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Fast Track offers our Beyond the Basics course for PowerPoint offering a fast-paced, packed programme in one day covering most features available in PowerPoint
PowerPoint Beyond the Basics
Target Audience
Aimed at regular users this one day event will look at a wide range of features, functions and tricks to help you create professional presentations incorporating text, business charts, SmartArt, pictures, graphics and tables with the final result comprising a fully automated presentation.
The Content
PowerPoint Workplace
- The PowerPoint Workplace
- Customising The Quick Access Toolbar
- Customising the Status Bar
Defining a Presentation
- The PowerPoint Themes
- The PowerPoint Slide Layouts
Text Formatting
- Moving / Copying / Resizing Text Boxes
- Text Selection Techniques
- Using Bullets & Numbering
- Controlling Text Spacing and Indents
- Customising Bullets & Numbering
- Adding Borders & Shading
- Creating Text Boxes
Using Slide Masters
- Making global changes to your Presentation
- Adding objects to the Slide Master
Adding Movies & Sounds
Using Tables
Adding Images
- Adding/Editing Image
- Using the Picture Formatting Ribbon
- Using Photo Album
The PowerPoint Views
- Normal View
- Slide Sorter View
- Outline View
Adding Charts to the Presentation
- Plotting the Chart
- Formatting using the Chart Design Ribbon
- Using Chart Elements
- Applying Quick Layouts
- Looking at Chart Styles & Types
- Chart Filtering
- Editing Data Range
- Applying Custom Animation effects to Charts
- Importing Charts into PowerPoint using links
Running a Screen Show
- Applying Transitions to Slides
- Adding Text Builds
- Applying Custom Animation Effects to Text & Objects
- Tips & Tricks when running a Slide Show
- Annotating your Slide Show
- Controlling the order of Elements on a Slide
- Hiding Slides
- Applying Timings
- Generating a Summary Slide
- Using Action Settings and Hyperlinks
- Using Custom Shows
Inserting SmartArt
- Lists
- Processes
- Cycle Diagrams
- Hierarchy / Organisational Charts
- Relationship Diagrams
- Matrix
- Pyramid
Adding Notes Pages
Printing Options
Delegate Pre-Requisites
No prior knowledge of PowerPoint is required
Course Duration
This is a One Day Course
Course Details
Courses commence at 9:30 a.m. through to 4:30 p.m.
All delegates will receive comprehensive Training Courseware to refer to during the course, together with a Course Attendance Certificate