Microsoft PowerPoint Course – Module 1 Creating Professional Presentations

Is it right for me?

Our PowerPoint Module 1 - Creating Professional Presentations course highlights the key features of PowerPoint that need to be mastered for a truly professional-looking presentation. The course includes tips on fast ways of getting the best results, and advice on presentation colours, content and delivery techniques.

This course is designed for either new users of PowerPoint or those who have dabbled and can create basic presentations. You should have an understanding of common software operations such as open, save, copy and paste.

What will I get out of it?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Edit an existing presentation and create a new one
• Apply and modify a presentation design
• Produce simple drawn objects
• Animate text, drawings and graphs
• Use professional presentation techniques

Versions available

2003, 2007, 2010

Related courses in our range

• PowerPoint Module 2 - PowerPoint Master Class
• Visio Principles
• Visio Specialist

What does it cover?

Creating a new presentation

• Starting a new blank presentation
• Creating a new presentation from a template design/theme
• Changing slide layouts
• Copying, deleting and inserting slides

Using the Slide Master

• Modifying the Slide Master
• Multiple Slide Masters
• Slide dates, footers and numbers

Creating text slides

• Creating content in Outline view
• Working with bullet points
• Design, colour and content tips

Text animation on a slide

• Slide titles
• Bullet points
• Applying animation to the Slide Master

Using pictures and drawn objects

• Inserting pictures
• Using Quick Styles (2007 and 2010)
• Drawing lines and autoshapes
• Using the zoom tool effectively
• Selecting and grouping objects
• Placing text in an autoshape
• Duplicating a drawn object

Object animation on a slide

• Simple object animations
• Creating a drawing effect

Illustrating data on a graph

• Creating a slide with a graph
• Changing chart types
• Setting chart options
• Graph animations

Presenting the presentation

• Creating and printing handouts
• Presenter notes
• Slide show settings
• Creating a slide show file
• Using the PowerPoint player
• Packaging a presentation for CD