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.
Overview
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