Mastering PowerPoint: AI & Advanced Design Techniques

Tour the PowerPoint 2016 interface, customize ribbons and the quick access toolbar, and use 'tell me what you want to do' to access insert, online pictures, and morph.

Learn how to sign in to Microsoft PowerPoint with a free Microsoft account to access cloud storage on OneDrive, enabling you to save and access files across devices.

Explore PowerPoint 2016 templates, including layouts with built-in content, and learn to create a blank presentation, save locally or to OneDrive, and choose between PPTX and older formats.

Master how to open and switch between PowerPoint presentations, access recent files, and resume where you left off, while navigating normal, outline, slide sorter, and notes views.

Learn to add new slides, choose from nine layouts, use placeholders and master slides for consistency, adjust layouts without losing content, and spell check your presentation.

Apply cohesive slide themes from the design room, adjust colors, fonts, and backgrounds, and use theme variants to maintain consistency across all slides while considering slide size and background overrides.

Master how to customize PowerPoint bullets and numbering, adjusting shape, size, and color to a start point, applying to individual bullets, entire lists, or picture-based bullets.

Learn to format PowerPoint paragraphs by adjusting horizontal and vertical alignment within placeholders and applying case changes, drop shadows, strikethrough, subscripts, and superscripts.

Explore how PowerPoint's autocorrect features automatically adjust capitalization, subscripts and superscripts, symbols, and common misspellings, and learn to customize or disable them in file options.

Explore inserting charts in PowerPoint using placeholders or blank slides, selecting chart types, and editing data in PowerPoint or Excel, with charts updating to data changes.

Edit chart data in PowerPoint using the window or Excel, adjust the data area, add categories and series, and swap rows and columns to switch views.

change chart types in powerpoint using the chart tools design pane, previewing options from column to bar and adjusting styles and elements for clarity.

Master pie charts in PowerPoint: choose pie or donut, explore 3-D options, explode segments, and manage single-series data with layout, legend, colors, and multiple charts.

Explore PowerPoint 2016’s new chart types: tree map, sunburst, histogram, box and whisker, and waterfall—and learn to edit data, interpret hierarchical groups, and visualize revenue distributions.

Create and customize organization charts in PowerPoint using smart art, choosing hierarchy layouts, and adding managers, assistants, and coworkers. Resize, color, and duplicate charts across slides, and edit content easily.

Learn to edit PowerPoint organization charts by adding and removing boxes, indenting roles, inserting shapes, and promoting or demoting staff to customize vertical or horizontal layouts.

Master the organization chart in PowerPoint by customizing layout, color schemes, shape styles, and selective elements with SmartArt tools to distinguish roles and reset to default.

Insert and resize images in PowerPoint using placeholders or free-floating pictures, preserve aspect ratios, and align with guides while sourcing online images with licensing awareness.

Learn how to add and edit shapes in PowerPoint, insert shapes, draw rectangles and hearts with proportional shifts, resize and position, customize fill, outlines, effects, and text with callouts.

Explore how to insert and customize SmartArt graphics in PowerPoint, focusing on cycle diagrams, text options, colors, styles, and layout variations to illustrate relationships clearly.

Use WordArt to enhance slide text with a floating, resizable box, 20 styles, and transforms like ABC Transform for wave or curved text.

Master grouping, aligning, and distributing multiple objects in PowerPoint, control stacking order with send backward or to back and bring forward or to front, and create unified objects.

Explore image enhancement in PowerPoint using built-in tools to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and color tone. Apply artistic effects, corrections, cropping, and background removal to refine photos without external software.

Learn to insert and manage video in PowerPoint slides, choosing embedded or linked videos from your machine, OneDrive, YouTube, or Vimeo. Control playback and poster frames with video tools.

Learn how to manage slides in PowerPoint using the slide sorter view: zoom to fit all slides, reorder, duplicate, delete, hide, and undo changes to keep your presentation organized.

Master PowerPoint shortcuts to start from the beginning or current slide, navigate with arrows or mouse, and control the screen with B or W.

Learn to draw on slides during a show with Ctrl+P to pen, Ctrl+A to cursor, and E to erase; switch colors from the on-screen menu and keep annotations by default.

Learn to run a slideshow by setting automatic timings and looping options in PowerPoint, using rehearse timings to assign slide durations for trade shows and receptions.

Record a slideshow to create a narrated presentation with slide timings, ink, and audio, enabling standalone playback and presenter view editing.

Learn how to add background music to a PowerPoint presentation, including inserting an audio file, embedding vs linking, and setting auto start, across slides, looping, and hiding the icon.

Create and manage custom shows by naming, selecting slides, and ordering them for different audiences; save, edit, copy, and run tailored presentations from a master PowerPoint presentation.

Explore how PowerPoint transitions and animations move slides, customize effects like cross morph, fade, and wind, and apply a consistent transition across the entire presentation for professional results.

Apply animation effects to slide objects using the animation ribbon, selecting entrance, emphasis, or exit, and control direction, duration, delay, and bullet-paragraph sequencing for precise motion.

Explore the animation pane to control slide animations, stagger multiple objects, adjust order and duration, and apply effects like bounce or by letter animation for polished PowerPoint presentations.

Master animating smart art objects in PowerPoint by applying level-based or one-by-one effects to organization charts, using triggers and reverse-order options to control sequence.

Master chart animation in PowerPoint by applying effects and using chart animation options—by category, by series, or by element in series—plus start by drawing the chart background.

Master PowerPoint's animation types by applying entrance, emphasis, and exit effects to slide objects, learn to add rather than replace animations, and fine-tune timing and order with the animation pane.

Create motion paths in PowerPoint to control how objects move on slides. Choose straight, arc, turn, shape, or custom paths, and add spin or pulse emphasis for dynamic effects.

Access and edit slide masters to control fonts and placeholder layouts across all slides, using top and sub masters as templates to ensure consistent design.

Apply themes in the slide master to change the background, background image, and fonts across slides, and use solid, gradient, picture, or pattern fills from the master.

Use the slide master to place a single image in the background across all slides via the office master, and manage date, time, slide numbers, and footers.

Animate multiple slides at once by using slide masters and layouts in PowerPoint; apply fly-in and bounce effects to placeholders and titles across slides via slide master and office master.

Explore how to use PowerPoint handout and notes masters to control headers, footers, dates, and slide numbers, customize layouts, and print notes and handouts.

Discover how built-in PowerPoint templates streamline your presentations with ready slide layouts, charts, smart art, and transitions, and learn when to use background slide masters versus content-filled templates.

Learn to create a custom PowerPoint template with slide master, background image and watermark, adjust title styles and slide numbers, and save it in custom office templates folder for reuse.

Learn how to print PowerPoint slides with flexible options and export to PDF, including print ranges, handouts, notes, and color or landscape settings.

Run your PowerPoint online using the Office Presentation Service to present live to remote viewers. Save the presentation to OneDrive and share a watchable link for on-demand viewing.

Discover how to use action buttons in PowerPoint to create non-linear navigation, linking slides, programs, and sounds, with invisible buttons and slide master integration.

Master PowerPoint by creating, saving, and opening presentations; design slides with themes, charts, shapes, and pictures, then use slide masters, templates, and animation for non-linear, polished decks.