PowerPoint Intermediate PP-032

Course Overview

Using the different tools available to create complex presentations.

Prerequisites

PowerPoint beginner

Syllabus

Mastering charts:

• Importing existing data;
• Resizing your charts;
• Exploring the display settings;
• Mastering two dimensional charts;
• Creating a custom chart type;
• Making changes to the default chart.

Organizational charts and connector lines:

• Creating a drawing using AutoShapes;
• Merging common shapes;
• Adding 3D effects to an object;
• Adding shadow effects to an object;
• Changing the shape of objects;
• Aligning and distributing objects evenly on a slide;
• Connecting shapes using connector lines.

Office integration:

• Inserting objects that were created using other applications;
• Searching and inserting slides;
• Creating a link to a PowerPoint presentation;
• Inserting an outline onto a slide.

Adding finishing touches to your presentation:

• Working with multiple Slide Masters;
• Working with Color Sets;
• Making changes to the Handout and Notes masters;
• Restoring placeholders that are displayed on headers and footers;
• Creating slideshow templates.

Navigating through a presentation:

• Hiding and showing a slide;
• Creating hyperlinks;
• Inserting a custom slideshow.

Multimedia:

• Adding pictures from the internet;
• Adding sound effects;
• Adding video clips;
• Customizing animations;
• Enhancements made to the trajectories;
• Setting time duration to create a self-running presentation;
• Exploring the different multimedia file formats.

Appendices :

• Replacing fonts;
• Adding comments;
• The Notes pane;
• Saving a PowerPoint presentation as a slideshow;
• Using the Package for CD feature;
• Valuable tips for your presentation;
• Valuable tips for you;
• A few PowerPoint shortcuts.

New features in the 2013/2016 version:

• Running PowerPoint on tablet PCs (Windows 10);
• Saving and sharing your Office files in the Cloud (SkyDrive);
• Co-authoring;
• The enhanced Presenter View;
• Starting an online meeting from PowerPoint (Lync).