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Skill Overview

Create presentations you can be confident in - even if you're brand new to PowerPoint. 

This hands-on course will show you how to design professional, clear,
and engaging presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Whether you're self-taught or a complete beginner, you’ll leave with the skills and confidence to create slides that support your message – not distract from it.

You’ll explore time-saving tips, slide design fundamentals, animations,
and more, with real-world examples throughout.

Learning Objectives

Getting Started with PowerPoint Confident Design
- What makes a great presentation?
- Exploring examples of effective slides
- Identifying common design pitfalls
- Considering the purpose and audience of your slides
- Overview of the PowerPoint interface and key features
- Understanding views: Normal, Slide Sorter, Outline
- Customising the Quick Access Toolbar

Creating and Editing Slides
- Creating title and bullet slides
- Working with text boxes and layout controls
- Using Outline View to build and edit structure
- Duplicating, deleting, and reordering slides

Design and Slide Formatting
- Choosing and applying design themes
- Customising backgrounds, bullets, colours and fonts
- Using the Slide Master for consistent branding

Working with Images and Graphics
- Inserting images, shapes, and SmartArt
- Creating diagrams, organisation charts and flowcharts
- Grouping, aligning, resizing, layering and formatting objects

Charts and Data Visualisation
- Creating charts directly in PowerPoint
- Importing and updating Excel charts
- Choosing the right chart for your message

Adding Animation and Transitions
- Animating text, objects and slides
- Entrance, Emphasis and Exit effects
- Applying and controlling slide transitions

Presenting and Printing
- Setting up and running your slideshow
- Presenter tips and shortcuts
- Printing slides, handouts, notes and outlines

Reflections & Planning
- Recap of key tools and techniques 
- Discussion: when and how to use animations effectively
- Action plan: applying what you’ve learned in your own presentations

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This course is ideal for:

- Anyone new to PowerPoint or self-taught and wanting to fill the gaps
- Professionals who create or present slides in meetings, pitches, or reports
- Admin staff, educators, or anyone who needs to deliver clear information

Prerequisites: No prior PowerPoint experience is needed. Confidence
using a keyboard and mouse is essential.

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