2024 PowerPoint: Tips and Tricks for Today's Accountant

Overview

PowerPoint is a widely available resource that is potentially underutilized by accountants because many accountants do not stray beyond Excel and Word in the Microsoft Office suite. You will learn how to create and edit a professional PowerPoint slide deck. This session places particular emphasis on efficiency tips and tricks that will allow you to develop creative, professional visual aids while minimizing time and effort. The course’s author will share personal insights he has cultivated throughout more than two decades of public speaking. Although the session will focus on creating and editing slides, we will illustrate best practices for presentation delivery. We will also explain how PowerPoint can be used for purposes other than delivering presentations.

Objectives

• Create a slide deck using PowerPoint
• Navigate within the PowerPoint software environment
• Recognize best practices for content, layout, and delivery
• Edit a slide deck to enhance visual appeal
• Leverage built-in features to easily enhance creativity
• Utilize PowerPoint to deliver a presentation

Highlights

• Exploration of tabs within PowerPoint’s ribbon
• Initial creation of a slide deck
• Using slide masters
• Utilization of external content
• SmartArt
• Alignments and layouts
• Tips and tricks for efficiency
• Best practices for effective presentation delivery
• Other creative uses for PowerPoint

Designed For

Accountants and other professionals who want to learn how to efficiently use PowerPoint for presentations and other purposes

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

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