The cost of the course is $165 and includes the textbook. Participants will explore basic PowerPoint skills along with presentation practices to connect and captivate their audiences.

Cinco Ranch Branch Library, 2620 Commercial Center Blvd, will present a free, introductory class, ''Microsoft PowerPoint Survival Basics,'' at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Seating is limited.

Attendees will learn the fundamentals of Microsoft Office 2007 PowerPoint. It is the first of two classes. The class is sponsored by the Friends of the Sausalito Library.

So, in 2024, he jumped at the chance to take up a computer basics course offered by non-profit organisation The Colours Foundation and learn things such as creating PowerPoint slides.