Training Courses

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Course Description

This is a one day course designed for either new users of PowerPoint and Windows or for users transferring from other types of graphic applications, and covers all the basic features of the package.

The topics below represent a suggested course content. However, these can be adapted to meet specific objectives.

• PowerPoint Screen Overview

The different elements of the screen, terminology, dialogue boxes, default settings and how to move around the PowerPoint environment

• Presentation Guidelines

Instructions and advice on visualising most types of slides likely to be used in a presentation

• Templates

Creating and Customising templates to standardise company presentations and how these can be useful for users who have little experience of PowerPoint

• Charts

How to create text charts using title slides and text accompanied by bullet points. Additionally, basic charting concepts and terminology are explained when creating bar, line, pie (graphs) and organisation charts

• Adding Pictures & Objects

How to insert pictures (Clipart) in a presentation, together with sizing, moving and amending the appearance

• Text Formatting

Features which accentuate text, such as alignment, bold/underline/italics, fonts size colour and special effects together with text frames

• Screen Shows

How to view the presentation electronically either on the computer screen or by using a special projector to view the presentation on a projector screen. (This can only be done if the equipment is available)

• File Management

To show delegates good practice when saving files, opening existing files and also printing