
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.