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MSPW2W - Graphics in Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations 2003

Do you know how to work with MS PowerPoint 2003 but feel that it is not capable of creating high-quality presentations? Do you think it is important to know something about graphics, colour psychology or maybe font use if you want to create a high-quality presentation? Would you like to present your figures and charts in the most effective way? Would you like to consult the visual look of your presentation with other colleagues? Then this workshop is for you: you will hear valuable advice about the visual look of presentations and a critique on a presentation you bring in, and you can then experiment with a number of different tricks on your own slides.

Who the course is for

  • Everyone who creates presentations in MS PowerPoint 2003
  • Managers who make their own presentations
  • Assistants who prepare presentations for their boss

What we teach you

  • To think about the purpose of a presentation, slide and graphic element
  • How to create slides suited to the intended purpose
  • Fundamental principles of graphics
  • Principles of using colours, fonts, font size etc.
  • How to express your ideas with a slide

Required skills

  • MS PowerPoint skills corresponding to course MSPW1
  • Basic user knowledge of the Windows environment
  • Recommended – Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
Each participant should bring his own presentation (at least 3 slides) to work with during the workshop. (Presentations may be brought in on CD or flash disk.)

Teaching methods

Expert instruction with practical examples, computer practice

Teaching materials

Books published by specialist publishers.

Course syllabus

Introduction

  • Participants show their own presentations
  • Presentations are mapped and the key tasks required in the presentations are defined

Purpose of a visual aid

  • Various purposes of a visual aid and how it influences the visual look of a slide/presentation
  • Finding the purpose in the specimen slides and modifying the slides

Fundamental principles of graphics

  • Explanation of the fundamental principles of graphics (e.g. uniformity, empty space, contrast, simplicity…)
  • Modifying a specimen slide according to fundamental graphics principles
  • Psychology of background and foreground colours in a presentation
  • Font formatting
  • Rules for slide backgrounds

Graphics tips for working with:

  • numbers
  • tables
  • charts
  • texts
  • images

Applied section

  • Joint and individual modification of slides based on the key tasks defined in the opening section
  • Joint and individual search for optimal solutions to participants’ slides

Closing presentation of modified slides with commentary

Recommended prior courses

PCWI - PC and Windows – For Beginners
MSPW1 - Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 – Basic Course

Catalog price of course and handbook

Locality Course price ex VAT Price of handbook ex VAT Number IT points
 Praha   2900 Kč  --   0 items
 Brno   2700 Kč  --   0 items

Course dates

Course date Course length Locality Price ex VAT Handbook ex VAT  Speaker language  
 13.10.2010   1   GOPAS Praha   2900 Kč included in course price Course Guaranteed course date
 09.12.2010   1   GOPAS Praha   2900 Kč included in course price Course Guaranteed course date
 25.02.2011   1   GOPAS Praha   2900 Kč included in course price Course Guaranteed course date
 22.04.2011   1   GOPAS Praha   2900 Kč included in course price Course Guaranteed course date
 22.09.2010   1   GOPAS Brno  2295 Kč included in course price Course Guaranteed course date
 24.11.2010   1   GOPAS Brno   2700 Kč included in course price Course
 21.01.2011   1   GOPAS Brno   2700 Kč included in course price Course
 25.03.2011   1   GOPAS Brno   2700 Kč included in course price Course
 27.10.2010   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course
 01.12.2010   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course
 29.12.2010   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course
 02.02.2011   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course
 02.03.2011   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course
 30.03.2011   1   GOPAS Bratislava   95 EUR included in course price Course

If none of the offered dates suits you, please contact our customer service department on tel. +420 234 064 900-3 (Prague), +420 542 219 935-6 (Brno).