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K2's Mastering PowerPoint for Effective Presentations - On Demand (4 CPD Hours)

K2's Mastering PowerPoint for Effective Presentations - On Demand (4 CPD Hours)

Course Description

More and more accountants and business professionals are using PowerPoint to deliver financial data to clients, customers, or co-workers. What seems at first to be an easy-to-use application consumes an extraordinary amount of time unless you know the tips and tricks to make the process less cumbersome. Did you know that you can generate a slide show from a properly formatted Word document with a few clicks? Or that you can create multiple custom slide shows within a single slide deck? Or that you can animate charts to better communicate financial information to your audience? Or that you can add your company logo to all slides in a slide show quickly and easily? All of these PowerPoint tips will be covered in this fast-paced session that will improve your productivity immediately.

Major Topics

  • Applying global changes to a slide show with slide masters
  • Creating compelling charts for effective communication
  • Linking and embedding Excel data into charts or presentations
  • Adding animations, transitions, and special effects to slides and charts
  • Building presentations automatically from Word documents
  • Creating multiple presentations within a single slide deck

Learning Objectives

Upon completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Describe the process of modifying a slide master
  • Demonstrate linking or embedding Excel data in a slide show
  • Use animated charts to communicate financial information more effectively
  • Differentiate between slide transitions and slide animations
  • Explain why it is more effective to create multiple custom slide shows in a single slide deck

Who Should Attend: Accountants and business professionals who want to become more effective and efficient in building and making presentations with PowerPoint

Course Level: Intermediate

CPE Credits: 4 Hours Computer Software and Applications  

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of PowerPoint

Advance Preparation: None

Instructional Delivery Method: QAS on-demand learning, including review and final exam questions. To earn credit, participants must pass the final exam with a score of 70% or better within one year of registering for this course. Participants may attempt take the final exam up to 10 times.