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Introduction Presentation Course - London & UK wide
Face to face / Online public schedule & onsite training. Restaurant lunch included at STL venues.
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From £245 List price £330
- 1 day Instructor-led
- Courses never cancelled
- Restaurant lunch
Syllabus
Who is this course for?
Our Microsoft Powerpoint Introduction course is suitable for complete beginners to Microsoft Powerpoint.
Prerequisites
A working knowledge of Windows is required, or our Microsoft Windows Introduction course. No experience of MS Powerpoint is required.
Benefits
At the end of this course you will have a good working knowledge of PowerPoint basics. You will feel more confident using PowerPoint and be able to create a presentation from scratch. You will learn how to improve the format of your text as well as getting to grips with importing and manipulating graphics, using the PowerPoint drawing tools and the chart and table design tools to make your presentation much more visually stimulating. You will also learn how to make modifications to your presentation before you learn how PowerPoint is used in a live presentation.After completing this course you will be prepared to attend the PowerPoint Advanced training course.
Course Syllabus
PowerPoint Design Tips and Techniques
What's new in PowerPoint
PowerPoint Basics
Exploring the PowerPoint environment
Help options
Closing presentations and closing PowerPoint
Building New Presentations
Creating new presentations
Saving presentations
Working in the outline tab and slide sorter
Rearranging and deleting slides
Using slides from other presentations
Formatting and Proofing
Moving and copying text
Text formatting
Setting tabs and alignment
Using the spelling checker and AutoCorrect
Using templates and themes
Working with text in objects
Drawing objects
Using AutoShapes
Enhancing objects
Using Drawing Tools
Using Tables and Charts
Working with tables
Creating and enhancing charts and graphs
Delivering Presentations
Adding speaker notes and footers
Running presentations
Printing presentations
Exporting to other formats
Prices & Dates
What you get
"What do I get on the day?"
Arguably, the most experienced and highest motivated trainers.
Face-to-face training
Training is held in our modern, comfortable, air-conditioned suites.
Modern-spec IT, fully networked with internet access
Lunch, breaks and timing
A hot lunch is provided at local restaurants near our venues:
- Bloomsbury
- Limehouse
Courses start at 9:30am.
Please aim to be with us for 9:15am.
Browse the sample menus and view joining information (how to get to our venues).
Refreshments
Available throughout the day:
- Hot beverages
- Clean, filtered water
- Biscuits
Online training
Regular breaks throughout the day.
Learning tools
In-course handbook
Contains unit objectives, exercises and space to write notes
Reference material
Available online. 100+ pages with step-by-step instructions
24 months access to Microsoft trainers
Your questions answered on our support forum.
Training formats & Services
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Testimonials
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Karen O'Dea,
Sales Support Assistant
Marius was excellent. Everything was explained thoroughly. I very much enjoyed the whole session. Thank you.
PowerPoint Introduction
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Jennifer Rijkhof,
Event Producer
David has been very helpful and has a good knowledge about the subject. It has been a lovely day and I learned a lot. Thank you David.
Ps: The food was lovely.
PowerPoint Introduction
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Dan Gillot,
Online Trafficker
Although i knew some of the content i feel the tips given by the trainer and also the shortcuts were invaluable.
The trainer (Sarah) was really helpful and her knowledge of the subject was very high quality, highly recommended
PowerPoint Introduction
Our Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation Courses London are available in Introduction or Intermediate / Advanced formats.
Learn a host of tips and shortcuts guaranteed to save you time and effort. Our expert trainers are on hand to answer your every question, even once the course is over. Each delegate has access to our forum for 24 months post training.
Learning & Development Resources
Blog
- 16 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint
- An Introduction to Presentation Views in Powerpoint
- How to add slides and add layouts (Powerpoint Training)
- Essential Time Saving PowerPoint Tips
- Powerpoint and presentation skills for a good presentation
- Improve PowerPoint Presentations with Presenter View
- PowerPoint 2013: 3 Tips For a Better Presentation
- Don’t struggle in silence. Ask for Help in Powerpoint.
- Set up options to check for errors in PowerPoint
Training manual sample
Below are some extracts from our PowerPoint training manuals.
Click on File Ribbon and Select New.
From the Screen displayed, Choose
Blank Presentation.
You can also create a new workbook
by using the shortcut
keys Ctrl +
To add a new slide, just click the New Slide command in the Home ribbon.
You may choose a specific slide
layout as the list of choices descends from the New Slide button.
Deleting a Slide
Select slide in the Slide Pane and then press the Delete key on the keyboard.
Creating Text
Simply click inside a textbox / placeholder then start typing.
Cutting, Copying and Pasting Text
Remember you can right-click
selected text and click cut or copy, just like you can with slides. The Ctrl +
X, Ctrl + C, and Ctrl + V keyboard shortcuts work the same as cut, copy, and
paste, respectively.
Using the Format Painter
The Format Painter
Select the original text / shape à click on
Format Painter à Highlight
the destination text/shape.
You can use the Format Painter more than once.
Select the original text / shape à double-click
on Format Painter à apply onto
destination text / shape à click on Format Painter once more
to disengage.
PowerPoint resizes text as you type to fit in a placeholder. Both
font size and line spacing will be adjusted until all the text fits (to a
minimum font size of 8 points). You may see click
You will notice a small icon in the lower right-hand corner of the
Clipboard chunk. Click this button to open the Clipboard
task pane, a listing on the left side of the
screen that shows the last 24 cut/copied items from any Microsoft Office 2013
program that is open:
Select the slide in the Slide Pane and then click Cut
There are two shortcuts you can use to perform
cut, copy, and paste operations. You can right-click on a slide in the Slide
Pane to see these commands:
- To
cut something, highlight it and press Ctrl + X.
- To
copy, Ctrl + C.
- And
to paste, Ctrl + V.
In the Home ribbon, click on New Slide à Reuse
Slides (last option)
Then in the Task Pane (right side
of Window) à
select Browse File à choose the file and slides to be inserted.
Promote
raises the item level of a list. For a
level one item, it will be promoted as a new slide.
Demote
descends the item level of a list.
Save
This allows you to update any changes within the presentation
file.
Click on the Save icon
on the Quick Access toolbar or press
Ctrl + S to save any file updates. You may also find Save Command in the File
Ribbon.
Save As
This allows you to save an extra copy of the file with the changes
on file name, folder location and file type.
Select a location and name.
In this section, you will learn how to:
- Formatting
- Bullets and Numbering
- Alignment
- Proofing
Font
Select text then select the formatting tools from the HOME ribbon, or right click on your
selection to bring up the toolbar.
Font |
|
Click the pull-down arrow to
choose a new font. |
Font
size |
|
Choose from a number of specified
sizes, or click in the text box and enter your own desired size. |
Font
larger |
|
Incrementally increases font
size. |
Fond
smaller |
|
Incrementally decreases font
size. |
Clear
formatting |
|
Removes any formatting applied to
a font. |
Bold |
|
Makes text bold. |
Italic |
|
Makes text italic. |
Underline |
|
Underlines text. |
Strikethrough |
|
Draws a line |
Text
shadow |
|
Draws a shadow underneath the
text. |
Character
spacing |
|
Adjusts space between each
character. |
Change
case |
|
Make a selected block of text all
upper or lower case. |
Font
color |
|
Change the color of the font. |
Paragraph
The Paragraph group
on the Home ribbon displays the common paragraph commands such as bullets and
numbering, indenting, justification, line spacing, etc.
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