PowerPoint – Best Practice

Creating and Optimizing Professional Presentations

In this workshop, participants learn hands-on how to use PowerPoint efficiently, design appealing presentations, and avoid common issues such as incorrect slide formats or unsuitable layouts. The course covers both technical techniques and creative design options to help you create professional and customized presentations.

Your Benefits

• Create presentations in the correct format (16:9 instead of 4:3)
• Anchor your own slide layouts in the Slide Master
• Design text and videos in an engaging way
• Build interactive presentations with buttons and animations
• Export presentations as handouts, PDFs, or videos
• Practical tips for optimizing and structuring presentations

Course Content

Creating Custom Text Layouts

• Use placeholders efficiently
• Anchor custom layouts in the Slide Master
• Define custom input prompts
• Enhancing Text with Animations

Working with Videos

• Insert and present videos
• Play videos across multiple slides
• Use videos as slide backgrounds
• Create subtitles for videos

Presenting Your Slideshow

• Keyboard shortcuts for screen control
• Insert and use interactive buttons
• Create looping slides for the start of a presentation
• Change slide format from 4:3 to 16:9

Beyond PowerPoint

• Export presentation content to Word
• Create a video from your presentation
• Export the presentation as a PDF
• Useful websites and tools for PowerPoint

Requirements

• Solid basic knowledge of PowerPoint is required

Target Group

• Users who want to professionalize their PowerPoint skills
• Individuals who want to create customized, engaging, and interactive presentations beyond standard features
• Anyone who wants to design, format, and export presentations efficiently