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Noble Desktop

PowerPoint Level I

via Noble Desktop

Overview

Learn the essentials of PowerPoint in this introductory course. Create dynamic presentations, add text, images, shapes, transitions, and more. Suitable for beginners or those looking to enhance their skills. Become a more effective PowerPoint user.

Syllabus

Creating New Presentations

  • Creating a Presentation
  • Choosing a Template/Theme
  • Changing the Template/Theme
  • Adding Slides & Typing in Content

Slide Layouts

  • Choosing a Slide Layout
  • Changing the Slide Layout

Adding Text & Outline View

  • Adding Text
  • Bulleted vs Numbered Lists
  • Adding & Editing Text with Outline View
  • Outline View Keystrokes

Pictures & Graphics

  • Placing Pictures into Placeholders
  • Cropping Photos
  • Sizing Graphics
  • Fixing Stretched/Squished Photos
  • Where to Get Photos
  • Crop to Shape & Aspect Ratio

Adjusting Photos & Graphics

  • Picture Adjustments (such as converting to Black & White)
  • Picture Border & Effects

Layered Objects

  • Layered Object vs Placeholder Content
  • Aligning
  • Evenly Distributing
  • Grouping
  • Reordering Layered Objects

SmartArt

  • Creating SmartArt
  • Adding Text
  • Layouts, Styles, & Shapes
  • Converting Text into SmartArt
  • SmartArt with Picture Placeholders

Shapes & Lines

  • Adding Shapes
  • Styling Shapes
  • Adding Text to Shapes
  • Resizing, Moving, & Rotating Shapes
  • Connector Lines
  • Text Boxes

Tables

  • Creating Tables in PowerPoint
  • Typing in Table Data
  • Designing Tables
  • Table Layout
  • Sizing Tables & Columns/Rows
  • Alignment & Spacing In a Table
  • Adding or Removing Rows/Columns
  • Merging Cells

Copying & Pasting Charts from Excel

  • Importing a Chart from Excel
  • Updating the Chart Data when the Excel File Changes

Transitions

  • Adding Slide Transitions
  • Transition Effect Options & Duration

Proofing & Editing

  • Spell Check
  • Slide Sorter View

Running a Presentation

  • Starting & Stopping a Slide Show
  • Ways to Navigate Slide Shows
  • Tools to Use When Presenting
  • Presenter Notes
  • Presenter View
  • Presenting in Microsoft Teams (PowerPoint Live)
  • Presenter Notes in Zoom

Printing

  • Choosing What Will Go On the Printed Page

Saving a PDF

  • Why Make a PDF?
  • Saving a PDF & Setting Options

Taught by

Garfield Stinvil and Dan Rodney

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