PowerPoint - Creative Design

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Course overview

Duration: 1 day (6.5 hours)

Our PowerPoint – Creative Design course helps you create more engaging and professional presentations using practical design, visual storytelling and animation techniques.

Many people use PowerPoint regularly but struggle to create slides that look polished, hold attention or communicate ideas clearly. This hands-on course explores how to design better slides, create visual impact, guide audience attention and improve presentation flow, before showing how PowerPoint's creative tools can bring those ideas to life.

This course is designed for experienced PowerPoint users who want to move beyond standard slides, add a genuine "wow factor" to their presentations and use more creative design techniques with confidence.

Objectives 

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Design clearer, more professional slides using proven design principles

• Create visual impact using imagery, typography and layout techniques

• Guide audience attention using animation and progressive reveals

• Build smoother presentation journeys using Morph and slide transitions

• Create more engaging presentations with greater confidence and creativity

Content

Designing Better Slides

• Visual hierarchy and audience focus
• Layout, spacing, balance and the Rule of Thirds
• Alignment tools for cleaner slide design
• Colour use, brand consistency and the Eyedropper tool
• Working effectively with images and copy space
• Raster vs vector graphics and key file formats
• Using PowerPoint stock images, icons and illustrations

Creating Visual Impact

• Using shapes as design and layout tools
• Editing shapes and creating bespoke layouts
• Working with images, cropping and composition
• Masking techniques and impactful typography
• Merge Shapes: Union, Fragment and Subtract
• Layering, grouping and using the Selection Pane
• Creating depth and professional visual effects

Guiding Audience Attention

• Using animation to guide audience attention
• Progressive reveals and reducing cognitive load
• Replacing bullet lists with visual flow
• Entrance animations and timing controls
• Using the Animation Pane effectively
• Managing sequence, duration and pacing
• Creating animated slide builds and reveals

Creating Presentation Flow

• Using Morph to create smooth slide transitions
• Designing movement through story and sequence
• Creating object continuity between slides
• Working with 3D models and camera-style movement
• Using object naming to improve Morph behaviour
• Managing movement, timing and pacing
• Building cinematic presentation journeys

Underscore Group delivers practical, instructor-led digital skills training that helps teams use everyday workplace tools with confidence and accuracy. Based in Sussex and supporting organisations across the UK, we specialise in hands-on learning that improves productivity and makes complex software feel simpler and more intuitive.

We tailor every session to your organisation’s systems, workflows and real-world use cases, ensuring people can apply what they learn immediately. Our software training is trusted by organisations across finance, aviation, healthcare, construction and professional services.

• Trusted by leading UK organisations
• Expert trainers with real business experience
• Small-group sessions (6–8 people)
• Practical, hands-on learning approach
• Virtual & onsite delivery across the UK
• Six months of post-course support

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