PowerPoint: Slide Design Makeover

Course details

Creating sophisticated, high-impact PowerPoint slides is a lot easier than you may have previously thought. All it takes is a keen eye for thoughtful design to get your slides looking polished, professional, and brand-new. In this course, join PowerPoint Microsoft MVP Julie Terberg as she teaches you the core components of effective slide design using a fun and creative “makeover” approach.

Get an overview of before-and-after presentations that exemplify some of the most common errors made in PowerPoint, including text-heavy slides, the overuse of bullets, ineffective decision-making with images and icons, and more. Along the way, get inspired for your next presentation by learning more about what’s actually possible. Julie gives you pointers on implementing basic design principles, customizing styles, and staying focused on the bigger picture.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Slide design makeover
02 - What you should know

1. Making over Your Agenda

03 - Before - A plain, bulleted agenda
04 - Step 1 - Create a table on a new slide
05 - Step 2 - Format the table
06 - Step 3 - Find and resize a picture
07 - Step 4 - Add a title

2. Simplifying Text-Heavy Slides

08 - Before - Too much text
09 - Step 1 - Edit text
10 - Step 2 - Add a title to a new slide
11 - Step 3 - Create and format a text heading
12 - Step 4 - Duplicate and edit a text pairing
13 - Step 5 - Find and resize a picture

3. Focusing on a Bigger Picture

14 - Before - Basic picture-and-text slide
15 - Step 1 - Resize picture to fill new slide
16 - Step 2 - Add and format a title
17 - Step 3 - Add key points in textboxes
18 - Step 4 - Add and format accent lines

4. Emphasizing Statistics

19 - Before - Full sentences around statistics
20 - Step 1 - Identify key information
21 - Step 2 - Set up margin guides
22 - Step 3 - Add and format text
23 - Step 4 - Insert and crop pictures
24 - Step 5 - Add a gradient overlay and change picture transparency

5. From Bullets to Bold Graphics

25 - Before - Bulleted text with logo and graphics
26 - Step 1 - Identify key points
27 - Step 2 - Set up margin guides
28 - Step 3 - Crop and resize picture to fill slide
29 - Step 4 - Add a gradient overlay
30 - Step 5 - Insert and format a title
31 - Step 6 - Add circles with key text statements

6. Balancing Images with Text and Icons

32 - Before - Cluttered and unorganized slide
33 - Step 1 - Set up guides
34 - Step 2 - Resize and crop pictures
35 - Step 3 - Add transparency
36 - Step 4 - Add and format a title and supporting text
37 - Step 5 - Insert, format, and align icons

Conclusion

38 - Do something different

PowerPoint: Slide Design Makeover

Authors

Julie Terberg