Half the people on this site make the joke that the job is just moving logos around on PowerPoint. If I’m being honest I haven’t really used PowerPoint since high school and it was all was very simple and intuitive. I’m an incoming 2024 SA and was wondering if there is any additional familiarization I should do with the program or is that just excessive?
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Yeah, when I started as an SA, my powerpoint skills were ass and I have looked very stupid at times. Highly recommend you prep before starting.
Do you have any suggestions of what I would do to prepare. I did a little tutorial from something I found on YouTube but it all seemed really basic. Are there certain functions you use in banking that don’t come up in the basic tutorials?
Honestly just figure out the best way to save yourself time setting up your quick access toolbar. Best advice I could give
There is a good post on Mergers and Inquisitions that provides a good baseline in terms of knowing basic functionality
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