hiding slides
Unit 6: Working in multiple presentations
- Working in multiple presentations
Unit 7: Wordart and shapes
- Creating WordArt
- Inserting shapes
- Formatting shapes
Unit 8: Transitions
- Applying transitions
- Modifying transitions
- Advancing slides
Unit 9: Preparing to present your slideshow
- Adding notes to your presentation
- Spell check your presentation
- Printing your slides, notes and handouts
- Presenting your slides using presentation tools
Unit 10: Adding a header and footer
- Adding a footer
- Adding a date
- Adding a number
Accreditation
- Non-accredited: Short course only
- Duration: 1h 30m
- Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
- Access Period: 12 Months
