Course overview
Most PowerPoint presentations are overcrowded, inconsistently formatted and built around bullets rather than ideas. That is not a reflection of the presenter’s capability – it is a reflection of how PowerPoint is usually learned: by watching someone else do it and picking up habits along the way.
This one-day course builds a proper foundation. You’ll learn how to structure content for clarity, use layouts and themes correctly and produce slides that look professional without hours of manual work. By the end of the day, you’ll have the skills to build better presentations faster and the habits that will stick every time you open PowerPoint.
What you’ll be able to do
- Structure presentations for clarity and audience impact rather than filling slides with content
- Use PowerPoint layouts and slide types correctly rather than working against the defaults
- Apply themes and colour schemes to create consistent, professional design across a presentation
- Work with fonts, spacing and alignment to produce clean, readable slides
- Use images, shapes and icons to support content rather than decorate slides
- Build basic charts and tables that communicate data clearly within a slide
- Use simple animations and transitions in ways that support rather than distract from the message
- Export and share presentations in the right format for different audiences and purposes
Who should attend
- Professionals who create presentations regularly but have never had formal training
- Teams with inconsistent presentation standards who want a shared approach to slide production
- Anyone whose presentations currently take too long to build and still don’t look quite right
Delivery options
Onsite
At your workplace, Australia-wide
Live Online
Instructor-led, real-time sessions
Hybrid
Onsite and online participants combined
Courseware
Learning materials are available for purchase at the time of booking. Content covers current PowerPoint features including Microsoft Copilot integration. Trainers work with your team’s actual presentation types and design context throughout the session.
Microsoft PowerPoint training – customised for your team 
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