PowerPoint Quick Tips (2021)

Course details

Enhance your PowerPoint abilities—and get on-the-spot solutions to common questions—with this collection of quick, bite-sized tutorials. Each video is self-contained and about one to two minutes in length, making it easy for you to squeeze in a few learning opportunities throughout your workday. Instructors Jess Stratton, Garrick Chow, and Nick Brazzi share tips and tricks that can help you work smarter with this popular presentation platform. Learn how to add a watermark to slides, turn your presentation into a video, add transitions and animations, create PowerPoint templates, and much more.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Work faster in PowerPoint

1. Add Content to Slides

02 - Insert Excel data in PowerPoint
03 - Insert a video from YouTube
04 - Add an audio or video clip to slides
05 - Insert PDF content onto a slide
06 - Add a voiceover narration to a presentation

2. Format and Organize Slides

07 - Change the text color on a slide
08 - Add a picture as a slide background
09 - Delete, organize, and group slides
10 - Change the size of slides
11 - Change the page orientation of a PowerPoint presentation
12 - Insert or change the page numbers on a slide
13 - Add a watermark to slides
14 - Embed fonts into a presentation

3. Enhancing a Presentation

15 - Finesse slides with PowerPoint Designer
16 - Add transitions and animations to slides
17 - Draw in a presentation
18 - Create flowcharts with SmartArt
19 - Insert a 3D model from an online file
20 - Use the Ink to Text feature
21 - Play music for the duration of a slideshow

4. Work with Slide Masters and Templates

22 - Customize a slide master
23 - Save a custom theme in PowerPoint
24 - Create and save a PowerPoint template

5. Presenting Slides

25 - View speaker notes privately during a presentation
26 - Enter slideshow mode with a double-click
27 - Rehearse a presentation with Presenter Coach

6. Other Helpful Tips

28 - Collaborate on a PowerPoint presentation
29 - Turn a presentation into a video
30 - Convert files from a previous version to PowerPoint 2013 or later