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Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced

Course Overview

Microsoft PowerPoint Advanced

This course is perfect for those who need to create dynamic, interactive, automated presentations for running on-screen slide shows or exporting presentations to be delivered in alternative formats.

Course Content

Using Multimedia

  • Inserting audio files
  • Using video files
  • Automating video and sound clips

Importing, Exporting, Linking and Embedding

  • Linking and embedding copied objects
  • Creating a presentation from a Word document
  • Inserting slides from other presentations
  • Creating handouts in Word
  • Exporting presentations to video

Tabs, Indents and Paragraph Spacing

  • Indenting text
  • Creating and using tab stops
  • Aligning text and line spacing

Working with Tables

  • Creating tables
  • Inserting and deleting rows and columns
  • Changing row heights and column widths
  • Formatting tables
  • Merging and splitting cells

More on Drawing Tools

  • Arranging and aligning objects
  • Grouping and merging objects
  • Creating a flowchart
  • Custom pictures
  • Creating photo albums

Themes and Masters

  • Customising themes
  • Working with slide masters
  • Notes and handout masters
  • Adding headers and footers
  • Creating and using custom templates

Animation, Hyperlinks and Actions

  • Adding animation
  • Animation timings
  • Creating hyperlinks
  • Automating slide shows with actions

More on Slide Shows

  • Setting up a slide show
  • Saving a show
  • Slide show options
  • Rehearsing and reviewing timings
  • Creating a custom show
  • Organising slides in sections

Located at: Online and face-to-face

Course Start: View dates

Course length: 1 day

Course Code: STT0029

Upcoming Course Dates

No current dates available.

Course Fees and Funding

How much does the course cost?

Open participant course: £195.00 per person (maximum 10 people)
Closed company course: £1,000.00 per course (maximum 10 people)

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The course information on this page was last updated 08 April 2026.