This hands-on beginner course is suitable for PowerPoint 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 users.
You will start by learning the program's interface, then build your own presentation, adding slides, formating text, adding graphical elements, displaying data in tables and charts, and finalizing your presentation for delivery.
Course Outline
PowerPoint Basics
- Exploring the PowerPoint Environment
- Starting PowerPoint
- Opening an Existing Presentation
- The PowerPoint Interface
- Exploring Views
- Getting Help
Creating a Presentation
- Types of new Presentations
- Backstage View
- Creating a Blank Presentation
- Creating a Presentation from a Template
- Creating and Modifying Slide Content
- Slides and their Elements
- Inserting Text on a Slide
- Adding, Deleting and Hiding Slides in a Presentation
- Navigating a Presentation
- Inserting a Hyperlink on a Slide
- Inserting Shapes
- Inserting Images
Formatting
- Working with Slide Masters and Layouts
- About Slide Masters
- Applying a Theme to a Presentation
- Headers and Footers
- Applying a Layout to a Slide
- Formatting Slides and Text
- About Text Styles
- Changing Master Text Styles
- Changing Individual Slide Text Styles
- Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- About Slide Backgrounds
- Using Gridlines
Working with Shapes and Images
- Creating and Formatting Shapes
- About Shapes
- Drawing Shapes
- Curved Shapes
- Useful Tools for Working with Shapes
- Resizing Shapes
- Shape Styles
- Layering, Aligning and Grouping Shapes
- About Images
- Inserting Images from a Local File
- Inserting Online Images
- Sizing and Moving Images
- Cropping Images
- Applying Styles and Effects
Working with Charts and Tables
- About Charts
- Chart Types
- Adding a Chart to a Presentation
- Changing the Chart Type
- Chart Elements
- Changing the Chart Layout
- Applying Chart Styles
- Inserting an Excel Chart
- Editing Chart Data
- About Tables
- Creating Tables
- Inserting a Table
- Entering Data
- Applying Styles
- The Table Style Options
- Importing Tables
Transitions, Importing Content and Printing
- Slide Transitions
- Applying the same Transition to all Slides
- Applying Transitions to Individual Slides
- Additional Text Options
- Text from other Sources
- Importing a Word Document
- Importing a PDF File
- Creating WordArt from Text
- Printing in PowerPoint
- Previewing your Printout
- Setting Print Options
Please Note: Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.
