STANDARD COURSES Access ACT! Dreamweaver Excel Flash FrontPage Illustrator InDesign Office 2007 Outlook Photoshop Powerpoint Introduction Intermediate Workshop Executive Presentation Skill Rehearsal Project Soft Skills Technical Skills Visio Windows Vista Word Course Fees	POWERPOINT INTRODUCTION Duration: 1 day Versions Available: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010 COURSE OUTLINE     Getting Started What is PowerPoint? Starting PowerPoint Types of mouse actions Parts of the screen Views The office assistant Creating a new presentation Creating a new slide Parts of a slide Creating a title slide Bulleted list slides Moving around a presentation Deleting text Undo & Redo Moving and copying The Clipboard Task Pane File Saving a new presentation Closing a presentation Opening an existing presentation Saving an existing presentation Quitting PowerPoint Formatting Text Changing the font and text size Adding character formatting Using format font Text alignment Changing case Line spacing Formatting bullets and numbering Switching from Colour to Black & White Show formatting Slide Master Organisation Charts and Diagrams Adding an Organisation Chart or Diagram to a slide Adding/deleting boxes and lines Moving boxes Using the Style Gallery Using Templates Changing Templates Presentation setup Proofing Tools Spelling Tables Creating a table Typing text in a table Selecting text in a table The tables and borders toolbar Changing column widths Changing row height Aligning Table borders and shading Clip Art The Clip Art Gallery Selecting objects and deselecting Moving and copying an object Working with objects The drawing toolbar Selecting & deselecting objects Deleting an object Moving & copying an object AutoShapes Customising drawn objects Copying attributes Flipping and rotating objects Text boxes WordArt Graphs Inserting a graph Parts of the graph window The standard toolbar Charting concepts Entering data Moving around in a datasheet Viewing the datasheet Changing the chart type Formatting chart objects Returning to your PowerPoint Slide Editing a chart Printing Print Preview Printing the Presentation Printing a range of slides Printing an outline Printing audience handouts Printing notes pages Using Slide Sorter view Using Outline view Working with on-screen slide show Transition effects Creating animated slides Running a slide show Ending a slide show POWERPOINT INTERMEDIATE Duration: 1 day Versions Available: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010 COURSE OUTLINE     Advanced Formatting Changing case Formatting bullets Tabs Moving a tab setting Deleting a tab Password Protection Tables Using the Tables and Borders toolbar Adding rows and columns Align top, centre or bottom Aligning figures using decimal tabs in a table Left or right aligning text in a table Inserting special characters Pictures, Sound and Video Inserting Pictures, Sound and Videos Inserting an item which is not in Clip Art Gallery Inserting multiple pictures Saving a picture Picture compression Picture rotation Photo Album Sizing and moving ClipArt and pictures Selecting an object in a group Visible grid Cropping a picture Recolouring an image Aligning objects Customising drawing objects Positioning objects Grouping objects Inserting WordArt, Text boxes Moving between slides Tips Annotating slides during a slide show Displaying a hidden slide during a Slide Show Self-Running Slide Shows Pack and Go Graphs Including or excluding rows and columns Deleting columns and rows Adding columns and rows Plotting data by row or by column Changing the fill of data series Importing data from Excel Using Paste Link Organisation Charts Changing the style of the organisation chart Selecting boxes and lines Deleting a box Moving boxes Using the Style Gallery Changing a Presentation's Look Presentation Setup Slide Design - colour schemes Changing the Slide background Slide Master Multiple master pages Proofing Tools AutoCorrect Inserting comments in a presentation Making revisions Working with an On-Screen Slide Show Animation effects Running an On-Screen Slide Show Customisation Editing an existing toolbar Creating a new toolbar Recording a macro Running a macro Hyperlinks Action buttons Action settings POWERPOINT WORKSHOP For our workshop courses which include presentation tips and tricks, please contact us. EXECUTIVE PRESENTATION SKILL REHEARSAL Duration: 1/2 day or 1 day Do You Know? One-to-One voice and presentation skill rehearsal is available to help you maximise impact and deliver at a winning level of performance every time. It is fast, effective and confidential. One-to-One voice and presentation skill rehearsal is beneficial whether you are giving a key-note speech, addressing conferences, shareholders or fellow board members, speaking at seminars or motivating staff, presenting to colleagues or clients. How Will I Benefit? You will transform your presentations. You will understand how best to 'command' your audience and reap the desired result from them. You will achieve higher levels of performance. What Do I Get? An expert coach with both professional 'voice and performance' skills plus experience in the business sector. A high value, interactive, learning experience. The opportunity to significantly improve your presentation skills. The opportunity to enhance your reputation and the reputation of your company. All consultations are designed to meet individual client's needs. "I had given many presentations before without particularly high acclaim. However, with Dawn Roberts' expert preparation for a major presentation to the Italian Treasury Ministry and a key group of Italian tax lawyers, feedback was extremely positive and indeed unprecedented." (Dott Quirino Walter Imbimbo, Studio Calmetta-Manganelli Ricci - Milano).		"Not only have Merrill Consultants provided us with consistently first rate IT support and training including Outlook 2003 and Powerpoint, they have also become a valuable associate organisation. Eddy & Co. would like to thank them for their unstinting, professional work. We look forward to continuing our relationship". Edwina Hughes, Managing Director, Business Consultancy and Training company.