Course Overview
This hands-on course will cover
how to confidently plan and produce professional presentations which
include text, graphics, charts and animation in Microsoft Powerpoint. You
will be able to create house styles and formats as well as produce speaker
notes and handouts.
This course outline is based on Powerpoint 2007
(or Powerpoint 2008 if you are a Mac user). If you are using a different
version, please give us a call on 020 7359 9855.
Course content
Essential
features
· The new interface
· The Office button
·
Quick Access tool bar
· The Ribbon
· Tabs and Context Tabs
·
Workspaces
· Readability
Planning a presentation
·
Common mistakes
· Considering content
· Gathering resources
·
Copyright issues
Working with text
· Applying styles
·
Using text boxes
· Using tables from Microsoft Word
· Moving
and rotating text
Tables within presentation
· Creating tables
·
Altering the format of tables
· Editing tables
Charts in
presentations
· Using data from MS Graph
· Using data from MS
Excel
· Creating and edting charts
· Formatting charts
Drawing
in Powerpoint
· Drawing objects
· Adding text to objects
·
Using fills and borders
· Using shadows and embossing
· Using
and editing clip art
· Using SmartArt
Images, sound and
video
· Using and editing image files
· Using and controlling
sound files
· Using and controlling video files
Creating
templates
· Creating and using Master slides
· Inserting new
placeholders
· Creating custom colour schemes
Screen shows
·
Rehearsing timings
· Interactive presentations
· Powerpoint
Viewer
· Outline view
· Speaker notes and handouts
·
Package for CD
Questions and answers
