During this module you will learn to use the advanced topics and functionalities in PowerPoint, to make your presentations look even more professional.

Inserting complex objects into slides

• Insert an image (your own image or online) and edit it in detail (size, position, crop, brightness, etc.)
• Add and customize a schedule (SmartArts)
• Insert and edit a table
• Inserting (drawing) and formatting graphic objects (aligning, positioning, grouping)
• Add charts (from Excel or directly in PowerPoint)
• Import objects from Word or Excel into PowerPoint; the possibilities of Paste Special
• Tips and tricks for creating professional slides: the balance between content, formatting, and animation

Animation techniques

• Manage transitions down to the last detail
• Add sound and video clips and edit them from PowerPoint
• Action buttons and hyperlinks to quickly go to other slides or to external documents/websites and more from your slideshow
• Set times and other options for an automatic slideshow
• Rehearsing times for a semi-automatic slideshow

Templates

• Using a template
• Work with multiple templates in a single slideshow
• Making small adjustments to a template, with respect for the corporate identity

Manage slideshows

• Slideshow-specific views
• Actions you can do during a slideshow: emphasize on a slide, draw, consult notes, jump to a slide...

Other output options

• Creation of handouts
• Export a slideshow with all objects in one package