If your desire is to: • Convey important financial information in a summarised and highly visualised format, • Review internal financial performance, • Communicate a client’s financial position / performance, • Facilitate internal training for staff members, or • Present successful sales pitches or marketing drives to clientele, then PowerPoint is your go-to tool to carry all of this out. In as much as PowerPoint is a useful tool, not knowing how to use it effectively will not only cost your team time but may lead to miscommunication and lost sales opportunities. ProBeta Training has designed a course for those individuals and offices that make use of or are looking to make use of Microsoft PowerPoint as part of their day-to-day work duties, be it in audit, accounting, or office administration.

The goal of this course is to - Build up your PowerPoint knowledge, - Improve your efficiency, and - Show you alternative ways to get things done

• Introduction: Terminology / layout and interface • Creating Presentations: New / from templates • Views: Slide size / presentation views • Formatting Slides: Insert / delete / slide layout / header & footer • Editing within Slides: Insert & format text / add shapes and images / order objects • Inserting into Slides: Tables / Charts / SmartArt / Media • Animations / Transitions: How to apply • Preview Slideshows: Preview / present using Presenter View • Slide Master Controls: Changing themes to affect all slides / editing slides as ‘handouts’ for later printing • Printing: Sizing / orientation / scaling / printing as handouts with or without notes

Financial managers Auditors Bookkeepers Financial accountants Third year SAICA trainees Fourth year SAICA trainees Fifth year SAICA trainees Audit mangers Audit partners Business professionals Non-finance staff