PowerPoint Level 1

Short course

In Washington and Newcastle Upon Tyne

£ 165 + VAT

Description

  • Duration

    1 Day

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to create a presentation, format text on slides, add graphical objects to a presentation, modify objects on slides, add tables to a presentation, add charts to a presentation and prepare to deliver a presentation.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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Cuthbert House, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2ET

Start date

On request
Washington (Tyne and Wear)
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Suite 13, Vermont, House Concorde, NE37 2SQ

Start date

On request

About this course

Delegates should have some working knowledge of using a Windows based PC or they should have completed the Introduction to Windows course. Delegates should feel at ease performing tasks such as arranging, sizing and switching between Windows. Previous use of a keyboard and mouse is assumed for this course.

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Course programme

Course Overview

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to create a presentation, format text on slides, add graphical objects to a presentation, modify objects on slides, add tables to a presentation, add charts to a presentation and prepare to deliver a presentation.
Prerequisites
  • Delegates should have some working knowledge of using a Windows based PC or they should have completed the Introduction to Windows course.
  • Delegates should feel at ease performing tasks such as arranging, sizing and switching between Windows.
  • Previous use of a keyboard and mouse is assumed for this course.


Objectives


    Delegates will be able to :
  • Produce a multi slide presentation that contains a variety of display methods: Charts, Organisational Chart, Radial Charts, Text Slides & Bullet Lists, Clip Art & Graphics.
  • Display the presentation via a slide show and be able to set up slide show properties that allow the user to present with the 'No Hands' method.
  • Create a design of their own that can be saved as a template and used in future presentations, to achieve a consistent and professional theme.
  • To include effects to their presentation so that it adds variety and keeps the audience entertained, without going over the top with sound effects and animations.
Follow on Courses
  • PowerPoint Level 2
Training Options
  • Bespoke course (a course written to your specific needs) at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at our training room or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Scheduled public course at one of our training venues
Whats Included
  • 12 Months telephone and email support
  • Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
  • Use of a Modern Training suite with 19 inch flat screen monitors
  • 1 delegate per computer
  • Lunch (When at our training venue)
  • Refreshments (When at our training venue)
Course Content
Starting Microsoft Power Point
  • The PowerPoint Screen
  • Creating a new presentation using the AutoContent wizard
  • Creating a new presentation using the built in design
Creating and saving presentations
  • Saving a presentation for the first time
  • The screen options, toolbars, zooming etc
  • Viewing different toolbars
  • Zooming in and out
  • Viewing the ruler
  • Hiding the ruler
  • Repositioning (Moving) a toolbar
  • Saving a presentation with a different name, folder or disc drive
  • Opening a presentation already created
Slides with bulleted lists
  • Creating a slide with a bulleted list
  • Adding a bulleted list to an existing slide
  • Changing the bullet style
  • Promoting bulleted text
  • Demoting bulleted text
Using text place holders on a slide
  • Entering text in a place holder
  • Changing the text size, colour and font style
  • Changing the line and paragraph spacing
Using charts on a slide
  • Creating a slide with a chart place holder
  • Editing a chart already created on a slide
  • Creating a pie chart
  • Deleting a series
  • Changing the chart options
  • Adding a chart to an existing slide
  • Deleting a chart
  • Inserting a chart in a chart place holder
  • Viewing and hiding the datasheet in chart view
  • Changing the type of chart
  • Editing part of a chart
Using organisational charts on a slide
  • Creating a slide with an organisational chart
  • Undoing the last command
  • Closing the organisational chart already created
  • Deleting an organisational chart
  • Inserting an organisational chart in the chart place holder
  • Entering text into a text box
  • Editing a box
  • Inserting a box
  • Inserting many new boxes
  • Deleting a box
  • Rearranging the boxes
  • Selecting more than one of the boxes
  • Changing the attributes of the boxes
Using Clip Art on a slide, (placing pictures on slides)
  • Creating a slide displaying a clip art image
  • Reshaping a clip art image
  • Deleting a clip art image
  • The Picture Toolbar
  • Inserting a clip art image on a slide
Designing fancy text on a slide
  • Inserting WordArt on a slide
  • Moving WordArt object
  • Editing WordArt
  • Deleting a WordArt object
Creating drawings on slides
  • Using the drawing tool
  • Changing the style of a drawing object
  • Deleting a drawing object
  • Drawing autoshapes
  • Changing the order of a drawing object
The different ways to view a presentation
  • Slide sorter view (Sorting your presentation etc)
  • Outline view (Creating a presentation when in a hurry)
Templates
  • Using the built in templates
  • Designing your own
Transition effects
  • Adding slide transition effects
  • Adding animation effects to slides
  • Creating custom animations
  • Changing the order in which animated objects appear on a slide
Running a slide show
  • Useful commands to move through a presentation
Adding speaker notes
  • Displaying the notes pages
Using Master views
  • Choosing a master view
  • Changing slide backgrounds
  • Adding company logos
Printing slides, handouts
  • Printing
  • Printing a slide handout

PowerPoint Level 1

£ 165 + VAT