Microsoft PowerPoint Course (Intermediate / Advanced) | Online or Toronto

Microsoft® PowerPoint® Intermediate / Advanced Course (Instructor-led)

Course Dates: May 1/2, 2024 (Online in virtual classroom or In-person) | June 17/18, 2024 (Online in virtual classroom or In-person) | Check for more dates (Virtual classroom or In-person) >

Duration: 2 days - 9 am - 4 pm (ET)

Microsoft PowerPoint Versions: 2016 | 2019 | 2021 | 365 (Windows)

Delivery Methods (Instructor-led): In-person (live classroom) training or Online in virtual classroom format

Course Fee: $495 CAD per person (Virtual classroom), $545 CAD per person (Bring your own device for live classroom courses) or $595 CAD per person + HST (Avantix Learning provides device for live classroom courses)*

Virtual Classroom: Virtual classroom courses are led by a live instructor and run from 9 am to 4 pm (Eastern Time) with a 15 minute break in the morning and in the afternoon and a 1 hour break for lunch.

In-person (Live Classroom) Course Location: Our live classroom courses are offered in downtown Toronto at the Toronto Eaton Centre or at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (some Avantix Learning courses may be held at an alternate downtown Toronto location). Location will be confirmed when you register.

Learning Path: Level 2

Prerequisite: Microsoft PowerPoint: Introduction or equivalent knowledge and skills.

Custom training: Available on request. Contact us to arrange a date.

Public scheduled courses are delivered as live instructor-led classroom training or virtual classroom training (as indicated). Bring your own device rates apply to live classroom courses. Some courses / formats may have a minimum enrollment requirement.

*Some courses and formats may be subject to a minimum enrollment requirement.

Make your PowerPoint presentations stand out and learn lots of time-saving strategies during this hands-on training course. Students will create presentations using outlines, themes, custom masters and templates. Images, drawing objects, SmartArt, tables and charts will be inserted on slides and formatted in various ways. Many types of animations and transitions will be applied and participants will run slide shows using different techniques. Students will add movies, sounds and hyperlinks to presentations to bring them to the next level. Throughout this hands-on course, the instructor will include numerous tips, tricks and shortcuts. Each student will also receive a full course manual.

What's included

Included in this course:

• Comprehensive course manual
• Keyboard shortcuts quick reference
• Sample and exercise files (new files added regularly)
• Refreshments (for classes conducted in Avantix Learning classrooms)
• Certificate of completion on request
• Follow-up email support

Course topics

Key Concepts in PowerPoint

• Working in PowerPoint’s different views
• Rearranging a presentation using various strategies
• Applying and resetting slide layouts
• Using keyboard shortcuts for navigating and selecting

Customizing PowerPoint

• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar to include common and hidden buttons
• Changing key PowerPoint options

Working with Themes

• Understanding theme components
• Comparing themes and templates
• Applying built-in themes to format a presentation
• Using a theme from another presentation or template
• Creating and saving your own theme, colour theme and font theme

Creating and Editing Slide Masters and Layouts

• Editing the slide master and layouts in the Slide Master view
• Changing backgrounds on slide masters and layouts
• Adding footer items and logos on slide masters and layouts
• Creating new slide layouts in the Slide Master view
• Preserving slide masters
• Importing masters from other presentations

Importing Slides and Content

• Importing slides from other PowerPoint presentations (with or without formatting)
• Benefits of reusing vs copying slides
• Importing content from Microsoft Word and creating presentations automatically
• Key issues when importing from Microsoft Word
• Importing data from Excel in PowerPoint (linked or unlinked)

Inserting and Formatting Images

• Inserting images into presentations
• Resizing images using different strategies
• Nudging images
• Cropping images in different ways
• Making pictures lighter or darker and changing contrast
• Changing picture color
• Applying special effects to images
• Removing backgrounds from images using different tools
• Making an image transparent (changing opacity)
• Reducing file size

Animating Text and Pictures

• Adding entrance, exit and emphasis animation effects to text and pictures
• Setting animation effect options
• Adding animation effects to multiple objects on a slide
• Removing animations

Displaying Information in Tables

• Inserting and formatting tables using table tools
• Inserting and deleting rows and columns
• Applying different types of formatting to tables
• Inserting Excel data into a slide as a table or an object

Creating Shapes, SmartArt and WordArt

• Drawing, resizing and formatting shapes
• Quickly duplicating shapes
• Using PowerPoint shortcuts to copy formatting to multiple shapes
• Inserting SmartArt to create pre-defined drawing objects such as cycle diagrams, Venn diagrams, organization charts and other diagrams
• Formatting SmartArt objects
• Creating text effects with WordArt
• BONUS EXTRAS: Applying a spotlight and other tricks to focus on part of an image or slide area by combining drawing objects and animations

Visualizing Data using Charts

• Inserting a chart on a slide
• Editing the datasheet and returning to PowerPoint
• Applying different formats to chart elements
• Changing the chart type
• Using tips and tricks when working with charts
• Saving time by creating a chart template

Animating Shapes, SmartArt and Charts

• Adding entrance, exit and emphasis animation effects to shapes, SmartArt and Charts
• Setting animation effect options
• Adding motion path animations
• Specific recommendations for animating charts and SmartArt
• BONUS EXTRA: Quickly copying animations from one object to another

Inserting, Formatting and Managing Audio and Video

• Inserting video and sound / audio into presentations
• Controlling the playback settings of multimedia files
• Embedding vs linking videos and sounds
• Trimming video and sound files
• Changing video brightness, contrast and colour
• Displaying a starting frame for a video
• Adding and removing bookmarks
• Playing videos and sounds from a bookmark location
• Packaging a presentation with linked files
• BONUS EXTRA: Inserting text to appear at specific times over videos during a slide show

Automating Navigation with Hyperlinks

• Creating non-linear presentations using hyperlinks
• Navigating using text and image hyperlinks
• Linking to other slides, PowerPoint presentations, a web site or other Microsoft Office files such as an Excel spreadsheet
• Editing and formatting hyperlinks
• Using hyperlinks on masters and layouts
• Creating a main menu slide with hyperlinks

Running Slide Shows Efficiently

• Running a slide show and using various tips and tricks to control the show
• Jumping to a specific slide during a show
• Applying transition effects to slides that appear during a slide show
• Controlling timing of transitions

Running Custom Shows

• Saving time by creating different shows for multiple audiences
• Running a custom show using different strategies
• Updating shows

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Who will benefit

This course has been designed for PowerPoint users who have completed the Microsoft PowerPoint: Introduction training or have equivalent knowledge and skills.

Can I bring my own device?

Absolutely! If you choose to bring your own device to a live classroom course, you will receive a reduced rate. Be sure to bring a power cord and a mouse is helpful.

Microsoft Office training series

Other courses in this series include:

Microsoft PowerPoint: Introduction

Microsoft PowerPoint: Design for Non-Designers

Microsoft PowerPoint: Animations Bootcamp (Intermediate to Advanced Animation Techniques)

Microsoft Excel: Intermediate / Advanced

Microsoft Word: Intermediate / Advanced

Microsoft Access: Intermediate / Advanced

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About Avantix Learning courses

Avantix Learning offers live instructor-led classroom courses and virtual classroom courses allowing personal interaction between the students and the instructor. We specialize in small classes, typically ranging from 6 to 10 students to ensure an optimal student to instructor ratio.

Live classroom courses are offered in downtown Toronto at 18 King Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Some courses may also be offered at an alternate downtown Toronto location.

Virtual classroom courses are delivered online by a live instructor in a virtual classroom environment.

Our top-notch instructors have years of experience in the business world and students are encouraged to ask questions during our courses. Avantix Learning senior instructors have 15 or more years of experience. A complete profile of the instructor leading a specific course is available on request.

Questions?

Have a question? Email us at info@avantixlearning.ca.

You can also find information about all of our courses on our web site at www.avantixlearning.ca.

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