Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User

Training Course

Improve your basic Microsoft PowerPoint skills - this course will give you the essential skills to create and use business presentations efficiently.

On this course you'll learn useful tools and time-saving ways to work with slides, insert content, apply slide transition and animate slide content. We'll end the course by getting your presentation all set for delivery!

1-to-1 instructor-led training

Remote learning and in-person training

Training can be delivered remotely using Microsoft Teams. We can also provide in-person training sessions at our Aberdeen Training Centre.

Requirements

You'll need to have some basic Microsoft Office skills, eg be able to open a file and make basic changes. To complete the course online you’ll need a Windows PC installed with Microsoft 365 (if you don’t have Microsoft 365 you can download a free trial for 1 month).

Notes

You’ll receive a printed training manual if you attend a face-to-face course. For remote courses we’ll send you a PDF manual.

Duration

The instructor-led training lasts 4 hours - training sessions can be delivered in 1 day or over a period of time, eg 1 hour a week for 4 weeks.

Certification

You’ll have the option to work through a practical assessment – pass the assessment and you’ll obtain the EC-PC Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User Certificate.

Funding Opportunities

If you live in Scotland you could be eligible to apply for funding to pay for the course with an SDS Individual Training Account (ITA) from Skills Development Scotland.

You can apply for ITA funding if you are 16 or over and you are:

– unemployed and on benefits

– not working and have no income

– employed with an annual income less than £22,000

– self-employed with an annual income less than £22,000

You will not be eligible to apply for ITA funding if you are in education or involved in any other SDS funded programme.

FAQs

Q: I am currently on benefits, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I have no income but my partner/husband/wife works, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am self-employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User

Training Course

Improve your basic Microsoft PowerPoint skills - this course will give you the essential skills to create and use business presentations efficiently.

Remote learning and in-person training

Training can be delivered remotely using Microsoft Teams. We can also provide in-person training sessions at our Aberdeen Training Centre.

Requirements

You'll need to have some basic Microsoft Office skills, eg be able to open a file and make basic changes. To complete the course online you’ll need a Windows PC installed with Microsoft 365 (if you don’t have Microsoft 365 you can download a free trial for 1 month).

Notes

You’ll receive a printed training manual if you attend a face-to-face course. For remote courses we’ll send you a PDF manual.

Duration

The instructor-led training lasts 4 hours - training sessions can be delivered in 1 day or over a period of time, eg 1 hour a week for 4 weeks.

Certification

You’ll have the option to work through a practical assessment – pass the assessment and you’ll obtain the EC-PC Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User Certificate.

Funding Opportunities

If you live in Scotland you could be eligible to apply for funding to pay for the course with an SDS Individual Training Account (ITA) from Skills Development Scotland.

You can apply for ITA funding if you are 16 or over and you are:

– unemployed and on benefits

– not working and have no income

– employed with an annual income less than £22,000

– self-employed with an annual income less than £22,000

You will not be eligible to apply for ITA funding if you are in education or involved in any other SDS funded programme.

FAQs

Q: I am currently on benefits, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I have no income but my partner/husband/wife works, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am self-employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: How do I apply for ITA funding?

A: Complete an online application on the My World of Work website.

Online Course – Apply for Funding

Aberdeen Course – Apply for Funding

Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User

Training Course

Improve your basic Microsoft PowerPoint skills - this course will give you the essential skills to create and use business presentations efficiently.

Remote learning and in-person training

Training can be delivered remotely using Microsoft Teams. We can also provide in-person training sessions at our Aberdeen Training Centre.

Requirements

You'll need to have some basic Microsoft Office skills, eg be able to open a file and make basic changes. To complete the course online you’ll need a Windows PC installed with Microsoft 365 (if you don’t have Microsoft 365 you can download a free trial for 1 month).

Notes

You’ll receive a printed training manual if you attend a face-to-face course. For remote courses we’ll send you a PDF manual.

Duration

The instructor-led training lasts 4 hours - training sessions can be delivered in 1 day or over a period of time, eg 1 hour a week for 4 weeks.

Certification

You’ll have the option to work through a practical assessment – pass the assessment and you’ll obtain the EC-PC Microsoft PowerPoint Basic User Certificate.

Funding Opportunities

If you live in Scotland you could be eligible to apply for funding to pay for the course with an SDS Individual Training Account (ITA) from Skills Development Scotland.

You can apply for ITA funding if you are 16 or over and you are:

– unemployed and on benefits

– not working and have no income

– employed with an annual income less than £22,000

– self-employed with an annual income less than £22,000

You will not be eligible to apply for ITA funding if you are in education or involved in any other SDS funded programme.

FAQs

Q: I am currently on benefits, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I have no income but my partner/husband/wife works, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am self-employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: I am employed and earn less than £22,000 per annum, will I be able to apply for ITA funding?

A: Yes

Q: How do I apply for ITA funding?

A: Complete an online application on the My World of Work website.

Online Course – Apply for Funding

Aberdeen Course – Apply for Funding

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