PowerPoint Skills: How to Format, Transition, and Animate Your Slides

Part 3 of the PowerPoint Skills Series

Unlock the Power of Presentations with Shelley Fishel - The MS Office Expert

PowerPoint Mastery for Assistants

Are you ready to transform your PowerPoint skills and become a presentation pro? If you're an Assistant - be it a PA, EA, or VA - seeking to master the art of creating compelling and professional presentations, you're in the right place.

Introducing - PowerPoint Skills – How to Format, Transition and Animate Your Slides

In this mini course, you'll embark on a journey with Shelley Fishel, The MS Office Maestro, boasting an impressive 22 years of expertise in training assistants like you on the intricacies of Microsoft PowerPoint

What you'll learn

  • Masterful Formatting: Learn the secrets of applying and customizing fonts, colours, and alignment to give your slides a polished and professional look. 
  • Dynamic Transitions and Animations: Unleash the power of transitions and animations to captivate your audience and bring your content to life. 
  • Text, Objects, Charts, and Tables Mastery: Dive deep into the world of creating and formatting content using various elements, ensuring your message is clear and impactful. 
  • Efficient Content Editing and Arrangement: Hone your skills in seamlessly editing and arranging your content for maximum impact. 

Why This course?

Designed specifically for assistants, this mini course is your gateway to enhanced confidence and proficiency in PowerPoint.

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

  • Apply formatting to the background of your slides, including changing the colour and adding gradients
  • Add and modify transitions including using the Morph transition to move and change objects
  • Use Zoom to create an interactive presentation
  • Use advanced animation to animate an Infographic and then save it as a GIF
  • Work with Shapes merging deleting and changing them to suit your needs

This course is the third in the series 

  1. PowerPoint Skills – the Fundamentals
  2. PowerPoint Skills - How to Work with Handouts, Pictures, and Visual Elements  
  3. PowerPoint Skills: How to Format, Transition, and Animate Your Slides - This course   
  4. PowerPoint Skills: How to Work with Audio, Video, and Collaboration Tools 

Pricing

Individually, each module is priced at £149.

If purchased separately, the total would be £596.

However, we have an amazing offer for you - enrol in "Essential PowerPoint for The Savvy Assistant" , which includes all four modules, for just £395.

That's a remarkable saving of £201!

Course Summary

This course covers how to format the background of your slides, add transitions and animations to your slides,
create advanced animations and GIFs, and work with shapes in PowerPoint.

Course Curriculum

Shelley Fishel

Meet Shelley Fishel – Your Microsoft Office Maestro

Shelley’s path has been anything but ordinary. She left school at 17 to run her father’s business, gaining hands-on experience in managing priorities—something every assistant knows all too well.

When her children grew up, she returned to work and found her calling -  helping assistants master Microsoft Office. With over 20 years of training experience, 10,000+ hours delivered, and 2.5 million books sold worldwide, Shelley is a trusted expert in her field.

She holds respected industry qualifications: COLF (Certified Online Learning Facilitator), CDOL (Certified Designer of Online Learning), and is a Fellow of the Learning and Performance Institute (FLPI).

Why Assistants Love Learning from Shelley

  • She gets it. Shelley understands the unique pressures assistants face and tailors her training to your world.
  • No tech-speak. Just clear, practical steps you can use right away—no Googling required.
  • It works. One client cut a 3-hour task down to 30 minutes after just one session.

As one learner put it, “Shelley’s like the angel on my shoulder.” Her bite-sized lessons help you work smarter, faster, and with confidence—so you can shine in your role

Course Pricing

PowerPoint Skills - Format Transition and Animate

£149

  • This module teaches you how to add various visual elements to your presentation.

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