Microsoft PowerPoint Introduction

If you’re striving to produce impactful, professional and polished presentations, this course is for you.

Create and Present a Slideshow: Acquire the skills to develop and showcase an engaging presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint.
Enhance Slide Content: Gain proficiency in formatting and modifying text and graphics, enabling them to craft visually appealing slides.
Implement Seamless Slide Transitions: Apply slide transition effects effectively, enhancing the flow and impact of their presentations.
Utilise SmartArt and Charts: Learn how to incorporate SmartArt diagrams and charts to convey complex information visually, making their presentations more informative and engaging.
Produce Speaker Notes: Develop the capability to generate and print speaker notes, facilitating smooth and organised delivery of your presentations.

PowerPoint Basics: Covers the fundamental aspects of PowerPoint, including its interface, ribbon tabs, and basic navigation.
Slide Creation: Here, you learn how to create new slides, choose slide layouts, and add content to your slides such as text, images, and videos.
Graphics: How to work with various graphic elements, like images and clip art, and how to edit and format them within your slides.
Object Manipulation: You’ll learn how to manipulate objects on your slides, including resizing, moving, and aligning them to create a visually appealing presentation.
Shapes – Inserting, Combining: How to insert shapes into your slides, format them, and how to combine and modify shapes to create custom graphics.
Controlling Pictures: Insert and control pictures within your presentation, including options for resizing, cropping, and adjusting image properties.
Transitions: This topic covers how to add slide transitions to your presentation, giving it a more dynamic and professional feel as you move from one slide to the next.
Slide Shows: You’ll explore how to set up and deliver a PowerPoint slide show, including customising the slide show settings and rehearsing timings.
Charts & Graphs: You’ll learn how to create and customise charts and graphs within PowerPoint to visually represent data.
SmartArt: SmartArt is used to create visually appealing diagrams and process flows. Learn how to use SmartArt to enhance your presentations.
Printing Options: Discover the printing options available in PowerPoint, such as printing slides, handouts, and notes pages, as well as customising print settings.