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PowerPoint
Training Guide
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Microsoft
PowerPoint - Our training guide |
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If
you would like to use our training services,
below is a list of topics that will take your PowerPoint knowledge
beyond the level of any books. Contact Customer
Services, let us know what you need to brush up on, we'll
give you an honest appraisal of what it might take.
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There are some things in life
that are either made difficult to understand or they are difficult
to understand. Well Microsoft PowerPoint® is neither. We can clear
up any techno mist that you may have with this program, and give you
a helping hand with your design sensibility in the process! Look at
our training guide below, we don't necessarily recommend that you
need to know everything about PowerPoint but there is more than likely
something we can help with. Contact us
to discuss training options, that would suit YOU!
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PowerPoint
- Design & Layout |
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Slide
Layout
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Basic
but important rules
Information overload!
Bullet Points
Colour Choices
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Typeface
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Where
most people go wrong
Multiple Fonts
Size and Weight
Style
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Backgrounds
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Built-in
Templates - YUK!
Master Background, Styles and Colour Scheme
Customise your own backgrounds - look a little different
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PowerPoint
- Functional Tips |
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Arranging,
Positioning,
Aligning & Sizing Objects
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The
keyboard & mouse controls you should know
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Autocorrect
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When
it should be used
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Selecting
Text
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Easier
than you ever thought
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Use
of Builds, Reveals,
Animations & Sounds
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Liven
up animations and sounds
but don't go CRAZZZY! |
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Use
of transitions
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Keep
it simple |
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Wizards
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Yes,
they have their place |
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Output
options:
Data projectors or slides?
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Too
important to keep for the technical bit - we tell you
why
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Scanning
transparencies
or hardcopy
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The
principles - don't worry they're similar!
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Importing
images/
pictures to PowerPoint
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Please
Please Please - Insert DON'T Paste
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Image
resolution
(understanding pixels/dpi)
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What to remember - forget the rest! |
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The
correct image format
(JPEG, TIFF, PICT, GIF)
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Pictures,
Vectors, Bitmaps |
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File
Size
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How to keep it down
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Annotating
images
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Drawing
can be fun |
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Screen
grabs: Macs can do it,
PC's can do it
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So
can you |
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PowerPoint
- Technical Issues |
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Transferring
large
presentations
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Pack
& Go / Winzip / Stuffit |
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Zip
drives for storing very
large presentations
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Not
much more to say - except use 100mb PC format cartridges!
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Importing
video
frames to PC
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3
simple steps for successful stills
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Importing
movies
to PowerPoint
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Wow! High kudos factor |
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The
resolution needed for
large screen display
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We've
told you before - but you're gonna here it again |
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Running
your presentation
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How to control a runaway train
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The
danger of hyperlinks
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What's
a hyperlink? |
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Presenting
via projectors
rather than monitors
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Square plugs seldom fit round holes |
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Presenting
via a PC
without PowerPoint
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It's free and they give it away! |
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