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PowerPoint – Skills for Designers – Visual, Data & Multimedia Creation
Level - Fundamental
This course provides you with the skills needed to create highly professional slides and presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint.
2 Days
Overview
This hands-on, two-day course focuses on crafting professional presentations. You will learn how to design effective slide layouts, apply templates and themes, and enhance content using multimedia, charts, and SmartArt.
The course also covers advanced formatting, animations, and the use of slide masters for consistency. Ideal for those who create but do not deliver presentations, this course builds practical skills for clear, engaging visual communication.
Content
Learning Outcomes
Participants should be able to:
- Create professional PowerPoint presentations using a variety of layouts, templates, and themes suited to different audiences and contexts.
- Design visually effective slides by applying layout principles, text formatting, and multimedia elements such as images, audio, video, and animations.
- Develop and customise data visualisations through the use of tables, charts, SmartArt, and combination graphics to communicate complex information clearly.
- Apply advanced design techniques including Slide Masters, custom templates, and organisational branding for consistency and efficiency across slides.
- Incorporate interactivity and automation through transitions, animations, action buttons, and hyperlinks for self-running or user-driven presentations.
- Manage and export presentations for multiple formats and devices, including packaging for other computers, saving as video or slideshow, and linking content from other Microsoft Office programs.
- Use productivity tools like the Selection and Animation panes, Format Painter, and design guides to streamline editing and object alignment.
Level - Advanced
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Level - Advanced
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Level - Advanced
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Level - Advanced
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