Course Overview

Section 1 – Introduction

• Quick PowerPoint Refresher

Section 2 – Creating your first PowerPoint Slide

• Access or Start the PowerPoint Application
• Selecting Your Slide
• Creating First PowerPoint Presentation

Section 3 – Editing Objects in Slides – Home Menu

• Cut, Copy, Paste, and Duplicate Text Objects
• Selecting New Slides, Duplicating and Reuse a Slide
• Slide Layout, Resetting and Adding Sections
• Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, etc.
• Clear formatting, Highlighting text, Changing text color
• Bullets, Numbering, List Levels, Line spacing, Alignment and Justify
• Add or Remove Columns, Text Direction, Align Text, and Convert to Smart Art
• Drawing Shapes – Text, Circles, Squares and Arrows
• Order, Group and Position Object
• Shape Fill and Outline
• Find, Replace and Select (Editing)
• Insert Shapes and Styles (Shape Format Menu)
• Word Art Styles and Accessibility (Shape Format Menu)
• Arrange and Size Text Objects (Shape Format Menu)

Section 4 – Adding Objects to Slides – Insert Menu

• Inserting Through Slide Themes
• New Slide Options
• Inserting a Table
• Table Styles, WordArt Styles and Draw
• Borders (Table Design)
•  Add Row & Columns, Merge, Size & Align Cells, Table Size & Arrange (Table Layout)
• Insert or Import Excel Table
• Inserting Images (Pictures, Online Pictures, Screenshots, Photo Album)
• Illustrations (Shapes, iCons, 3D Models, SmartArt and Charts)
• Add-Ins (Get Add-ins and My Add-ins)
• Zoom (Insert – Link)
• Creating Links within Insert Menu
• Add Action to Objects (Insert –> Links)
• Add Comments (Insert –> Comment)
• Text, Header & Footer, WordArt, Date & Time, Slide and Object (Insert –> Text)
• Add Equations and Symbols (Insert –> Symbols)
• Add Videos to Slides (Insert –> Media)
• Insert Audio to Slides (Insert –> Media)
• Screen Recording (Insert –> Media)
• Remove Picture Background (Picture Format Menu)
• Picture Corrections, Color Artistic Effects & Transparency (Picture Adjust Menu)
• Compress, Change and Reset Pictures (Picture Format –> Adjust Menu)
• Picture Border, Effects and Layout (Picture Format –> Picture Styles)
• Picture Accessibility and Arrangement (Picture Format –> Arrange)
• Crop, and Change Picture Size (Picture Format –> Size)

Section 5 – Designing Slides – Design Menu

• Selecting Themes
• Variants
• Customize Slide (Standard vs. Widescreen) and Format Background
• Designer View of Slide

Section 6 – Transitions

• Transition from one Slide to Another
• Timing Slides with Sounds and Duration

Section 7 – Animations

• Different Type of Animations (Entrance, Emphasis and Exit)
• Different Type of Animations (Motion Paths and Additional Effects)
• Motion Path Animation for Shapes
• Animation of Pictures and Videos
• Timing Animated Objects
• Objects Sequence or Reorder
• Deleting Animation From Objects
• Adding Multiple Animation to an Object (Advance Animation)
• Animation Pane, Trigger, Animation Painter (Advance Animation)

Section 8 – Slide Show

• Starting the Slide Show
• Setting Up Slide Show
• Rehearse Timings (Set Up Slide Show)
• Record Slide Show
• Play Narrations, Use Timings, Show Media Controls (Slide Show)
• Monitors and Presenter View (Slide Show)

Section 9 – Review

• Proofing, Accessibility and Insight (Review)
• Language (Review)
• Adding and Deleting Comments (Review)
• Comparing Presentations (Review)
• Hide or Delete Ink (Review)

Section 10 – View

• Changing Presentation and Slide Views (View)
• Master Views (View)
• Ruler, Gridlines and Guides (View)
• Zoom (View)
• Color and Grayscale your Presentation (View)
• New Window, Arrange All, Cascade, Move Split, and Switch Window

Section 11 – Help

• Get Online Help
• Contact Support
• Feedback
• Show Training
• What’s New

Section 12 – File Menu

• PowerPoint 365 ProPlus Information (FILE –> Info)
• Saving Presentation
• Print, Share, Export and Close
• Account and Feedback
• General Options
• Proofing Options
• Save, Language, and Ease of Access Options
• Advance Options
• Customize Ribbon, Quick AccessToolbar, Add-in, and TrustCenter (Advanced Options)