ICDL Advanced Presentation study plan

Draft a one-page presentation brief that states audience, purpose, and three key messages for a 10-slide deck

Select and justify a slide layout grid and master style that support the brief

Build a custom slide master with title, content, and section layouts, including placed placeholders

Apply a consistent colour scheme and font pairing across all master layouts

Create a reusable template file saved in the correct format for later weeks

Write slide titles and body text that follow the six-by-six readability guideline

Replace bullet-heavy slides with a headline-plus-evidence structure across a 10-slide draft

Insert and format text boxes, shapes, and SmartArt to convey relationships between ideas

Set consistent paragraph spacing, line spacing, and alignment on every content slide

Run a spell check and a manual consistency pass on numbering, capitalisation, and terminology

Insert tables and apply a table style, then merge, split, and resize cells to fit the data

Format table text with consistent alignment, header emphasis, and number formats

Insert pictures and apply crop, compression, and alt text to each image

Align and distribute multiple objects precisely using the alignment and grouping tools

Set object layering order so no element obscures essential content

Build a column chart from an embedded worksheet and choose the correct chart type for the data

Add and format axis titles, data labels, a legend, and a chart title

Create a second chart type (line or pie) and explain in one sentence why it suits its data

Insert a linked Excel chart and verify that updating the source refreshes the slide

Apply consistent chart styling that matches the deck colour scheme

Insert and format shapes, icons, and connectors to build a simple process diagram

Animate chart elements by series and set animation order and timing

Add slide transitions and set durations consistently across the deck

Insert speaker notes for every slide summarising the key talking point

Compress media and check the file size against a target limit

Rehearse the deck aloud and record timings for each slide

Set up a self-running slide show with rehearsed timings and looping

Create custom shows that present a subset of slides for a shorter audience

Configure presenter view and annotate slides during a live rehearsal

Insert hyperlinks and action buttons for non-linear navigation

Export the deck to PDF and verify that fonts, images, and charts render correctly

Export handouts with a chosen slides-per-page layout and add header and footer text

Package the presentation with linked files and fonts, then open it on a second machine

Check accessibility with the built-in inspector and resolve every flagged issue

Revise the deck against the original brief and remove or merge weak slides

Take two full timed practice tests covering all four domains and log every incorrect item by domain

Re-study the two weakest objectives identified in the practice logs

Rebuild one chart and one table from scratch without notes to confirm retention

Deliver a final five-minute live run-through of the deck without reading from slides

Finalise the deck and confirm all files are saved in the required output formats