Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint

Objectives: After attending this course delegates will be able to create a consistent look to their presentations, set-up Kiosk/Rolling Presentations, and integrate multimedia functionality.

Pre Requisites: Knowledge of Creating & Formatting Simple Slide Shows

Duration: 1 day

The topics covered are as follows:

1 PowerPoint Review
• Using Views
• Customising the Menus
• Starting New Presentations

2 Using Templates
• About Master Layouts
• Using Colour Schemes
• The Slide Background
• Gradient
• Texture
• Pattern
• Picture
• Creating Design and Content Templates

3 Importing Data
• About Importing Text
• Creating a presentation from an Outline
• Importing Slides

4 More About Formatting
• The Text Ruler
• Adding Text to Objects
• Working with Drawing Objects
• Formatting the Background

5 Working With Slide Shows
• Ways of Viewing a Slide Show
• Transitions and Animation
• Creating an Agenda Slide
• Creating Custom Shows

6 Shows Presented by a Speaker
• The On-Screen Menu
• Navigating between Slides
• Using the Electronic Pen
• Blanking the Screen
• Using the Meeting Minder
• Creating Speaker Notes

7 Shows Browsed by and Individual
• The On-Screen Menu
• Adding User Interaction
• Action Buttons
• Hyperlinks

8 Shows Browsed at a Kiosk
• Setting up and Running
• Rehearsing the Timings

9 Multimedia Effects
• About Sound, Music and Video
• Inserting Sound, Music and Video
• Multimedia with Custom Animation
• Recording Sounds and Comments
• Recording a Voice Narration

10 PowerPoint and The Web
• Saving as HTML
• Publishing Presentations as Web Pages
• About Presentation Broadcasting

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