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Computer Training: MS PowerPoint®

When you complete any of these MS PowerPoint® training courses, you'll receive a certificate to confirm your proficiency. You can also "pick and choose" topics from any of these courses for Q&A sessions (no certificates issued for Q&A sessions).

Introduction

Intermediate

Advanced

You can also purchase the workbooks for these courses separately.

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint®

Microsoft Powerpoint® is a great tool for presentations, whether you're lecturing for free at your local club or organization, or presenting multi-million-dollar ideas in the boardroom. Learn the basics:

Average course time: 3 hours

You'll need:

Getting Started With Your New Computer or equivalent experience
A working computer with Windows® installed on it
Microsoft PowerPoint® 6.0 or higher or Microsoft Office® 97 or higher

You'll learn:

About slide shows
Creating a slide show from a template
Inserting text boxes and pictures
Resizing objects
Formatting text
Cut, Copy and Paste between slides
Navigating through slides
Animations
Slide transitions
Notes and handouts
Packaging for CD

Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint®

Ready to branch out creatively? Learn how to create presentations using the large variety of built-in colours and styles or create your very own presentation style from scratch:

Average course time: 3 - 4 hours

You'll need:

A working computer with Windows® installed on it
Microsoft PowerPoint® 6.0 or higher or Microsoft Office® 97 or higher
Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint® or equivalent experience

You'll learn:

Page setup & slide orientation
Theme colours, fonts & effects
Background styles & graphics
Reuse slides
Hiding slides
Numbered lists
Columns
Line spacing
Text direction
Tables
Align text top, middle, bottom
Find, replace
Spell check, thesaurus and language
Custom animations
Views: slide sorter and notes page
Ruler
Gridlines
Zoom/fit to window
Colour/grayscale/bw
Window views
Autoshapes & colours/fill effects
Arrange - group, order, align, rotate, select
Headers and Footers
Insert date & time, slide number

Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint®

Make Microsoft Powerpoint® sing and dance for you - literally!

Average course time: 3 - 4 hours

You'll need:

A working computer with Windows® installed on it
Microsoft PowerPoint® 6.0 or higher or Microsoft Office® 97 or higher
Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint® or equivalent experience

You'll learn:

Inserting soundtrack
Inserting movies
Hyperlinks and actions
Customizing bullets and numbers
Advanced text effects
Inserting symbols
Linking and embedding
Embedding Excel charts
Protect presentation
Markups
Smart art - Insert tab, Home tab for conversion
Starting from a blank presentation
Slide master, notes master, handout master
Custom shows
Automatic shows
Wordart
Record narration
Rehearsed timings
Translation
Research
Macros
Presenter view