Microsoft PowerPoint is a graphical presentation program that helps you create professional, attention-getting presentations.
Creating a presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint involves starting with a basic design; adding new slides and content; choosing layouts; modifying slide design, if you want, by changing the color scheme or applying different design templates; and creating effects such as animated slide transitions. The information below focuses on the options available to you when you start the process.
You can add music and sounds from files on your computer, a network, the Internet, or Microsoft Clip Organizer. You can also record your own sounds to add to a presentation, or use music from a CD.
Admin, Creative, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Marketing and IT Professionals as well as anyone who needs create, edit, assemble, publish and distribute electronic presentations.
If you already know the basics of PowerPoint, this course will give you a productivity boost and will let you focus on creativity. Learn how to produce your own template by creating a colour scheme, selecting background fills, and building multiple masters. Get beyond text by inserting clip art, photographs, movies and sounds to add excitement to your presentation. Display your data artistically by inserting a bar or line chart and have your text come alive by using one of the pre-defined diagrams. Finally, add flair to your slides with the many new animation effects available to you in PowerPoint.