A complete overview of Microsoft PowerPoint 2016

Discover how to use PowerPoint 2016 in various business meetings to craft an effective business presentation, as this course provides a complete overview.

PowerPoint acts as a business communication tool to engage audiences in introductory meetings, expressions of interest, and stakeholder updates by delivering concise, data-driven presentations rather than raw Excel spreadsheets.

Explore a complete overview of Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, including tasks, animations, transitions, and slide show features. Learn how to start with a new presentation and apply tools across versions.

Open PowerPoint 2016 and start a new document, then choose blank presentation to begin with a clean slate as you explore available themes.

Explore the PowerPoint 2016 title slide and slide layout options, including the two text boxes for title and subtitle, to introduce any presentation.

Inserting a new slide with layout options in PowerPoint 2016, create a title slide with two text boxes and choose a slide layout from the Home tab to tailor content.

Learn how PowerPoint 2016 uses a text box and a dedicated title text box to convey the slide’s key message and place content on the title slide.

Adjust a text box on slides by changing font size and color, and applying bold or italics; insert tables or charts inside the text box.

Explore how to format text on slides in PowerPoint 2016 using the paragraph options to choose bullet types, numbering, and roman numerals; see how selecting a bullet updates text box.

Explore text formatting options in PowerPoint 2016 by adjusting font and paragraph settings, including left, center, and right alignment, line spacing, and vertical alignment within text boxes.

Explore the drawing options in PowerPoint 2016, including lines, rectangles, basic shapes, and block arrows, then select a shape and draw it on the slide by dragging with the cursor.

In PowerPoint, select a color from the drawing section to fill the shape, remove or change outline via the dropdown, and apply effects such as shadow, reflection, or 3D rotation.

Learn how to place overlapping objects on a slide in PowerPoint 2016 by adding a smiley to a rectangle and using the arrange tools to send back or bring forward.

Explore the home tab in PowerPoint 2016, covering creating new slides, formatting text boxes, aligning paragraphs, and drawing objects, with guided practice on illustrations.

Master techniques to insert a table on a PowerPoint 2016 slide by using the insert tab, selecting a 5x5 table, and placing the table on the slide.

Create and format a PowerPoint table by entering text into cells, using the header, and applying table styles from the Design tab, including highlighting the total row or first column.

Insert images on slides in PowerPoint using the images section; browse to a picture, replace the text box with the image, and move it to the desired position.

Learn to insert text boxes and shapes using the insert tab, draw arrows, customize color and outline, and use illustration tools to create a visual framework beyond slide layout.

Insert SmartArt on a PowerPoint 2016 slide via the Insert tab, choosing a category like process or cycle, and select the Chevron process to illustrate a manufacturing activity’s steps.

Learn to edit and format a SmartArt diagram in PowerPoint 2016 by editing chevron text, resizing and repositioning shapes, adding steps, and changing colors via the design tab.

Discover how to insert and edit a SmartArt organizational chart in PowerPoint 2016, resize it to fit the slide, and edit text to depict hierarchical reporting relationships.

Create a new slide using the comparison layout in PowerPoint 2016, then explore the title text box, two content boxes, and an extra text box for side-by-side content.

Insert a chart on a slide from the Insert tab, choose a clustered column chart, and edit the embedded Excel data to produce a complete chart on the slide.

Format PowerPoint charts by editing chart titles, axis titles, legends, and labels via the design tab and chart elements. Use clustered column charts to compare metrics across categories and years.

Insert a waterfall chart on a slide in PowerPoint 2016, format it with chart elements, and edit data in Excel to customize axis titles and grid lines.

Navigate to the insert tab and open the comment section, click to add a comment on the slide, and edit the appearing comment box for reminders.

Learn how to insert header and footer on slides, include date and time, slide numbers, and a confidential footer text, apply to all slides, and exclude the title slide.

Explore the insert tab in PowerPoint 2016 to create a new slide, insert tables, images, shapes, charts, add comments, take a photo, and apply text formatting.

Format a comparison layout slide by populating two text boxes above the chart to describe the chart below, then center align the text for a complete look.

Learn how to change an existing slide layout in PowerPoint 2016 using the layout tab, switching to title only.

Choose a design theme from the design tab to reformat all slides, improving color, typography, and visual appeal across the entire presentation.

Choose a theme variant for the selected team in PowerPoint 2016 using the dropdown, then press enter to reformat all slides to the new design variant.

Use the customize dropdown to change the slide size in PowerPoint 2016, choosing between standard and widescreen; white screen fills the full screen, then click OK.

Click the background option and choose a color fill from the available options. Adjust slide size and format to apply the main design functionalities of the presentation.

Explore how to add and apply slide transitions in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016, choose transition effects, adjust options, and apply them to all slides for a visual, timed presentation.

Explore how to add animations to slide objects in PowerPoint 2016 by creating shapes, selecting animation effects, previewing results, and adjusting directional options and entry effects on the slide.

Explore advanced animation settings in PowerPoint 2016, using the animation pane to manage animations, set start options (on click, with previous, after previous), and adjust effect timing, delay, and repetition.

Explore animating a SmartArt on a slide in PowerPoint 2016 by inserting a vertical box list, adjusting colors, and applying one-by-one animations with effect options to reveal items sequentially.

Explore the animations tab to select from various animations, adjust effect options, and view all slide animations via the dropdown and advanced animation options.

View a PowerPoint 2016 presentation in slide show mode, navigate full-screen slides with arrows or keys, and apply transitions and animations for a live audience.

Explore the slide show options in PowerPoint: start from the current selected slide or from the beginning, using shortcuts like pressing 5 or shift last five.

Open the review tab in PowerPoint and use the spell check in the proofing section to proofread slides, then change or ignore suggested corrections until spell check is complete.

Learn how to add and view comments in PowerPoint 2016, use the show comments feature, and access the comments pane on the right to review and group your document.

Explore the different view options in PowerPoint 2016, including normal view, outline view, notes page view, and reading view, to edit slides and prepare notes for effective presentations.

Learn how to use the slide master view in PowerPoint 2016 to apply global design changes, such as placing a company logo on all slides except the title slide.

Master the use of Microsoft PowerPoint as a tool for business presentations by reviewing its interface. Practice to become comfortable navigating PowerPoint and applying essential presentation skills.

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