PowerPoint - Skills for Designers - Visual, Data & Multimedia Creation

Level – Fundamental.

If you want your presentations to look clearer and more polished, this course helps you build the practical design skills to create slides that communicate with impact.

You will learn how to structure layouts, use templates effectively and enhance content with data visuals and multimedia elements that support clear, engaging communication.

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What to expect

Clear visual communication is essential when presenting information, whether for reports, training, communication or stakeholder updates. This course introduces the key design skills that help you create professional presentations using PowerPoint’s layouts, templates and themes.

You will explore how to structure slides effectively, apply formatting that improves readability and use multimedia elements such as images, audio, video and animations to increase impact. You’ll also work with tables, charts, SmartArt and combination graphics to present complex information in a more accessible way.

The course goes further by covering efficiency and consistency techniques, including Slide Masters, custom templates, organisational branding and interactive elements. By the end, you’ll be able to create polished, visually engaging presentations that are easy to maintain, adapt and share across different formats and devices.

Is this course for you

This course is ideal for people who create, but may not deliver, presentations and want to improve visual design skills for clear and engaging communication.

This course is suited to individuals who want to:

design clear and visually engaging presentations
apply effective visual design principles
communicate ideas more clearly through visuals
enhance the impact of presentation materials

What you will explore

During this training course, you will develop advanced PowerPoint skills to design, build and deliver professional, high-impact presentations. The course focuses on applying effective design principles, creating compelling visual content, using advanced tools and automation features, and producing presentations that are engaging, on-brand and fit for a range of audiences, platforms and purposes.

By the end of this training course, you should be able to:

Create professional PowerPoint presentations using layouts, templates and themes suited to different audiences and contexts
Design visually effective slides using layout principles, text formatting and multimedia elements including images, audio, video and animations
Develop and customise data visualisations using tables, charts, SmartArt and combination graphics
Apply advanced design techniques including Slide Masters, custom templates and organisational branding
Incorporate interactivity and automation using transitions, animations, action buttons and hyperlinks
Manage and export presentations for multiple formats, including packaging, videos and linked content
Use productivity tools such as the Selection and Animation panes, Format Painter and design guides to streamline editing

Where this course can take you

During this training course, you will explore how to create presentations using a range of layouts, templates, and themes, and design effective slide layouts with clear text formatting. You will learn how to use multimedia elements such as images, audio, video, and animations to enhance engagement and communication.

The course also focuses on communicating complex information using tables, charts, SmartArt, and combination graphics. You will develop advanced design skills using Slide Masters, custom templates, and organisational branding, add interactivity and automation with transitions, action buttons, animations, and hyperlinks, and manage and export presentations in multiple formats. You will also learn how to link content from other Microsoft Office programs and streamline editing using tools such as the Selection pane, Animation pane, Format Painter, and design guides.