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Microsoft PowerPoint – Basics 1 Day | 6 hours | $325 PLUS TAX

A good presentation starts with knowing your tools. This course walks you through everything PowerPoint offers for building, editing, and sharing slide decks -- from starting with a blank canvas to working with templates and themes. You'll finish with a complete presentation and the skills to build the next one faster. Prerequisite: None.

Introduction

» the PowerPoint interface
» the Ribbon
» the Status bar
» changing views and adding guides

Working with presentations

» creating a presentation from scratch
» creating a presentation from a template
» changing themes
» working with slide masters
» adding a header and footer
» using Backstage view

Working with slides

» adding and removing slides
» changing the slide layout
» organizing slides into sections
» rearranging slides

Adding pictures to slides

» adding pictures and clip art
» aligning objects using guides
» adding effects to pictures
» understanding object layering
» removing the background from pictures
» using the Eyedropper tool

Adding content to slides»

» working with bullet points
» using Outline mode
» formatting text and creating WordArt
» working with text boxes
» creating and formatting tables
» inserting tables from Excel
» the research and thesaurus tools

Adding shapes, diagrams, and charts

» adding shapes
» formatting shapes
» cropping a picture to a shape
» merging shapes to create your own graphics
» creating and formatting charts
» using SmartArt to create diagrams

Adding video, audio, and animation

» adding and formatting video
» working with video clips
» working with audio files
» slide transitions
» adding animation to objects and text

Preparing the presentation

» spell check
» adding speaker notes
» editing and printing handout masters
» rehearsing a presentation
» adding and viewing comments
» reviewing and comparing changes

Delivering your presentation

» running a slideshow
» using Presenter view
» annotating and highlighting
» jumping to different sections

Reusing and sharing presentations

» saving a custom theme
» saving a presentation as a template
» printing a presentation
» recording and narrating a slideshow
» saving your presentation as a video
» exporting the presentation as a pdf
» sending the presentation via email
» presenting live online
» packaging the presentation