We are now back to full face-to-face training at client site. We are also offering Introductory PowerPoint 365 training by videoconferencing means, usually via Microsoft Teams or Zoom, if this is your preference. Click for more information about remote training.
Introductory PowerPoint 365 training – Provisional Course Outline
Aims of the Introductory PowerPoint 365 course
The Introductory PowerPoint 365 training course aims to introduce delegates with little or no understanding of the Microsoft PowerPoint 365 software to the basic features of the package. We train PowerPoint at your site across Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire.
| Number on course | Price per day |
|---|---|
| 1 - 1 training | £315 + VAT |
| 2 - 4 people | £495 + VAT |
| 5 - 8 people | £645 + VAT |
Course Objectives
On completion of this Introductory PowerPoint 365 training course delegates should understand and be able to accomplish basic operations associated with creating, formatting and preparing presentations for distribution and display. Delegates should also be able to create a variety of presentations for different target audiences or situations. Delegates should also gain the ability to accomplish basic operations with graphics and charts and to use various slide show effects.
The course is of one day’s duration.
How the course is run – This instructor-led course has a hands-on approach, with plenty of opportunity for delegates to practise the new skills they learn at the computer.
Pre-requisites – Delegates attending the course should preferably have a basic understanding of the Windows environment and use of the keyboard and mouse.
Course Outline
Getting Started
- Opening PowerPoint
- Creating a presentation
- Saving a presentation
- Closing PowerPoint
- Converting presentations
- Compatibility checker
- Switching between open presentations
- Using Help functions
- Using the Zoom tool
Developing a Presentation
- Understanding the uses of different presentation view modes
- Changing between presentation view modes
- Adding a new slide with a specific slide layout
- Changing between built-in slide layouts
Text and images
- Adding text to a presentation
- Editing slide content
- Changing font type
- Applying italics, bold, underlining, case changes, shadowing
- Using subscripts and superscripts
- Applying different colours to text font
- Centring and aligning text
- Adjusting line spacing
- Changing bullet type
- Text in columns
- Using undo and redo
- Inserting pictures into slides
- Copying and moving text and images between slides and between presentations
- Resizing pictures
- Removing background of pictures
- Deleting text and images
Graphics, Charts and Drawing Tools
- Creating and modifying column, bar, line and pie charts
- Creating SmartArt from a bulleted list
- Adding lines
- Moving lines
- Changing line colour
- Modifying line width
- Adding various shapes
- Adding a free drawn line
- Rotating, flipping, changing shape attributes
- Applying shadow
Master Slides
- Changing slide background colour
- Inserting images into a master slide
- Removing images from a master slide
- Adding text to slide footers
- Applying automatic slide numbering
- Automatically updating dates on slides
Slide Show Effects
- Adding and changing preset animation effects
- Adding slide transition effects
Printing and Distribution
- Selecting appropriate output formats
- Changing slide orientation
- Adding notes for the presenter to slides
- Numbering the slides
- Using spell-check
- Previewing the presentation document in different views
- Printing slides in various views and output formats
- Hiding and showing slides
- Starting a slide show
- Starting a slide show on any slide
To request further details of any of our courses, or to make a booking, please contact us by ringing 01747 820396 or 07477 578417 or by sending an email to info@archwayct.co.uk or filling in our contact form.
Clients who have benefitted from our Introductory PowerPoint training include:
PowerPoint training Dorset locations include:
| Bournemouth | Poole | Sherborne | Shaftesbury |
| Gillingham | Christchurch | Ferndown | Wimborne |
| Blandford Forum | Dorchester | Weymouth | Verwood |
| Merley | Wareham | Bridport | Lulworth |
| St Leonards |
PowerPoint training Wiltshire locations include:
| Salisbury | Swindon | Trowbridge | Chippenham |
| Devizes | Marlborough | Warminster | Tisbury |
| Melksham | Westbury | Corsham | Amesbury |
| Tidworth | Bradford-on-Avon | Bulford Camp | Porton |
| Calne | Highworth | Wootton Bassett | Wroughton |
| Malmesbury |
PowerPoint training Hampshire locations include:
| Southampton | Winchester | Portsmouth | Basingstoke |
| Andover | Petersfield | Ringwood | Havant |
| Gosport | Farnborough | Aldershot | Romsey |
| Eastleigh | Fleet | Alton | Fareham |
| Totton | Hedge End | Stubbington | Bishop’s Waltham |
PowerPoint training Somerset locations include:
| Bath | Yeovil | Wincanton | Frome |
| Taunton | Weston-Super-Mare | Midsomer Norton | Shepton Mallet |
| Radstock | Paulton | Bridgwater | Burnham-on-Sea |
| Chard | Cheddar | Clevedon | Crewkerne |
| Glastonbury |