Microsoft Powerpoint
courses in Auckland 2017

Bring Your Own Laptop

AUCKLAND: Level 2, Building 10, 666 Great South Road, Greenlane

WELLINGTON: In the 'Meetings on the Terrace' building, Ground Floor, 152 The Terrace, Wellington 6134

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COURSE TITLE: Powerpoint 2016 Essentials Training

LOCATIONS: Auckland, Wellington

SUMMARY:

Bring Your Own Laptop promises to help you stop boring the rest of us with bad PowerPoint presentations. Their PowerPoint training is an instructor lead classroom experience where you work step by step creating real world projects – you learn by doing. And what you create is the sort of (useful) things you would use PowerPoint for at work.

The projects you create include using sound, video and animation, editing an existing presentation and making printed notes from your project.

You don’t need any previous experience, only a basic understanding of Windows, which if you are reading this qualifies you. The after-course support exceeds any other courses listed – you get a whole year of free email support. There are free videos and notes to cover everything you learn, and if you don’t think you ‘got it all’ the first time, you can redo the course for free.

Ace Computer Training

Level 3, 46 Brown Street, Ponsonby, Auckland 1021

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COURSE TITLE: PowerPoint Essential Skills

LOCATIONS: Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch

SUMMARY:

Pitched firmly at PowerPoint 2013 (and we hope more recent versions) PowerPoint Essential Skills is one of two training courses offered by Ace Computer Training in four locations.

The course outline specifies an introduction to the various presentation options and output formats of PowerPoint and how to select the right view mode to accomplish that.

Working with text, designs, backgrounds and adding graphics are also a part of the course outline. We must assume that a tour of the interface, tools and menus is a part of that process. The final topic mentions creating email, print or ‘electronic’ versions of your presentation. It seems you’ll have to attend the second course offered to gain mastery of anything other than the most basic applications. There is also no mention of after training tech support, be sure to ask if you think you’ll need it.

Ardito Corporate Training

Hamilton CBD

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COURSE TITLE: PowerPoint Introduction

LOCATIONS: Hamilton

SUMMARY:

Hamilton’s Ardito Corporate Training offers two levels of PowerPoint training, the course being described here is the ‘introduction’ level and is for attendees with no previous experience with Microsoft PowerPoint, but a basic understanding of Windows. If you’re reading this online, you have enough skills to attend.

This one day course aims to get you opening and running a presentation, without crashing the computer, create a presentation from scratch and insert slides, format and manipulate your text, insert graphics, manage all the slides together and finally present a slideshow.

Also covered are the important essentials of selecting the correct file formats and printing notes from your presentation.

There is no mention of any resulting qualifications from this course, or any support after your training.

Auldhouse

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint - The Essentials

LOCATIONS: Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch

SUMMARY:

Auldhouse offers 2 one day courses for Microsoft PowerPoint, the first one is the ‘Essentials.’ It’s designed for folks looking for a ‘from the ground up’ foundation in PowerPoint, the only prerequisite being a basic knowledge of Windows. So, if you’ve never used PowerPoint before, this is the right level of training for you.

The course begins with the standard tour of PowerPoints major points of interest, from the common tools to menus you’ll be spending the most time in. From there it’s on to creating a basic presentation and using the right tools to organise, edit and refine your text and images.

Producing printed notes, figuring out the right resolutions and formats for sharing and displaying your presentation is all included.

There is no mention of any after course care or tech support, but if you’re collecting those CPD points you can add 6 hours to your collection.

Computer Competence

ADDRESS: 20 Konini Street, Nelson 7010

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint

LOCATIONS: Nelson

SUMMARY:

Nelson based Computer Competence offers a single 6-hour course for Microsoft PowerPoint suitable for the beginning user or the current user who would like to create their own work without total reliance on templates or wizards.

The training uses hands on exercises but you are welcome to bring your own work or materials to suite the sort of presentations you would like to be able to make. Beyond the mastery of the essential tools, and the discovery of which obscure menu Microsoft chose to hide them in, you’ll learn to format a project correctly, format text and paragraphs and import your own graphics. Animation and transitions are also dealt with.

There is no mention of any after course care.

Computer-Training.co.nz

ADDRESS: PO Box 244-66 Royal Oak, Auckland 1103

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint

LOCATIONS: Your location in Auckland

SUMMARY:

If you’ve ever been abused by a PowerPoint presentation that kept you struggling to stay awake, or worse, you’ve been told to ‘make this into a PowerPoint by Thursday,’ then you’ll appreciated the value of good training.

Computer Training have made one on one training their expertise and the have a 10-hour PowerPoint course that’s designed to take you by the hand as you start at the beginning – no previous experience required. There are several mentions on the website about customising your training, so if you have some experience and need to fill in specific gaps, discuss your options before you book.

The course outline is very good, with many of the essentials listed clearly. It’s mentioned elsewhere that you will be hands on working on projects, we assume this course is the same as the other Computer Training offerings in that regard

Excel At Work

ADDRESS: P.O Box 195, Waimauku, Auckland 0842

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft® PowerPoint – Professional Presentations

LOCATIONS: Your location

SUMMARY:

Excel At Work offer in house training for small groups or as a one on one training option. The ‘Microsoft PowerPoint – Professional Presentations’ course was created for people already using PowerPoint but are only making minor edits and need to/want to be capable of creating their own presentations. There is also the encouragement that if you want to make your existing work less ‘old’ and ‘boring’ this training will be of benefit to you.

Some basic PowerPoint skills, like being able to open and save files, are required.

There is no mention of after course support, though if you are getting customised training you should ask about that.

The course outline is very complete for a beginner level training solution and don’t forget to ask for your certificate of attendance – it actually says you have to ask, which gave us a grin.

Link IT Group

ADDRESS: PO Box 46045, Herne Bay, Auckland 1147

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint

LOCATIONS: Auckland

SUMMARY:

Link It Group offers Microsoft PowerPoint training based around the 2013 version of the title, we assume that current versions are also covered, but you should ask. And you’ll have to call them because while there are a lot of options for how you can take the training, from 90 minute ‘Quick Byte Training’ to the 3 unit 18 hours of training offered in the outline.

There is no mention of costs, location or resources you’ll receive other than a full colour ‘reference guide’ and completion certificate.

The course outline great, featuring the beginner’s essentials such an introduction to the PowerPoint world, opening and saving files, an introduction to slides and the ubiquitous (in training courses) creating a printed notes version of your presentation. There are two other modules that build on the first and will impart enough information for you to be able to create a presentation with animation, graphics and the right project settings to not crash the boss’s laptop mid meeting.

MasterIT

ADDRESS: 17 Riverhead Point Drive, Riverhead, Auckland City 0820

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft Powerpoint

LOCATIONS: Auckland

SUMMARY:

One on one training for PowerPoint is offered at a ‘step by step’ level customised to start where you are at, and take you to where you need to be. Some of the details not mentioned in many other courses include adding sound to your PowerPoint presentation and including Excel based spreadsheets.

You can also learn how to recycle materials and styles from other projects, a great idea for brand consistency, and the rest of the course description alludes to picking up all those tips and tricks to make sure your presentation looks good and communicates your ideas well.

The instructors are Microsoft PowerPoint certified and there is telephone based after course support.

Professional Development Training

ADDRESS: Vero Centre, Level 31, 48 Shortland Street, Auckland 1140

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Essentials

LOCATIONS: Not stated

SUMMARY:

Ignore the description of Microsoft Outlook at the beginning of the webpage, this is a description of the Professional Development Training ‘Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Essentials’ course.

According to the course description, participants will learn PowerPoint’s standard features, create presentations from a template or from scratch, edit and add text and images and use transitions and animation. Much of what you would learn from this course would be applicable to the current version of PowerPoint and would be a great starting point for anyone new to PowerPoint.

Course participants get printed notes, or an electronic version if you prefer the trees. Lunch is also included. There is an app included called the ‘orgmenta app’ that is designed to be a pre-course preparation and post course support tool.

Ripped Orange

ADDRESS: 3 Morton Street, Auckland, Phone + 64 9 972 1035

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint Training

LOCATIONS: Team Orange trainers are based in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown.

SUMMARY:

Most of us are terrified at the prospect of another boring PowerPoint presentation, and Ripped Orange offers training based squarely at eliminating the threat.

Ripped Orange can bring their half day training to you, including laptops if required.

For the power user, there is Creating Templates so you can develop and apply your teams style across a variety of document types.

The Microsoft PowerPoint training deals specifically with using animation, video and templates to improve the consistency and effectiveness of your work. You will deal with PowerPoint’s notes, and hand out features. You’ll also learn how to create different file types and display standards so your work will look as good as it’s supposed to in multiple environments.

There is a continued emphasis on creating presentations that are engaging, and in using everything PowerPoint has to offer to impress your audience.

Software Solutions

ADDRESS: Bushy Park, 627 Pyes Pa Road, Pyes Pa, Tauranga New Zealand 3173

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COURSE TITLE: Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint

LOCATIONS: Tauranga

SUMMARY:

Software Solutions is a Tauranga based training provider offering instructor lead courses for Microsoft PowerPoint, as well as most of the other Microsoft applications in common use.

The course is designed to give you the foundations for using PowerPoint in a professional environment, regardless of how professionally your office mates behave. Starting with an overview of the common tools and menus within PowerPoint, you move on to creating a presentation from scratch, applying a theme to your whole project and importing graphics and files from other sources.

There’s no mention of any resulting qualifications or after course support, but there are a few options for customising your training, purchasing the courseware or taking the training online.

The Knowledge Academy

ADDRESS: 71 Mayoral Drive, Cnr Vincent Street, Auckland 1010

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COURSE TITLE: Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 Introduction

LOCATIONS: Auckland, Hamilton, Christchurch, Napier, Dunedin, Wellington

SUMMARY:

The Knowledge Academy offers a very large number of courses in an amazing array of ‘luxury’ locations – hotels in various cities. Often the pages of their website are filled with keyword spam regarding the cities and not the actual courses. In point of fact, the PowerPoint Introduction course has no course outline and the same fill in the blanks webpage as most of their other courses. Some courses do have actual details, but this is not one of them.

The prices are more than 5 times what you can get a good one day course in Auckland for, so we wonder about the ‘guaranteed lowest price in the industry’ verbiage. We are entirely certain that if you push that Book Now button somewhere someone will manufacture a course and duly set you up for a training course led by someone certified. Be sure to enquire about a money back guarantee along with your ‘best price.’