Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 – Basic and Intermediate

Course Description

Have you sat in a lecture hall for a keynote speech and found yourself deeply impressed by the speakers for their professional looking slide decks, sleek transitions between slides, animations, tables and other SMART arts that enhanced their presentations? You can be like them too! With PowerPoint 2019 features, you can also transform your ideas into professional showcases to convincing pitch your ideas to your audience.

Our 2-day ‘Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 – Basic & Intermediate’ course is designed for participants who want to gain the requisite skills and knowledge to create, edit and format Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019 Presentation slides or handouts. This course is suitable for individuals such as sales executives, HR personnel, managers, team leaders, insurance agents, teachers and trainers in any profession, or anyone that needs to pitch their ideas or proposals to engage their stakeholders visually.

Having PowerPoint skills allows you to convey your message and present outcomes or results with clarity and impact. You can create an impactful presentations to your intended audiences, such as business proposals to venture capitalists and angel investors, company orientation slides for onboarding sessions for new staff, workflow run throughs to brief your superiors or fellow colleagues, marketing briefs for your products and services to your clients and roadmaps for business expansion to your board of directors etc. There are many applications for PowerPoint. Your imagination is the only limit when it comes to creating PowerPoint presentations!

In summary, this 2-day ‘Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 – Basic & Intermediate’ course will guide you on creating captivating and interesting presentation slides with transition elements, animations effects and objects (pictures, clipart, SmartArt, charts). You will be able to leverage on the features that Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019 offers to bring your audiences’ attention to what matters most and leave a deep impression on their minds

Course Objectives

In the 2 days course, you will be able to :

Create presentation slides to impress your audience with the designing templates and also the use of ClipArt, WordArt, Shapes, Tables and Pictures.
Use SmartArt to create Organisation chart, process flows, listing items and pictures block easily.
Make your presentation captivating and interesting by applying various type of animation and transitions effects on the objects.

Course Outline

Program Fundamentals

Understanding the PowerPoint Screen
Giving Commands & Command Shortcuts
Creating a New Presentation
Open, Save, Close a Presentation

Getting Started with Presentations

Insert, Delete, Copy & Move Slides
Selecting a Layout & Navigating
Navigating a Presentation
Organizing a Presentation by Section

Inserting and Editing Text

Insert, Edit, Move & Copy Text
Insert Text in Placeholder
Controlling How Text is Moved or Copied
Use Paste Options & Paste Special
Collecting Multiple Items to Move or Copy
Using Undo, Redo and Repeat
Checking Spelling
Finding and Replacing Text
Inserting Symbols and Special Characters

Formatting Text

Change Font Type, Size, Colour & Styles
Using WordArt
Formatting Paragraphs
Working with Tabs and Indents
Working with Bulleted & Numbered Lists

Viewing a Presentation

Use of Slide Sorter, Note & Outline View
Using the Zoom Controls
Using the Outline Pane
Working with the Presentation Window
Working with Multiple Presentations

Formatting a Presentation

Using Document Themes
Changing the Background of a Slide
Rearranging Slides
Adding Headers and Footers
Using the Slide Master
Changing Page Setup

Working with Objects

Types of Charts and Objects
Insert Clip Art & Screenshots
Inserting Pictures and Graphics Files
Removing Backgrounds from Pictures & Graphics
Insert and Format Shapes
Resize, Move, Copy and Delete Objects
Applying Special Effects
Group, Align and Distribute Objects
Flip, Rotate & Layering Objects
Insert SmartArt & Working with SmartArt Elements

Working with Tables

Create & Working with a Table
Adjust, Insert, Delete Column & Row
Merging and Splitting Cells
Working with Borders and Shading

Working with Charts

Inserting a Chart & Chart Data
Resizing, Copying and Moving a Chart
Changing Chart Type
Working with Labels
Formatting Chart Elements

Applying Transition and Animation Effects

Applying & Modifying a Transition Effect
Applying & Modifying Animation Effect
Previewing a Transition or Animation Effect

Finalizing and Delivering a Presentation

Setting Up a Slide Show
Delivering a Presentation on a Computer

Customizing PowerPoint

Customizing the Ribbon
Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Changing PowerPoint’s Default Options

This course empowers participants to enhance their presentation slides through personalized animations, multimedia integration (video and audio), and tailored show configurations.

Course Duration:
1 Day (9.00am – 5.00pm)

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Creative Microsoft Powerpoint Designs Masterclass

Discover how to craft captivating, polished, and professional PowerPoint slides by harnessing the full range of features and functions available, elevating your presentations to the next level and giving life to your ideas.

Course Duration:
1 Day (9.00am – 5.00pm)

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