Presentation skills with powerpoint

Course Objective :

This Microsoft PowerPoint training course aims to provide new PowerPoint users with the essential’s skills needed to create, edit and present professional looking presentations using text, tables, diagrams, charts and pictures as well as providing presentations tips.

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• work with the basic features of PowerPoint
• create a new presentation
• work with presentations
• insert text into a slide and apply basic formatting
• work with the various slide layouts
• create and work with SmartArt graphics
• draw and format shapes
• navigate a slide show in PowerPoint
• use a range of printing techniques
• follow the procedures for using various forms of Help
• create brilliant presentations.

Target Audience :

Pre – Requisites :

To ensure success, candidates should be familiar with using personal computers, and should have experience using a keyboard and mouse. Students should be comfortable in the Windows environment and be able to manage information on their computers. Specific tasks the students should be able to perform include: launching and closing applications, navigating basic file structures, and managing files and folders.

Course Outline :

Getting Started with PowerPoint

• What is PowerPoint?
• What are the best uses of PowerPoint?
• Navigate the PowerPoint Environment
• View and Navigate a Presentation
• Create and Save a PowerPoint Presentation

Developing a PowerPoint Presentation

• Select a Presentation Type
• Edit Text
• Build a Presentation

Performing Advanced Text Editing Operations

• Format Characters
• Format Paragraphs and Text Boxes

 Adding Graphical Elements to Your Presentation

• Insert Images
• Insert Shapes

 Modifying Objects in Your Presentation

• Format & Edit Objects
• Arrange, Group and Animate Objects

Adding Tables to Your Presentation

• Create and Format a Table
• Insert a Table from Other Microsoft Office Applications

Adding Charts to Your Presentation

• Create a Chart
• Format a Chart
• Insert a Chart from Microsoft Excel

Preparing to Deliver Your Presentation

• Review Your Presentation
• Apply Transitions
• Print Your Presentation

Working with Media and Animations

• Add Audio to a Presentation
• Add Video to a Presentation
• Customize Animations and Transition

Customizing a Slide Show

• Annotate a Presentation
• Set Up a Slide Sho
• Create a Custom Slide Sho
• Add Hyperlinks and Action Button
• Record a Presentation