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    Microsoft PowerPoint – Essentials 1 Day | 7 hours | $349 PLUS TAX

    This course teaches the basics of creating, editing, and sharing presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint. You will learn how to build a slideshow from scratch, or leverage PowerPoint templates and themes for quick construction. We’ll show you how to add and edit text, images, graphs, video, and animation; format slides for consistency; and add speaker notes to ensure a smooth delivery. 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
    • Online:
    • Jan 13
    • Also runs on request.