Training Course Outline
Enhancing PowerPoint 2013 slide shows
- Slide show transitions
- Adding a sound to an animation
- Controlling the animation duration
- Controlling the slide advancement
- Applying an animation to all slides
- Controlling slide show looping
- Applying settings so that slides advance manually
- Setting a slide show to use timings
- Enabling or disabling slide show animations
- Controlling a slide show
Custom slide shows
- Creating custom slide shows
- Running a custom slide show
- Editing a custom slide show
- Copying and deleting custom slide shows
Diagrams within PowerPoint 2013
- Creating and formatting an organisation chart
- Creating a cycle diagram
- Changing the SmartArt style
- Creating a pyramid diagram
- Displaying the SmartArt text pane
- Changing the pyramid shape layout
- Applying a SmartStyle to a pyramid shape.
Charts in PowerPoint 2013
- Customizing the chart title
- Customizing the chart legend
- Customizing chart axes labels
- Changing chart type
- Customizing chart gap and overlaps
- Using images in chart columns or rows
- Formatting the plot and chart area using graphics
- Customizing axis scales
PowerPoint 2013 video and audio
- Inserting a video and controlling playback
- Changing the brightness and contrast of a video
- Re-colouring a video
- Adding a poster frame image to a video
- Resetting a video
- Applying a video style
- Playing a video within a shape
- Changing the colour and weight of a video border
- Applying special effects to a video
- Trimming a video
- Video looping
- Using audio
PowerPoint 2013 animation
- Applying animation effects to text and graphics
- Animation triggers
- Using the animation painter
- Creating custom animation effects
- Modifying custom animation settings
- Changing the custom animation sequence
- Using custom animation to fade bulleted paragraphs
- Animating chart columns by series
- Animating SmartArt
Action buttons in PowerPoint 2013
- Action buttons – linking to a different slide
- Action buttons – linking to a specific slide
- Action buttons – linking to a URL
- Action buttons – linking to custom shows
- Action buttons – linking to a different file
Linking and embedding within PowerPoint
- Linking data into a slide and displaying the data as an icon object
- Linking and updating objects
- Breaking a link
- Inserting a link to a picture file
- Embedding data into a slide and displaying it as an object
- Editing embedded data
Hyperlinks and PowerPoint 2013
- Creating, editing and deleting hyperlinks
Merging, comparing & exporting within PowerPoint 2013
- Merging slides from one presentation into another presentation
- Merging a Microsoft Word outline into a presentation
- Comparing presentations
- Saving a slide as a separate graphics file
- Using the screen shot feature
Sharing PowerPoint 2013 presentations
- Marking as final
- Permissions – encrypting with a password
- Converting a presentation to a video
- Packing a presentation for a cd
- Saving as a pdf (adobe acrobat) format
PowerPoint 2013 presentation design & compatibility issues
- Planning your presentation
- Turn off your computer screen saver
- Issues relating to presentation timing
- Using graphics, diagrams and charts to convey ideas
- Limiting the level of detail within a presentation
- Using a consistent design scheme and adequate colour contrast
- Accessibility considerations when designing a presentation
- Using alt (alternative) text tags
- The accessibility checker
- The document inspector
- The compatibility checker
Available separately, as part of our Microsoft Office 2013 courseware bundle, or as part of the full IT Courseware library