Mastering PowerPoint 365 - Advanced (2023)

Explore PowerPoint options and views, from AutoSave and AutoRecovery every 10 minutes to undo limits and default templates, then use multi-window layouts and Normal, Outline, Slide Sorter, and Reading views.

Learn to use PowerPoint's backstage area to access recent and pinned files, manage shared items, and search quickly, then use AutoSave and version history to restore prior versions.

Master advanced PowerPoint 365 techniques, including AutoCorrect for typos and capitalization. Learn to insert symbols and translate text with the translator pane.

Learn to find and replace text and fonts across a PowerPoint presentation, using replace fonts to change Arial Black to Century Gothic for consistency.

Learn advanced copy and paste in PowerPoint, including destination versus source formatting and paste as picture. Use the clipboard to save up to 24 items for reuse across slides.

Master WordArt to turn text into art, customize colors and outlines, apply text effects and transforms, and align text boxes for slide-wide consistency.

Import Word content into PowerPoint via copy-paste or slides from outline, using Heading 1 for titles and Heading 2 for content, then reset formatting to the theme.

Learn to edit shapes in PowerPoint 365, apply shape and text effects, adjust shadow and glow, and set precise colors with hex codes for branding.

Master screen captures and edit pictures directly in PowerPoint. Use screenshot and screen clipping, crop, brightness/contrast, sharpening, and eyedropper color matching to enhance slides.

Learn to ungroup and customize illustrations, manage layers with the selection pane, lock and hide objects, and work with 3D models including rotation, views, and pan & zoom.

Explore advanced PowerPoint table formatting with table design styles, header and total rows, and row and column shading, then customize charts with styles, layouts, and data editing.

Learn how to add and adjust chart elements, titles, labels, legends, and data tables; format data series with color fills, gridlines, and gradient backgrounds to enhance PowerPoint charts.

Embed an Excel file as an object in PowerPoint to display a spreadsheet, link the data to enable updates, and handle security notices when opening a linked presentation.

Master PowerPoint 365 advanced animation by selecting entrance, emphasis, exit, and motion path effects, using bold reveal, auto preview, and animation painter to apply consistent animations across slides.

Explore animation pane to view indicators and manage entrance, emphasis, and motion path animations; reorder and expand content placeholder items, and test from a chosen point to present in order.

Master advanced PowerPoint animation by using split animations, effect options, reverse text order, exit effects, and motion paths with triggers for 3D models.

Learn how to insert videos in PowerPoint 365, including stock videos, online videos, and local files. Control playback with automatic or click-to-play options and insert YouTube URLs.

Learn to insert audio into PowerPoint, preview and customize playback, set start automatically, loop until stopped, hide the megaphone, and play across slides.

Use the slide master to apply formatting across the entire presentation, so title colors and layouts update on all slides from the master slide.

Save a custom theme from the design tab, including colors and fonts, apply it to new presentations, and share it; save templates in custom office templates to enforce layouts.

Explore PowerPoint's Designer to generate design ideas from your text, apply auto-formatted layouts, switch between color and grayscale views, and quickly create themed slides.

Control slide transitions timing and duration, and set auto-advance to move slides automatically. Preview, rehearse timings, and adjust each slide on the transitions tab to fine-tune the presentation flow.

Explore slide show options in PowerPoint 365, including looping, show types, annotations with pen and laser pointer, and presenter view for multiple monitors.

Organize long PowerPoint decks by creating and renaming sections, grouping slides in slide sorter, and use bookmarks for audio, video, and bookmark-triggered animations to jump to key moments.