Course Description
Microsoft PowerPoint Intermediate Training
Take your PowerPoint skills to the next level by learning to make more complex, interactive, and engaging presentations.
Training Class Goal
Students exiting this class will have better skills for designing interesting PowerPoint presentations, using many of the more advanced features of the program.
PreRequisites
General familiarity with Microsoft PowerPoint, including adding slides, editing content, and working with graphics.
Topics Covered
- Creating a new presentation
- Inserting text from a file
- Deleting slides
- Adding text
- Organizing slides
Slide Master & Normal View
- Formatting the Slide Master
- Slide Master placeholders
- Slide Master fonts
- Changing slide layouts
- Working on a slide in normal view
Pictures & WordArt
- Inserting pictures
- Resizing & moving clip art
- Modifying pictures
- Adding pictures to the master slide as a background
- Adding pictures to content placeholders
- Adding WordArt
- Formatting WordArt
SmartArt
- Converting text to SmartArt
- Formatting SmartArt
- Creating SmartArt from scratch
Custom Animation
- Slide sorter view
- Applying custom animation
- Multiple animation effects
- Motion paths
Completing the Presentation
- Running the presentation
- Packaging for CD
- Linking slides
- Hiding slides
- Audience handouts
- Presentation tools
Upcoming Classes
Live & In-Person
All of the classes on this page are taught by live instructors who are present in the classroom.
Class Retakes
Retake any public class up to 6 months after original class date....Read more
Hands-on Learning
Interactive classes allow you to immediately try out new skills....Read more
Live Training
Live instructors deliver our classes in an engaging and interactive way....Read more
Small Class Sizes
Classes limited to 12 students for more individual attention....Read more