Essentials of Microsoft PowerPoint

3 Hours

Course Overview

This instructor-led course covers the essential tools used to create and edit your own presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. You will create a presentation with multiple slides that will include text, bullets, and clip art.

Course Objectives

Create a new presentation which includes a title slide, bulleted list slide, and clip art slide
Format text slides by modifying the font, style, size, and color
Insert, position, and resize clip art
Turn a presentation into a slide show and add transitions and timings
Use PowerPoint templates to streamline creating presentations

Course Outline

Understanding the PowerPoint Environment

Understanding PowerPoint Terminology
Examining Important Screen Elements
Opening Presentations
Exploring the Main PowerPoint Views
Navigating through Presentations
Closing Presentations

Creating Title and Bullet List Slides

Creating Presentations
Changing the Slide Layouts
Entering Text on Slides
Changing the Format of Text Placeholders
Creating Bulleted List Slides
Changing Bullet Levels
Using the Increase and Decrease Font Buttons
Reversing Actions Using the Undo Command
Adding Notes to Slides
Saving Presentations

Working with Text Placeholders and Graphics

Working with Text Placeholders
Inserting Graphics
Resizing Pictures
Moving Pictures
Deleting Pictures

Creating Slide Shows

Switching to Slide Sorter View
Moving, Copying, and Deleting Slides in Slide Sorter View
Adding Transitions and Timings to Slide Shows
Starting Slide Shows

Using PowerPoint Templates

Applying Themes
Printing Presentations
Starting Presentations Based on Templates
Exiting PowerPoint

Cost and Delivery Format Options

We offer the above listed class as a private group class in the following delivery formats. Any two 3-hour Microsoft classes must be scheduled on the same day to receive pricing (9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm).

Private Group Class: Live Virtual
1-4 students	$850
5-8 students	$1000
9-12 students*	$1100
*$35 per additional student

Private Group Class: At Your Location
1-4 students	$1100
5-8 students	$1250
9-12 students*	$1350
*$35 per additional student

Private Group Training

Private group classes are cost effective when you have a group of students who need the same course. Volume discounts of 5% to 20% are available when five or more training days are scheduled. For classes conducted at your location, you are responsible for the classroom setup which should include:

A computer for each student (with the appropriate software installed), and
An instructor workstation connected to a visual display (e.g., projector, smartboard, etc.).

Customization

Softek can easily customize a training course that covers the specific topics you require and integrate examples relevant to your work environment. Course customization is billed at $150 per hour and covers time needed to meet, discuss, prepare, and incorporate any specific examples into the training program. Once we have a better idea of what you have in mind, we will be glad to provide a specific price quote for the customization.