MS PowerPoint – intermediate

Why take this course

Want to create presentations that capture attention and effectively convey your ideas? This training will show you how to take full advantage of MS PowerPoint and Microsoft 365 to prepare professional, modern presentations — for both business meetings and remote work. You will learn practical techniques to boost your efficiency and creativity, as well as tools for cloud-based collaboration and modern presentation solutions.

What you’ll learn

• Correct and efficient use of MS PowerPoint
• Creating and modifying slide masters
• Designing clear and engaging slide layouts
• Using custom slide shows for better audience interaction
• Applying advanced animations, including motion paths
• Effective use of Microsoft 365 and cloud-based work
• Integrating PowerPoint with other apps such as Excel and SWAY
• Creating presentations with 3D elements
• Modern techniques for sharing and securing presentations

Certification & Exam

Upon completing the course, you will receive a personalized certificate confirming your intermediate-level MS PowerPoint skills – including creating professional presentations, working with slide masters, animations, and Microsoft 365 features. There is no final exam – active participation in the sessions is enough.

Who is this course for

• Individuals with a solid knowledge of the MS PowerPoint environment
• Users looking to advance their skills to the intermediate level
• Marketing, sales, and communications professionals
• People preparing business and educational presentations
• Microsoft 365 users wanting to work more effectively in the cloud

Topics covered

1. PowerPoint – rules for professional work with presentations

• Ways of printing presentations
• Creating diagrams
• Copying tables and charts from Excel
• Hyperlinks and actions
• Presenter view
• Organizational chart
• Using Icons and 3D objects
• Printing slides and handouts
• Security options
• Selection of appropriate color tones
• Kinds of presentations tailored to the type of audience
• Overview of the latest trends in business presentations

2. PowerPoint – creative approach to presentations

• Content planning
• Transparency of the presentation
• PowerPoint – a non-traditional approach
• Slide master – how to build your own slide layouts
• Custom show – something other from the usual. Attract the attention of your audience and let them give direction to your presentation
• Advanced animations using motion paths. Create any animation on your own

3. PowerPoint – Microsoft 365: work in the cloud

• What are the advantages of working in the cloud?
• The comparison of desktop and cloud versions
• What distinguishes the cloud version and what are its’ limitations?
• Version history
• Sharing files to people who do not have Microsoft Office
• Sharing files in the cloud
• Converting speech to text

4. SWAY – Microsoft 365: work in the cloud

• A whole new approach to presentations
• Presentation with the look of a website
• Prepare the presentation in seconds, based on Word
• Sharing presentations in the web
• QR codes as a way to reach clients