Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials

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Course Description

Participants will learn to create, edit, and enhance slideshow presentations to create professional-looking sales presentations,employee training, instructional materials, and kiosk slideshows. Learners will gain a fundamental understanding of the PowerPoint 2016 environment and the correct use of key features of this application.

15+

Hours

80+

Lectures

$60

Price

WHAT TO EXPECT

Learning Objectives

  • Create Presentations from scratch or templates
  • Insert and format slides, handouts and notes
  • Change Presentation views and configurations 
  • Insert and work with text, pictures, audio and video 
  • Work with tables, charts, and SmartArt
  • Use transitions and animations 
  • Prepare for a presentation, including the slide size, narration, and timing
  • Manage multiple presentations

Course Outline

Module One: Create and manage presentations

  • Create a presentation
    o Create a new presentation
    o Create a presentation based on a template
    o Import Word document outlines

  • Insert and format slides
    o Insert specific slide layouts
    o Duplicate existing slides
    o Hide and unhide slides
    o Delete slides
    o Apply a different slide layout
    o Modify individual slide backgrounds
    o Insert slide headers, footers, and page numbers

  • Modify slides, handouts, and notes
    o Change the slide master theme or background
    o Modify slide master content
    o Create a slide layout
    o Modify a slide layout
    o Modify the handout master
    o Modify the notes master

  • Order and group slides
    o Create sections
    o Modify slide order
    o Rename sections

  • Change presentation options and views
    o Change slide size
    o Change views of a presentation
    o Set file properties

  • Configure a presentation for print
    o Print all or part of a presentation
    o Print notes pages; print handouts
    o Print in color, gray scale, or black and white

  • Configure and present a slide show
    o Create custom slide shows
    o Configure slide show options
    o Rehearse slide show timing
    o Present a slide show by using Presenter View

Module Two: Insert and Format Text, Shapes, and Images

  • Insert and format text
    o Insert text on a slide
    o Apply formatting and styles to text
    o Apply WordArt styles to text
    o Format text in multiple columns
    o Create bulleted and numbered lists
    o Insert hyperlinks

  • Insert and Format Shapes and Text Boxes
    o Insert or replace shapes
    o Insert text boxes, resize shapes and text boxes
    o Format shapes and text boxes
    o Apply styles to shapes and text boxes

  • Insert and format images
    o Insert images
    o Resize and crop images
    o Apply styles and effects

  • Order and group objects
    o Order objects
    o Align objects
    o Group objects
    o Display alignment tools

Module Three: Insert Tables, Charts, SmartArt, and Media

  • Insert and Format Tables
    o Create a table
    o Insert and delete table rows and columns


  • Apply table styles
    o Import a table


  • Insert and Format Charts
    o Create a chart
    o Import a chart
    o Change the Chart Type
    o Add a legend to a chart
    o Change the chart style of a chart


  • Insert and Format SmartArt Graphics
    o Create SmartArt graphics
    o Convert lists to SmartArt graphics
    o Add shapes to SmartArt graphics
    o Reorder shapes in SmartArt graphics
    o Change the color of SmartArt graphics


  • Insert and manage media
    o Insert audio and video clips
    o Configure media playback options
    o Adjust media window size
    o Set the video start and stop time
    o Set media timing options

Module Four: Apply transitions and animations

  • Apply slide transitions
    o Insert Slide Transitions
    o Set transition effect options

  • Animate Slide Content
    o Apply animations to objects
    o Apply animations to text
    o Set animation effect options
    o Set animation paths

  • Set Timing for Transitions and Animations
    o Set transition effect duration
    o Configure transition start and finish options
    o Reorder animations on a slide

Module Five: Manage Multiple Presentations

  • Merge Content From Multiple Presentations
    o Insert slides from another presentation
    o compare two presentations
    o insert comments, review comments

  • Finalize Presentations
    o Protect a presentation
    o Inspect a presentation
    o Proof a presentation
    o Preserve presentation content
    o Export presentations to other formats

Assessment