Course duration
- 1 day
Course Benefits
- Navigate the PowerPoint interface and find important tools.
- Add shortcuts to find frequently-used features quickly.
- Leverage built-in PowerPoint templates.
- Add engaging content to your slides including text, images, shapes, tables, and charts.
- Use the Outline tab to stay organized.
- Save time by using the format painter.
- Use the Slide Sorter to reorganize a presentation quickly.
- Keep information organized using tables and charts.
- Print various components of a presentation for easy sharing.
- Run a slideshow with confidence!
Public expert-led online training from the convenience of your home, office or anywhere with an internet connection. Guaranteed to run .
Private classes are delivered for groups at your offices or a location of your choice.
Learn at your own pace with 24/7 access to an On-Demand course.
Course Outline
- Creating a PowerPoint Presentation
- Starting Microsoft PowerPoint
- Normal View
- Creating a Presentation
- Saving a Document
- Maintain Backward Compatibility
- Importing a File
- The Status Bar
- Closing a Presentation
- Exercise: Creating a Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation
- The Ribbon
- The Ribbon
- Tabs
- Groups
- Commands
- The Tell Me Tab
- Exercise: Exploring the Ribbon
- The Quick Access Toolbar
- Adding Common Commands
- Adding More Commands with the Customize Dialog Box
- Adding Ribbon Commands or Groups
- Placement
- Exercise: Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
- The Backstage View (The File Menu)
- Introduction to the Backstage View
- Opening a Presentation
- Exercise: Opening a Presentation
- New Presentations and Presentation Templates
- Exercise: Creating an Agenda Using a Template
- Presentation Properties
- Adding Your Name to Microsoft PowerPoint
- Formatting Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
- Selecting a Slide Layout
- Adding Text
- Adding Text from a Text File or Word Outline
- Editing Text
- Formatting Text
- Formatting Text as WordArt
- Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists
- Ink Equation
- Formatting Text Placeholders
- Formatting Text into Columns
- Adding Slides to a Presentation
- Using the Format Painter
- Duplicating an Existing Slide
- Deleting Slides
- Hiding Slides
- Arranging Slides
- Exercise: Formatting Text
- Working with Images
- Adding Images to a Slide
- Inserting a Picture
- Inserting Icons
- 3D Models
- Inserting Clip Art
- Capturing and Inserting a Screenshot
- Editing an Image
- Formatting Images
- Adding Effects to an Image
- Creating Custom Color with the Eyedropper
- Applying a Style and Cropping an Image
- Grouping and Ungrouping Images
- Arranging Images
- Adding Shapes
- Apply Borders to a Shape
- Modify Shape Backgrounds
- Aligning and Grouping Shapes
- Merging Shapes
- Object Smart Guides
- Apply Styles to a Shape
- Create a Custom Shape
- Displaying Gridlines for Shapes
- Adding Text to Shapes in Columns
- Using Digital Ink
- Exercise: Working with Images and Shapes
- Working with Tables and Charts
- Inserting a Table
- Formatting Tables
- Importing Tables from External Sources
- Exercise: Working with a Table
- Inserting a Chart
- Formatting a Chart
- Modifying Chart Type
- Adding Legends to Charts
- Modifying Number of Rows and Columns
- Importing Charts from External Sources
- Exercise: Working with Charts
- Finalizing Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
- Checking Spelling
- Accessing Different Views of a Presentation
- Presenter View
- Changing the View to Grayscale
- Changing Page Setup Options
- Exercise: Viewing the Presentation
- Organizing a Presentation in Sections
- Inserting Section Headers
- Adding Transitions to Slides
- Adding Multiple Transitions
- Modifying Transition Options
- Adding Speaker Notes
- Printing Speaker Notes
- Running a Slide Show
- Configuring Slideshow Resolution
- Printing a Presentation
- Printing Selections
- Printing in Grayscale
- Exercise: Finalizing Your Presentation
Class Materials
Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.
Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft PowerPoint class:
- Familiarity with using a personal computer, mouse, and keyboard.
- Comfortable in the Windows environment.
- Ability to launch and close programs; navigate to information stored on the computer; and manage files and folders.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.