PowerPoint for Mac Essential Training (Microsoft 365)
1h 54mIntermediate2021-11-12
Authors
Jess Stratton
LinkedIn Learning Staff Author, Tech Consultant
Course details
Do you need to create, edit, and share presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint for your work? In this course, Jess Stratton walks you through the complete process. She begins with how to build a slideshow from scratch, as well as how to leverage PowerPoint templates and themes for quick construction. Jess demonstrates how to add, edit, and rearrange slides. She goes over how to edit text, images, charts, video, and animation; format slides for consistency; and add speaker notes and transitions to ensure a smooth delivery. Plus, discover how to rehearse with the Presenter Coach, collaborate on changes, and share your final presentation as a video file or PDF.
Skills covered
PowerPoint for MacPowerPointMicrosoft OfficePresentationsMicrosoft 365Essential TrainingBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
Introduction
- Deliver powerful messages with powerful presentations
- Check which version you're using
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
- 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
Collaborate and Prepare
- Add speaker notes
- Rehearse with 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 narrate a presentation
- Export as a video file
- Email or export as a PDF or JPEG
Conclusion
- Next steps