Microsoft PowerPoint - Intermediate
Project-based PowerPoint training built around one real deliverable: a 15-slide executive briefing on the AI economy. Using real investment, GDP and jobs figures from PwC, Stanford HAI, the IMF and the World Economic Forum, you will design a themed deck, build charts and tables that tell a clear story, add a process diagram, animate it professionally, then rehearse and export it as a video - the exact workflow used for board and investor presentations.
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Preview the journey below — 6 hands-on labs. Enroll to unlock the labs, study notes, the practice quiz and the certification exam.
Study Notes
Plan the Briefing and Build the Opening Slides
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Apply a Theme and Keep It Consistent
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Chart the AI Investment and Market Data
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Build the GDP/Jobs Table and a Policy Process Diagram
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Add Transitions and Animations
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Rehearse, Present and Export the Briefing as a Video
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Hands-On Labs
Plan the Briefing and Build the Opening Slides
Plan a four-section data briefing on the AI economy, then build its opening: a designed title slide, an agenda, and a divider before each section.
40 min · Enrolled users only
Apply a Theme and Keep It Consistent
Apply one theme and variant, confirm 16:9, adjust the Slide Master so every slide inherits the same look, and audit the deck in Slide Sorter view.
40 min · Enrolled users only
Chart the AI Investment and Market Data
Import real AI market-size and investment data, then build a clean line chart with a callout card for the 2030 forecast.
50 min · Enrolled users only
Build the GDP/Jobs Table and a Policy Process Diagram
Summarise regional GDP impact as a bar chart, build a precise jobs-impact table, and assemble a four-step policy process diagram from ordinary shapes.
55 min · Enrolled users only
Add Transitions and Animations
Give the whole deck one calm Fade transition and add controlled entrance animations, then manage their order and timing in the Animation Pane.
35 min · Enrolled users only
Rehearse, Present and Export the Briefing as a Video
Write speaker notes grounded in the source data, rehearse timings, present in Presenter View, and export the finished briefing as a 1080p video.
45 min · Enrolled users only