PowerPoint Essential Training (Microsoft 365) (2023)

Course details

You don't have to be a designer to create a great visual presentation. Learn how to use Microsoft PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) to quickly create, edit, and share professional-looking presentations. In this training course, Jess Stratton shows how to get started with PowerPoint templates and themes or build a new presentation from scratch. She explains how to change the slide layout; add and edit text, images, charts, video, and animation; format slides for consistency; and add speaker notes and comments to ensure a smooth delivery. Explore strategies for creating inclusive and accessible presentations for users with disabilities. By the end of the course, you'll know how to use the PowerPoint tools and follow a few simple design rules to draw attention to your message and deliver a presentation that shines.

Concepts

Introduction

Deliver a powerful message with a powerful presentation
Check which version of PowerPoint you're using
The future of PowerPoint

Get Started Quickly

Start quickly with a theme or template
Use the QuickStarter outline tool
Create and save a new presentation

Work with Slides

Add, remove, and rearrange slides
Change the slide layout
Change the slide color or background
Change slides at once with slide masters
Add your own text boxes
Use Designer to create professional layouts

Images and Shapes

Add images
Work with shapes
Format and add effects to objects
Align objects using the Arrange tool
Understand object layering
Group objects and use Format Painter
Remove the background from pictures
Group shapes together
Crop images to shapes

Add Diagrams and Charts

Create and format charts
Use SmartArt to create diagrams

Add Video, Audio, and Animation to Slides

Add and format video
Add and work with audio files
Add animation to objects and text
Add slide transitions
Use Morph to create animation
Use Zoom to create animation
Include live webcam video with Cameo

Helpful Accessbility Features

Features for PowerPoint users with disabilities
Create accessible presentations

Collaborate and Prepare

Add speaker notes
Rehearse with timings and Presenter Coach
Share and collaborate on a presentation
View previous revisions

Deliver the Presentation

Use Presenter View to run the show
Run unattended slideshows

Reuse the Presentation

Save a custom theme
Save a presentation as a template
Record and export a presentation
Export as a PDF, JPEG, or animated GIF

PowerPoint Challenges

Challenge - Make gears turn
Challenge - Give text a background image

Conclusion

Next steps