Create professional, polished presentations fast with PowerPoint. Learn how to utilise all the tools in Microsoft PowerPoint and take your presentations to the next level. We will show you how to customise themes, work with charts, tables, images and action buttons, leaving you well-equipped to create and manage professional presentations.

Themes

• Understanding Themes
• Applying a Theme
• Changing the Theme Colours
• Creating Custom Theme Colours
• Changing the Theme Fonts
• Changing the Slide Background
• Saving a Customised Theme
• Using a Customised Theme
• Deleting a Customised Theme

Slide Masters

• Understanding Slide Masters
• Viewing the Slide Master
• Changing the Master Font
• Modifying Bullets
• Inserting an Image
• Applying Slide Transitions to the Slide Master
• Inserting Slide Numbers
• Creating Custom Slide Layouts
• Modifying Slide Layouts

Templates

• Understanding Templates
• Setting a Custom Templates Location
• Using an Existing Template
• Creating a Template From a Template
• Saving a Custom Template
• Creating a Template From a Theme
• Modifying a Template
• Using a Custom Template

Tables

• Inserting a Table Using the Ribbon
• Inserting Rows and Columns
• Applying a Table Style
• Merging and Splitting Cells
• Adjusting Column Widths
• Adjusting Row Heights
• Resizing and Positioning a Table
• Formatting Table Data
• Aligning Table Data
• Applying Borders
• Applying Shading

Charts

• Understanding Charts
• Inserting a Chart Using the Ribbon
• Changing the Chart Type
• Chart Elements
• Using Quick Layouts
• Understanding Chart Buttons
• Changing the Layout of Chart Elements
• Applying a Chart Style
• Understanding the Chart Format Panes
• Formatting Chart Elements
• Editing a Data Series
• Hiding Data Series
• Working With Pie Charts

Images

• Understanding Clip Art and Pictures
• Inserting a Picture From File
• Inserting an Online Picture
• Resizing an Image
• Positioning an Image
• Inserting Clip Art
• Modifying Graphics
• Rotating and Flipping Clip Art
• Inserting a Screenshot
• Inserting a Screen Clip
• Creating a Photo Album

Enhancing Images

• Understanding Picture Enhancements
• The Format Picture Pane
• Removing an Image Background
• Applying Colour Corrections
• Recolouring an Image
• Applying a Picture Style
• Applying Picture Effects
• Applying Artistic Effects
• Cropping an Image

Media and Action Buttons

• Understanding Media in PowerPoint
• Inserting an Online Video
• Inserting an Online Audio Clip
• Formatting Media Clips
• Editing Audio Clips
• Optimising and Compressing Media
• Understanding Action Buttons
• Inserting Action Buttons

Animations and Transitions

• Understanding Animation
• Animating Text
• Animating Objects
• Applying Multiple Effects
• Applying Motion Paths
• The Animation Pane
• Setting the Timing
• Animating SmartArt Graphics
• Using Slide Transitions

Show

• About Self Running Presentations
• Recording a Slide Show
• Setting Up a Self Running Presentation
• Rehearsing Timings
• Setting Up a Speaker-Led Show
• Creating a Custom Show
• Understanding Presenter View
• Using Presenter View

Sharing

• Packaging Presentations for CD
• Saving a Presentation as a PDF Document
• Saving a Presentation as a Video
• Sending a Presentation via Email
• Presenting a Slide Show Online
• Saving to a Storage Device

Private and Group Classes:

This course is available for individual enrolment and Private classes (min 10 students). Please contact Lumify to organise a quote.

What do I need to know to attend?
The course is aimed at those already using PowerPoint and looking to take advantage of its full suite of tools. You should be familiar with the topics covered in our Power Point Level 1 course.
 

Learning Outcomes

• create and work effectively with themes
• view and modify slide masters
• create and use custom templates
• create and work with tables
• create and work with charts
• insert and edit images
• edit inserted images
• insert and work with different types of media
• create animations in a presentation
• set up a presentation for the required presentation mode
• save and share your presentations in other formats

PowerPoint Level 1 or equivalent experience