PowerPoint 2021 – For professional presentations

This course is aimed at users that know how to create a simple slide show, but who wish to optimise the slide show creation process using masters, themes, sections, by adding tables, videos, sounds and by animating the objects on the slide in order to make the presentation seem more professional. After pursuing this course, you will be able to finalise all your PowerPoint presentations, giving them a professional touch.

Target audience:
Any user who wants to discover or further their knowledge of PowerPoint’s basics.

Level required:
No prior knowledge of PowerPoint is necessary.

MEDIAplus elearning
This module offers interactive training consisting of 44 training videos, 44 exercises and 3 additional resources.
PowerPoint 2021 – Optimise and animate your slide shows

• Use masters and themes – Theme
  • About the slide master
  • Customising a theme
  • Using slide masters
  • Modifying layouts
  • Modifying placeholders in the master
  • Using several masters
  • The notes master
  • The handout Master
• Optimise the slide show’s contents (text, picture, sound and video) – Theme
  • Notes page
  • Synonyms and translation
  • Finding and replacing text
  • Drawing shapes
  • Creating a text box or WordArt object
  • Inserting and saving a picture
  • Formatting pictures
  • Managing pictures
  • Creating a hyperlink
  • Inserting slides from another presentation
  • Sections
  • Inserting audio/video clips
  • Managing audio/video clips
  • Inserting an object from another application
• Add tables – Theme
  • Creating and inserting a table
  • Table styles
  • Editing and formatting a table
  • Managing a table’s rows and columns
  • Managing a table’s cells
• Add animations – Theme
  • Associating an action with an object
  • Animating objects
  • Customising animation effects
  • Animating text
  • Running animations automatically
  • Transition effects
  • Auto-scrolling slides
  • Custom slide shows
  • Choosing the slides for the slide show
  • Setting up the slide show and the written comments
• Optimise the presentations – Theme
  • Creating a presentation from a Word document
  • You need to know: Styles and templates
  • Creating and using a presentation template
  • Creating a photo album
  • Creating a Package on a CD or in a folder
  • You need to know: Import, export and interoperability with PowerPoint
  • Exporting to common formats
  • Converting a PowerPoint presentation
  • Presentation properties
  • You need to know: Best practice with a presentation program

Video
This module offers to view a video lasting 22 minutes
Microsoft Office: use cases – Excel, Word or PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 subscription

• Excel, Word or PowerPoint with a Microsoft 365 subscription
  • The Office suite with or without an Microsoft 365 subscription: what are the differences?
  • Creating and saving Office files in OneDrive, SharePoint Online or Teams
  • Editing an Office file from OneDrive, SharePoint or Teams
  • Sharing Office files with other contributors or people from outside your organization
  • Co-editing a file

Additional book
This module includes digital course material.
PowerPoint – Reference book

Additional MEDIAplus elearning content
This module offers interactive training consisting of 42 training videos, 42 exercises and 7 additional resources.
PowerPoint 2021 – Slide show creation basics