PowerPoint (2007 & 2010): Create Dynamic Financial Presentations with Business Graphics (133202-13)
Description
Most professionals are called upon to present information not only
verbally but with visual aids, handouts, and presentation software.
Applying graphics to represent or enhance data can help you make a
lasting impression on your audience. Whether you want to “wow” your
audience and/or convey a serious message simply, this course will give
you many examples of how to incorporate graphics into a presentation.
You can choose from the right pre-designed graphic or build your own
graphics and diagrams. A variety of software applications will be
discussed and demonstrated. (Format choices: “Lecture only with live
demo” or “hands-on, participants bring laptops”)
Learning Objectives
Learn to choose the best graphics for your topic and your audience
Create a presentation handout
Be able to place graphics into your
presentation slides
Learn to add animation when needed to control your
presentation
Acquire presenter tips for use during a presentation
Learn the important PowerPoint, Excel, Acrobat, Visio, and Word features
for adding graphics to presentations and handouts
Take away many
templates and references for after class use
Major Topics
Place a graphic and determine which one works best with your
information
Understand the impact of a variety of graphic symbols and
colors
Compare uses of chart types
Apply Excel's new color scales
and icon sets to visually spot trends in data
Learn how to present
Pivot Table results in graphic form
Add a secondary pie chart and a
secondary axis to present a breakout of multiple sets of data
Use flow
chart symbols and connectors to create work flow diagrams
Add data
tables to charts to quickly present the numeric values
Incorporate
photos, ClipArt, logos, video, sound
Utilize time-saving photo
adjustment tools
Use PowerPoint and Visio to save you time with flow
charts and diagrams
Use stencils and templates for workflow and
organization charts
Use freely distributed pre-designed SmartArt
templates
Use PowerPoint features to place graphics into a
presentation
Use appropriate animation to enhance and control visual
display
Learn the new PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat features to package
multimedia files with your presentation
Learn how to link data ranges
or charts between Excel and Word and PowerPoint
Learn how to create
effective handouts
Learn important presenter tips for controlling the
visual information during the presentation and delivering the
presentation effectively
Learn how to convert your PowerPoint
presentation into a video file
