Master PowerPoint for All Levels - PowerPoint 2019 & 2016

Learn about one of the most under-rated sections in the course where you will learn to use over 30 keyboard shortcuts for both Mac and Windows to save time on repetitive tasks you are already taking the time to do regularly. This course section will save you half the time it requires to build a presentation alone. Find a list of all the shortcuts you will learn below!

You will learn the most useful shortcuts in PowerPoint, as these are shortcuts that you will use on any object or in any situation. You will save hours of work by quickly being able to undo, copy, paste, and many more general shortcuts.

Learn about the many text shortcuts to help you quickly and easily fill your presentations with customized content that will impress your audience. Almost every presentation needs some sort of text, so these shortcuts will be extremely useful to you.

Objects allow you to stand out against your peers by adding features they don't know how to add. You will learn more about objects in future lessons, but for now take the time to learn the shortcuts that will allow you to quickly and easily manipulate these objects.

These presentation shortcuts will help you deliver an extremely professional presentation that is certain to impress your audience, and reduce any presentation day stress you may have.

Congrats on finishing the first content packed section! Shortcuts are undervalued because most people don't take the time to actually learn the shortcuts, but you are not most people. You have already committed to taking and finishing this course, so I know you will do the work of memorizing the shortcuts and how to use them. Stay motivated because there is more extremely valuable information to follow.

Tools are the most useful aspect of PowerPoint, taking your presentations to the next level all while saving you time! They can be complicated to learn, but don't get discouraged; the more you practice using each tool, the easier they will become. Use the template below to develop your 5 most useful tools and save as a hidden slide to your template at the end of the course. The final exercise of this section will require you to use most of the tools you learned in the section!

In this lesson you will learn about different shapes, how to create and edit them, and different formatting options to make your presentation look excellent. After all, humans are a visual species so you must learn how to use shapes to your advantage. These tools will make your PowerPoint look amazing.

Text boxes are what you will use to truly convey the information you want your audience to receive. Text is crucial in getting your point across, so don't miss out on learning how to make your text stand out and impress.

These three tools come in many shapes and sizes, but they all help you deliver complicated facts to your audience without boring walls of text. When used properly, all three of these options can really make a presentation go from good to excellent.

That classic saying "A picture is worth 1000 words" may be a bit of an over exaggeration, but they can certainly help reduce the amount of text you have building up in your slides. Make sure they truly add value to your presentation, and don't abuse pictures. You will quickly learn to use pictures to you advantage along with the raw and unique power of vector files. 

Learn how to quickly turn multiple shapes from confusing to extremely useful during this section. You will understand how to spread pictures out amongst many different shapes, and how to create entirely new shapes through visual subtraction!

Congrats on completing the most technical section in the entire course! Your hard work is behind you so enjoy the opportunity to learn more helpful features in PowerPoint and really step your game up. I know this next section will make you stand out and truly impress. Before you move on, take a look at the section assignment. I think you will have fun getting creative and making a unique design with what you just learned.

PowerPoint is constantly rolling out new features, so it's important you have a mindset of relentless growth and learning. These new tools will allow you to stand out, recapture the attention of your audience, and break the normal mold that many people fall into.

You will learn to master two new motion features that allow you to seamlessly transition through slides without seeming cheesy or elementary. These are the first two transitions PowerPoint has offered that look truly professional.

Learn about the raw power of 3D models, and the unique experience they can bring to your PowerPoint. With a collection of 3D models already available in PowerPoint, anyone can learn to zoom and manipulate realistic 3D models.

Finally, PowerPoint has added a feature allowing you to draw on your slides. Don't be constrained any longer by preset shapes or formatting options. Draw anything you want with the digital ink features.

With PowerPoint's new Funnel and Map charts, you can easily show a sales funnel or locational data without having to use sloppy drawings or pasting a picture online. Fully customize your chart experience with the most recent locational data.

Congrats on finishing this section, and sticking to the program. At this point, your presentations are already ahead of 95% of the population, allowing you to stand out and impress your audience. Show off your 2019 PowerPoint skills in the next section with a 3D model morph manipulation like the one below!

This is the most important section in the entire course because it will teach you to organize your PowerPoint effectively to ensure your audience is impressed and absorb the knowledge you are passing along. You will use human psychology to keep your audience optimally interested in what you have to say!

Learn about basic psychological principles that determine how humans learn best, and figure out how to make sure your PowerPoint's respect these principles to ensure maximum audience enjoyment and learning.

You will learn about two tools that are hidden from your audience, but allow you to effectively organize your PowerPoint and deliver a better finished product!

Generally, humans won't remember more than 3 key points from a presentation, so don't waste your time creating a PowerPoint with too much information. Optimize your time and get your point across effectively by reducing the amount of information and number of slides.

Learn what is useful in an "optimal slide"; a slide that you will use for the majority of your PowerPoints to get your information across effectively and easily. You will see my real life example optimal slide that I use every day, then you will get some ideas on what is useful for your own optimal slide.

Congrats on finishing the most important section in this course! If anything was confusing to you, please feel free to watch it again or reach out to me on the Q&A boards. The final optimal slide you will create is a fantastic start, but next you will learn to create your own template of slides so it's easy for your to start building an PowerPoint you can imagine. I have attached my optimal slide, so make it your own and post your ideas to the Q&A board, either by taking a screenshot or posting the actual PowerPoint. It's always good to get inspired from your classmates' ideas.

It may take some time to develop a personalized template, but in the long run you will save hours or even days of work after putting in the initial work. You will never again have to deal with formatting issues or worrying about making all of the slides match one another. You will automatically pick a slide format and begin entering useful information. The personalized template alone has the power to solve some of your biggest PowerPoint headaches.

Learn about the standard PowerPoint themes including how to set them, how to edit them, and good use cases for each theme. Once you understand the standard themes you will be able to continue on and make them your own.

The master slides feature is the key tool you will use to develop your own personalize theme. Learn what each section of the master slides can deliver to you as well as how to alter the material within master slides.

You will learn how to utilize master slides to make a personalized template, adding different slide formats you might need in the future, and removing formats you think you will never use again. Learn how to add features and place holders for each slide format you want to create in order to make the perfect personalized template that will save you hours.

The time you decided to take in order to create a personalized template will really pay off in the long run. Creating PowerPoints will no longer be a daunting task due to formatting issues, and each slide will look professional with a perfectly matching theme. The final section will teach you tools to knock out the actual presentation piece of your PowerPoint, but before you move on, share your personalized template on the Q&A board to inspire and help your classmates!

Imagine walking up to give a presentation to a public audience with no nerves or adrenaline to make you mess up, avoiding embarrassment and impressing your audience. This section will teach you the tools you need to help manage any fear of public speaking. It will also teach you tools to professionally present your information, without having to deal with public speaking at all.

Learn how to use transitions and slide timers to set up your presentation so it can run on auto pilot while you simply deliver the information that will help your audience. These tools can help your PowerPoint look extremely professional, and they don't require a lot of work to implement.

Use animations to draw attention to the important objects on each slide. Think of animations as transitions for objects without switching slides. It can look professional as long as they are not overused.

Notes can allow you to prepare what you want to say before you get in front of your audience. They can be an extremely valuable tool, although usually overlooked. Learn how to properly use them to your advantage!

How you choose to deliver your brief is the most important decision you can make. Don't let a lack of presenting preparation or an inappropriate presentation for your audience ruin the hard work you put into your PowerPoint. You want to make sure your audience really understands the content you worked so hard on.

Congrats on finishing the final content packed section! I hope you learned a valuable tool or two that will help you crush your presentation and impress your audience all while saving your preparation time. Before wrapping the course up, make sure to do the assignment by creating one 30 second slide with a voice recording and sharing it with your classmates.

Learn more about the Voice Recording Slide Assignment from this example voice recorded slide that I have converted into video. I have also posted the PowerPoint file of this slide as a downloadable resource.

Learn how to make the background of your PowerPoint slides a looping video. It only takes a few minutes to make this happen and it can really make you stand out during your PowerPoint if the video is not distracting.

Congratulations! You should feel very proud of yourself for making it all the way to the end. PowerPoint is always adding new and exciting features, so continue this momentum and never stop learning. Throughout the course you learned hundreds of tools and tricks that will reduce the time it takes to build a PowerPoint in half and ensure you will impress your audience. Please leave a review so I know how to improve the course in the future, and to help future classmates find the course! Finally, within one week of finishing the course, make sure to post your final project to the Q&A boards. I look forward to interacting with you further on the message boards.