The skills and knowledge acquired in Microsoft PowerPoint Level 2 are sufficient to be able to build and enhance powerful, real-world presentations for sales, budgets, clubs and more. In this course you will learn how to enhance text in a presentation, add media features, setup a slide show and more.

Course Content

Text techniques

• Text pointers
• Adding text directly to a slide
• Formatting text
• Formatting paragraphs
• Changing bullet and numbering styles
• Editing text
• Applying simple wordart
• Deleting a text placeholder
• Using undo and redo

Tables and charts

• Understanding tables
• Creating a table
• Formatting a table
• About charts
• Creating a chart
• Changing chart types
• Applying a chart style
• Changing the chart layout

Modifying charts

• Chart elements
• Modifying chart data
• Deleting data series
• Changing the layout of chart
• Elements
• Formatting chart elements
• Working with pie charts

Modifying tables

• Formatting a table
• Formatting text as bullets
• Changing column width
• Changing row height
• Adding borders
• Adding shading

Slide masters

• Using slide masters
• Viewing the slide master
• Modifying the master font
• Modifying the bullet colour
• Changing the bullet shape
• Adding an image
• Adding slide numbers

Templates

• About templates
• Creating a blank presentation applying a theme
• Creating a new layout
• Customising a layout
• Adding content
• Creating a template
• Using a custom template

Importing into PowerPoint

• About object linking and embedding
• Copying word tables as embedded objects
• Inserting a new Excel table
• Copying and linking Excel tables
• Copying and linking Excel charts

Media and action buttons

• About movies and sounds
• Inserting a movie clip
• Inserting a sound clip
• Action buttons
• Creating action buttons
• Creating a custom action button
• Assigning an action
• Testing action buttons

Setting up shows

• Self-running presentations
• Applying timings for a kiosk
• Using rehearsed timings
• Setting up the show for a kiosk
• Setting up a speaker-led show
• Creating a custom show
• Packaging presentations for CD

Getting help

• Understanding how help works
• Accessing the help window
• Browsing for help
• Returning to the home page
• Using the table of contents
• Searching using keywords
• Disconnecting online help
• Printing a help topic
• Working with screen tips
• Dialog box help
• Other sources of help

Course Delivery

Presenter taught computer based training

Course Outcomes

At the completion of Microsoft PowerPoint Level 2 you should be able to:

• insert text into a slide and modify it
• create and work with tables and charts
• modify charts in a presentation
• modify and work effectively with tables
• view and modify slide masters
• create and use custom templates
• import data into PowerPoint from a number of different applications
• insert movie and sound clips and work with action buttons
• set up a presentation based on how it is to be delivered
• find the information you need in Help

Suitable for

Microsoft PowerPoint Level 2 is designed for users who are keen to broaden their understanding and knowledge of the software. It is ideal for people who work in areas where effective presenting of information is important.

Before the course

Microsoft PowerPoint Level 2 assumes some prior knowledge of the software and it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.

Assessment

Certificate of attendance.