Making presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint

The use of a slide presentation program, which is only integrated into the public discourse as a PPT, is indispensable in corporate life. For this reason, the visual experience of your presentation for your audience can sometimes be crucial. Our PowerPoint course will show participants the full potential of the software.

From the basics of creating and presenting simple graphics, drawings and documents to more complex animated presentations with audiovisual elements and projections, you will learn almost everything about the possibilities of PowerPoint.

The course is recommended for users and managers alike.

The PowerPoint interface

• Using and customizing the menu bar, dialog boxes
• Using and customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
• The File menu (Backstage view)
• Accessing commands using the Show function
• Screen views (normal, slide view, reading view), zooming in on the screen

Create, save and open presentations

• Create a new presentation based on a template
• Insert slides (slide layouts), move, copy, delete
• Save presentation, file formats (.pptx, file formats of previous versions
• Save as PDF, XPS, "image" presentation
• Open presentations, restore "unsaved" presentations, open in protected view

Text elements in the presentation

• Editing and formatting text placeholders and text boxes
• Text formatting with live preview, minipulse, text formatting with WordArt styles
• Paragraph formatting (bulleted and numbered paragraphs, tabs)
• Formatting with themes
• Dividing the presentation into sections

Drawing and editing shapes

• Drawing, editing and rotating lines, arrows, curves, closed shapes
• Freehand marginal note
• Using drawing guides and grid, aligning shapes using smart guides
• Aligning and grouping objects, creating your own shapes
• Shaping with shape styles
• Merging general shapes
• Using a colour picker to match colours

Charts

• Create, edit and format SmartArt diagrams
• Editing and formatting diagrams
• New diagrams.

Tables in the tutorial

• Inserting and editing charts
• Formatting charts with table styles

Images in the tutorial

• How the new Designer (Design) looks and works when inserting images
• Editing, rotating and mirroring images
• Adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation, colour tone, applying artistic image effects, background background removal, formatting with image styles
• Insert screenshot
• Embed online images

Themes, themes, diamonds and templates

• Use existing themes, modify theme colours
• Using the diamond
• Format slide backgrounds with background styles
• Using and creating templates
• Overview of extended 16:9 aspect ratio themes

Slide transitions and object animation

• Transition between slides, timings
• New Transition: Shift Shape
• Animating text, objects (shapes, images, diagrams), creating motion paths

Insert and edit video

• Embedding and attaching videos
• Editing video (trimming, gradual appearance, gradual fading)
• Bookmarks in the video, start animations on playback
• Embed and play online video and audio
• Create a screenshot
• Video resolution overview
• Save presentation (.wmv, .mp4)

Working together

• Inserting notes
• Easy sharing (Share)
• Real-time collaborative editing
• Improved collision resolution

Slideshow projection

• Use the new Zoom feature
• Use hidden slides and custom slidelines
• Create lecture notes
• Timing test, projection settings
• Control projection in lecture view
• Controlling the projection with mouse and keyboard, using the software "laser pointer", writing a note on the projected image
• Online presentation on the Internet

Printing the presentation

• Print command in the File menu
• Setting print parameters, print image
• Printing a presentation note and a reminder

Computer and Windows skills and practice. Completion or knowledge of the Effective Computer Use course.