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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 teaches you how to create clear, professional presentations. You’ll learn to design effective slide layouts, apply templates and themes, and enhance your content with multimedia, charts, and SmartArt.
The course also covers advanced formatting techniques, animations, and using slide masters to maintain visual consistency. Ideal for those who design presentations, this course builds the practical skills needed to communicate ideas visually and effectively.
Who will benefit
This course is ideal for professionals who regularly prepare presentation slides, especially those who support others in delivering content. It's suited to anyone looking to enhance their visual communication skills without requiring advanced design experience.
Content
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Create professional PowerPoint presentations using a range of layouts, templates, and themes tailored 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
- Communicate complex information clearly using tables, charts, SmartArt, and combination graphics
- Apply advanced design techniques including Slide Masters, custom templates, and organisational branding for visual consistency
- Add interactivity and automation through transitions, animations, action buttons, and hyperlinks for both self-running and user-driven presentations
- Manage and export presentations in multiple formats, including packaging for other computers, saving as video or slideshow, and linking to other Microsoft Office programs
- Streamline editing and layout using tools such as the Selection and Animation panes, Format Painter, and design guides.
Level - Advanced
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Level - Fundamental
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Level - Advanced
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Level - Advanced
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