Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019: Basic

Get started with PowerPoint 2019 and learn to navigate the interface, open and create presentations. Use help and built-in options to find your way and enhance your meeting presentations.

Navigate the PowerPoint environment by exploring ribbons, tabs, and views to gain comfort using features and master the user interface.

PowerPoint 2019, part of the office 2019 suite, helps you create professional slide shows with textual data, graphics, audio, and video content to present information in a logical sequence.

Create individual slides that form a larger presentation, displaying text and visual content to the audience, and use a training outline to identify the lessons.

PowerPoint 2019 opens to the start screen, giving you quick access to recent presentations, your saved PowerPoint files, and Microsoft resources to help you create more presentations.

Explore the PowerPoint 2019 user interface, featuring the quick access toolbar, customizable commands, the title bar, and the ribbon with tabs and groups, plus the thumbnails pane.

Explore the ribbon, its tabs and command groups, to access font formatting and insert options for creating and editing PowerPoint presentations.

Explore PowerPoint 2019's ribbon tabs, including file, home, insert, design, transitions, animations, slide show, review, view, and help, to create, format, and present slides.

Discover how dialog box launchers in PowerPoint 2019 expose extra font options beyond the ribbon by opening the font dialog box for advanced formatting.

Learn to customize the quick access toolbar in PowerPoint 2019, adding commands beyond save, undo, repeat, and start from beginning so you have your essentials ready at a glance.

Discover how screen tips show command descriptions when you hover over UI elements, and how key tips use the alt key to highlight letters and execute commands.

Customize the quick access toolbar in PowerPoint 2019 by removing defaults, placing your most used commands in the first nine slots, and activating them with Alt plus a number.

Navigate through slides using the thumbnails pane, a separate left pane showing a series of thumbnail images. Click or use the arrow keys to move through the presentation.

The status bar at the bottom displays slide information and quick access to features, enabling theme changes, accessibility notes, and zoom and view options for better viewing.

Contextual tabs appear when you select a chart, providing chart tools with commands tailored to that object.

Discover the backstage view from the file menu, where vertically aligned tabs on the left reveal options on the right such as open, save as, print, share, and export.

Open screen to select a presentation from local files, storage, or online in OneDrive and SharePoint, using the left pane to browse folders and document pane to select the presentation.

PowerPoint 2019 opens files from unsafe sources in protected view, disables editing by default, and prompts you to enable editing when you trust the source.

Explore the PowerPoint 2019 user interface by navigating the start page, opening presentations, using the ribbon and tab groups, and accessing the backstage file options.

Explore viewing and navigating a presentation in PowerPoint 2019, open existing files, and move through slides to understand the interface at the core of creating presentations.

Learn PowerPoint 2019 basic: use the normal view and other presentation views—outline, slide sorter, notes page, and reading view—and manage slides and notes from the view tab.

Use outline view to switch your content into an outline format, making it easier to organize slides or create a storyboard before you worry about formatting.

View all slides as thumbnails in the slide sort of view and click and drag to move them. Use ribbon commands to rearrange slides, making this view ideal for rearranging.

Learn how the notes page displays the slide with the contents of the speaker notes in a page format for viewing, reviewing, and editing notes to use during the presentation.

Explore reading view to display slides one at a time, offering a full visual preview similar to the final presentation you would show the audience.

Explore color view options in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019, including grayscale and black-and-white modes, plus contextual ribbon tabs that offer additional ways to modify slide object colors.

Launch and navigate PowerPoint 2019 slide shows using shortcuts from the beginning or current slide, go to specific slides, and use blackout or whiteout before exiting with escape.

Learn to view and navigate PowerPoint 2019 using normal view, notes page, and slide sorter, duplicate, delete, or hide slides, and start a slide show from beginning or current slide.

Explore built-in and online PowerPoint help to locate commands, learn how they work, and use the tell me what you want to do option in the ribbon.

Access PowerPoint help by opening the help tab, using the help pane search field, and pressing enter or the search button to view topic results and links to online sources.

Explore how the tell me feature speeds learning in PowerPoint by typing insert chart to access help and matching actions, faster than navigating the ribbon.

Learn to use PowerPoint help and the tell me what you want to do feature to find commands, such as adding shapes, inserting images, and saving files.

Explore PowerPoint 2019 basics, navigate its user interface and views, and use help features to open, navigate, and create professional presentations within the Office 2019 suite.

Develop PowerPoint presentations by moving beyond basic functions to craft substance with varied presentation types, themes, templates, and powerful text editing while designing and arranging slides.

Learn to create and save a presentation in PowerPoint 2019, starting from your own file and exploring templates, customization options, and saving from existing files.

Explore three methods to create presentations in PowerPoint 2019: start from a blank presentation, search for templates or themes on Office.com, or use an existing PowerPoint theme.

Create a blank presentation with a single title slide and text placeholders. Click to add a title and subtitle to craft your first slide.

Learn how text placeholders work in PowerPoint 2019, including title and subtitle placeholders as containers for text with instructional text, and how to add, remove, resize, move, and format placeholders.

Create speaker notes for each slide to guide your presentation, print them to use as notes for the audience, and type notes in the notes pane in normal view.

Save your PowerPoint 2019 presentation to enable auto save and use the pptx format; use save as to name a new file or rename an existing one by browsing locations.

Create a PowerPoint 2019 blank presentation from a blank canvas, choose templates and slide layouts for the new product development team or employee orientation, use notes, and save.

Create a PowerPoint from a properly formatted Word outline using Word heading styles; only headings one through nine import, so format the document with outline view before conversion.

Demonstrates how to create a PowerPoint presentation from a Word outline by using heading levels to map to slides, saving time with automatic conversion to title placeholders.

Learn to create presentations from templates and to turn existing presentations into templates, using placeholders and preformatted designs, with thousands of options on office.com for future slides.

Create a presentation from an online template in PowerPoint 2019 by searching online templates, replace placeholders and images, adjust fonts, and apply slide transitions.

Edit text to deliver information to your audience, a basic presentation skill. Enter and edit text to focus your message, correct errors, and deliver presentations effectively.

Use text boxes as blank containers with borders for text on slides. Rotate and resize them with the rotation handle and sizing handles to adjust height, width, and proportions.

Learn PowerPoint 2019 text selection with mouse and keyboard: click and drag, shift-click, or shift-arrow to highlight; double-click for a word, triple-click for a paragraph, and Ctrl+A to select all.

Explore the mini toolbar, a floating tool that appears beside highlighted text and provides quick access to font size, style, alignment, colors, and indentation.

Master cut, copy, and paste in PowerPoint 2019 by selecting text and using the Home tab or keyboard shortcuts to move or duplicate content on slides.

Access and reuse copied content by opening the clipboard task pane in the home tab's clipboard group, review items you've copied, and paste them into your presentation.

Master PowerPoint paste options by applying destination theme, keeping source formatting, pasting as image, or keeping text only, with design preview and a temporary paste preview at the insertion point.

Use the paste special command to paste items as a specific file type, such as a JPEG or PMG image in your presentation, and choose how to paste it.

Edit PowerPoint text quickly by double-clicking placeholders, pasting from other documents with text only or keep destination theme, and apply basic text selection tricks.

Learn how to work with slides as your presentation grows in size and complexity, using slides of different styles and rearranging slides to organize content.

Learn how to insert and duplicate slides, reuse slides across presentations, and delete or hide slides so they stay in the file but don't appear in the slideshow.

Discover how slide layouts organize content with templates that fix the placement of titles, charts, tables, and images. Apply layouts to new or existing slides to save time.

Explore the nine standard slide layouts in PowerPoint 2019. Learn how title, section header, two content, and comparison layouts use placeholders for titles, content, charts, and tables.

Discover slide layout types in PowerPoint 2019 by using title, text, content, and picture placeholders.

Explore slide size and orientation options in PowerPoint 2019 on the design tab, choosing wide screen or standard and adjusting further orientation settings.

Learn to add, delete, and modify slides in PowerPoint 2019, reuse slides from other presentations, duplicate slides, change layouts, and paste content with the destination theme.

Arrange slides efficiently in PowerPoint 2019 by cutting, pasting, and dragging in slide sorter view, and learn to hide slides to maintain a logical presentation flow.

Design a presentation to create professional looking slides that enhance your authority and credibility as a presenter, exploring the many PowerPoint themes you can use.

Explore how themes combine colors, fonts, and effects to create a consistent, professional look across slides, with occasional exceptions, enhancing readability and cohesiveness.

Explore the three theme components—colors, fonts, and effects—and customize them in PowerPoint 2019, choosing background and text colors, title/body fonts, and effects like shadows.

Explore theme variants to customize PowerPoint 2019 presentations by tweaking the look of a chosen theme. Learn how closely related themes share layout elements yet introduce individual changes.

Explore background styles by applying themes to slides and customizing colors, images, or textures. Use the dialog box to create custom backgrounds for your slide designs.

Explore the format background pane to customize slide backgrounds using the fill, effects, and pictures tabs, adjusting fills, artistic elements, textures, and picture attributes like brightness and contrast.

Develop and deliver PowerPoint presentations by creating slides, adding and deleting content, editing text, saving in different formats, and applying themes to customize the visual design.

Master advanced text editing operations to emphasize key points while keeping content consistent with themes and slide layouts, format paragraphs for readability, and boost visual appeal without long development time.

Explore formatting characters to make text convey information effectively in PowerPoint. Learn to format text professionally so the message is clear and key information isn’t missed.

Apply character formats to text on slides by selecting font type, size, color, and style. Adjust these attributes to shape the appearance of basic elements and apply headings to content.

Explore how the live preview feature shows formatting changes in PowerPoint without applying them, saving time by previewing font, size, and color adjustments before you apply.

Explore the font dialog box to access advanced character formatting for customizing text in presentations, including font size, bold, italic, underline, colors, background color, superscript, subscript, and character spacing options.

Explore WordArt styles, apply predefined formatting to slide text, preview options in the WordArt styles gallery, and customize styles to suit your presentation.

Master the format painter tool to copy text and object formatting and apply it to other text or objects without changing content. Double-click to keep copying across multiple areas.

Use the replace font option to quickly switch all text from one font to another across the entire presentation, saving time.

Demonstrates formatting characters in PowerPoint by selecting text, changing fonts and sizes, and replacing fonts. Uses the mini toolbar, format painter, and word art to style slides.

Explore paragraph formatting in PowerPoint 2019, focusing on alignment and creating bolded lists, building on earlier formatting tags.

Learn to create bulleted lists in PowerPoint 2019, understand when order matters (use numbered lists), and customize bullets with the shape gallery or your own pictures.

Explore the numbered list feature for ordered items, including steps in a process, sublists, and formatting options with numbers or letters, start at different numbers or letters.

Follow concise slide design guidelines for effective tech slides by using active voice, single-line keywords, minimal bullets, meaningful icons, smart art, and transparent text boxes over images to improve readability.

Master bulleted and numbered lists in PowerPoint 2019, choose bullet styles such as star bullets, adjust indentation and size, and apply formatting across slides with the Format Painter.

Explore text alignment options for horizontally aligning text within placeholders and positioning it relative to left or right margins to craft professional, standout slides for PowerPoint 2019 basic.

Learn how to vertically align text in a placeholder using top, middle, or bottom alignment options in PowerPoint 2019.

Change text direction in PowerPoint 2019, rotate, or stack text vertically, with the default horizontal flow and several options.

Explore the format shape pane to access most formatting commands for text boxes and their text, with many options also on the ribbon, while some are exclusive to this pane.

Explore the auto fit feature in PowerPoint 2019 to automatically fit text in text boxes and objects, with options to shrink text on overflow or resize the shape.

Discover paragraph spacing options to control the amount of spacing before and after paragraphs and adjust line spacing between lines within the same paragraph.

Set text indentation by entering a before indentation value in the paragraph dialog box. Drag the indent markers to adjust indentation, similar to the word program.

Demonstrates formatting paragraphs in PowerPoint 2019, covering center alignment, line spacing, indents, hanging markers, and bulleted lists, with text box containers and undo options via control A.

Master advanced text formatting in PowerPoint to organize characters and paragraphs, making slides easy to read, attention-grabbing, and focused on key messages.

Learn to insert images, shapes, smart art, icons, and 3D models, and to arrange and size graphical elements to enhance presentations.

Insert images in PowerPoint 2019 to illustrate concepts and paint a picture on slides, using screenshots or online images to support points and enhance a team-building slide.

Insert pictures into slides in PowerPoint using the insert picture dialog, supporting image files from your computer, network drives, or SharePoint.

Insert online images with copyright-filtered search using the online pictures command, browse categories and licensing options, and select images that best fit your presentation needs.

Learn to insert screenshots into PowerPoint using the built-in screenshot tool to capture an entire window or a selected region. Use Windows screen clipping and third-party options.

Learn to insert images into a PowerPoint 2019 presentation using the insert tab, online pictures with Bing, and Creative Commons filters. Resize, align, and save the presentation.

Learn to insert shapes into PowerPoint slides and create custom graphics when images aren’t available, leveraging the large library of shapes.

Add and customize shapes in PowerPoint 2019 by choosing from lines, rectangles, flowcharts, stars, banners, and more; click to create, drag, then adjust fill, text, and rotation.

Discover how PowerPoint's rulers serve as visual reference tools to size text boxes and shapes precisely and position objects on slides using marked increments and alignment guides.

discover how to insert shapes in PowerPoint: use the insert tab, add text boxes, draw shapes from the gallery, format text, align, resize, and save.

Create SmartArt to transform text into complex graphical representations, insert layouts in your PowerPoint 2019 presentation, and save time with ready-made formatting.

Learn how smart art graphics visually represent text from processes to hierarchies and relationships, and create them from existing text or from scratch, across eight categories used in sales.

Use the SmartArt graphic dialog box to browse categories and layouts, select a category on the left, and view the options; a preview appears in the right-hand list pane.

Explore SmartArt categories in PowerPoint 2019: choose diagrams for non-sequential information like bulleted lists, processes, cycles, hierarchies, relationships, matrices, pyramids, pictures, and specialized Office.com content.

Discover two ways to add text to SmartArt in PowerPoint: typing in shapes or using the SmartArt text pane, and manage bullet levels by promoting, demoting, and reordering.

Learn how to convert a bulleted list into SmartArt in PowerPoint 2019, choose a layout from the gallery, customize colors and size, and save.

Master the basics of PowerPoint 2019 by inserting icons and 3D models to enhance slides, using a curated icon set to add visual detail.

Explore vector graphic icons in PowerPoint 2019, organized into categories of common symbols to serve as visual cues for the main idea and to build more complex images.

Insert and manipulate three dimensional models in PowerPoint 2019, resizing, rotating, and tilting to view from any angle, using remix 3d models or paint 3d creations for import.

Learn to insert icons and 3D models into PowerPoint slides via the illustrations menu, using the online galleries, category search, and resize and rotate controls.

Learn how to arrange and size graphic objects in your presentation by selecting, inserting, and manipulating them to optimize placement, focus, and audience impact.

Select an object to modify using a mouse, keyboard shortcuts, the select drop-down menu, or the selection pane, and it becomes active with borders, sizing handles, and rotation handles.

Learn how to resize an object by changing its height and width, using sizing handles or the commands on the ribbon in the size group, including the crop option.

In PowerPoint 2019, learn how object scaling preserves the original height-to-width ratio, unlike resizing that changes dimensions by expanding height or width.

Explore object orientation options in PowerPoint to rotate objects at any angle, flip them horizontally or vertically, and use the rotation handle or format pane for precise 1-degree adjustments.

Learn how the grouping feature links multiple slide objects into a single unit, so formatting, resizing, and rotating apply to all, unless you select individual objects to edit them.

Learn how to group and rotate objects in PowerPoint 2019. Group items to resize and format them together, applying 3D rotation and picture effects from the picture tools format tab.

Master object order in PowerPoint to control visibility of overlapping objects; learn to use bring forward, bring to front, send backward, and send to back, and adjust for transparent images.

The selection pane offers an easier way to arrange many objects than the arrange commands. It lets you select items, view grouped objects, and use bring forward to save time.

Learn to align objects on a PowerPoint slide using the align commands, choosing align to slide or align to other objects, once objects are selected.

learn how to duplicate objects in PowerPoint 2019 using the d keyboard shortcut to create multiple copies of shapes for easier editing and presentation design.

Use smart guides to align shapes precisely on slides, providing vertical alignment and horizontal spacing cues. Move objects to center them relative to other elements using these dotted alignment lines.

Use guides and grid lines to align slide layouts with vertical and horizontal dotted lines that show the slide layout and help center elements both horizontally and vertically.

Arrange objects in PowerPoint 2019 by duplicating items with Ctrl D and aligning them using grid lines and guides. Group and order objects with bring forward and align left.

Insert images, pictures, shapes, and smart art to display text visually. Arrange icons and 3D models using PowerPoint's tools to size and position objects on the slide.

Learn how to modify graphical elements in PowerPoint to balance content, format images and shapes, customize SmartArt and icons, work with 3D models, and animate objects.

Explore how to format images in PowerPoint 2019 to enhance your presentation and create greater visual impact.

Discover the picture tools format contextual tab, enabling editing, effects, and adjustments (image correction, compression, removing backgrounds) plus styles, borders, and layout options.

Write effective alternate text for images to describe their content and purpose, enabling screen reader users to understand why the image was included and what information it conveys.

Explore the image editor in PowerPoint's format tab, where you can remove background and adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness of pictures.

Use the remove background tool to eliminate background elements and keep the subject, with auto-detection and mark areas to keep or remove. Save changes or discard changes to finalize edits.

Adjust image brightness, contrast, and sharpness using the corrections gallery with previews before applying. Create custom corrections beyond presets, and apply them to the selected image in the task pane.

Adjust color in PowerPoint 2019 by choosing presets from color saturation, color tone, and the red color groups; hover to apply, or open more variations for further customization.

Apply the set transparent color option to make a chosen color in an image transparent, letting you layer the image over another graphic and reveal the underlying graphic.

Explore the artistic effects tool and its preset styles that alter images to resemble artwork by markers, pencil, or chalk, on cement or glass, with glow or blur options.

Understand how adding many images increases a PowerPoint file size and use image compression to reduce it by choosing what to compress in the compressed pictures dialog box.

The format picture pane provides commands to format images in your presentation, including shadows, soft edges, borders, resizing, cropping, and color changes, with some options also in ribbons and tabs.

Explore the picture styles gallery to apply preconfigured formatting to pictures added to the presentation, including picture frames, reflections, glows, and 3D input.

Master the crop tool in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2019: basic to crop images by adjusting the cropping handles and dragging to the right size.

Learn to use images effectively by selecting large 4:3 or 16:9 resolutions, cropping to aspect ratio, filling slides, and attributing images to avoid copyright issues.

Demonstrates formatting images in PowerPoint by changing pictures, cropping to a 16 by 9 aspect ratio, resizing, applying color corrections and artistic effects, removing backgrounds, and adding accessibility alt text.

Format shapes as a versatile graphical object you can add to your presentations, and learn to tailor their appearance to unlock design flexibility.

Insert a shape to reveal the drawing tools contextual tab, including shapes, text boxes, and word art; access shape styles, word art styles, accessibility, arrangement, and size options.

Use the format shape pane to format shapes and text within objects, including fill, line, effects, size and properties, and switch between shape options and text options tabs.

Explore how to enhance shapes with fills in PowerPoint 2019, using the shape fill drop-down to apply colors, pictures, gradients, and textures as shape backgrounds.

Explore how to format shape outlines in PowerPoint 2019, including color, width, dash styles, and how to remove outlines to separate shapes from slide content.

Explore PowerPoint shape effects, including beveled edges, soft edges, 3D rotation, drop shadows, reflection, and glow. Hover to preview options, then adjust presets for a polished look.

Learn to use shape styles and quick styles to format shapes with a combination of effects and outlines. Preview each style before applying and customize them as needed.

Create unique visuals in PowerPoint 2019 by combining multiple shapes to form custom shapes and adjusting them by dragging added points to alter their appearance.

Use the merge shapes feature to combine two or more shapes into a single custom shape, with options for union, combine, intersect, and subtract that control overlapping regions.

Master the edit points tool to create custom shapes by editing a shape's outline, using black points to reshape and white points to adjust curvature.

Explore text box formatting options, including fill, outline, and effects, which mirror shapes. Use the quick styles gallery to apply fast, professional text box styles.

Format text boxes on slides, center the text at 72 point, bold the area, then use shape fill, the eyedropper, and add shadows and 3D effects.

Customize SmartArt in PowerPoint by adjusting graphics created from text or outlines, giving you control to craft the exact diagram you need.

Explore how selecting smart art reveals the smart art tools contextual tab, with commands to create and modify graphics, organized into the design tab and the format tab.

Explore the SmartArt design tab to customize SmartArt graphics, apply styles and color schemes, adjust layout, reset changes, and convert graphics to shapes or text.

Create a custom graphic from smart art and then convert the diagram back to individual shapes to gain flexibility for final diagram customization.

Explore smart art tools format tab to change shape or size of smart art shapes, convert 3d graphics to 2d, and apply styles, word art options, and accessibility controls.

Learn how to customize SmartArt in PowerPoint 2019 by editing layouts, using the design tab and text pane, and adjusting colors, 3D effects, and styles to suit your presentation.

Learn how to format and customize icons provided by Microsoft to help them fit better in your presentation.

Select a Microsoft icon to access the graphics tools contextual tab, use the format tab to edit, replace, or convert icons, apply graphic styles, and adjust accessibility, arrangement, and size.

Convert icons to shapes to unwrap and edit individual portions of the original vector graphics. Use the drawing tools tab to expand, format, and ungroup the shapes for precise modifications.

Learn how to format icons in PowerPoint 2019 by converting drawings to shapes, ungrouping objects, and applying an orange fill to customize icon colors for cohesive visuals.

Format 3D models in your presentation and customize them more effectively to fit into your slides.

Select a 3d model to reveal 3d models tools contextual tab and edit with the format tab; replace or reset the model, rotate to top or left, and adjust size.

Navigate the 3d model view gallery to display models from head on, above, or below, preview the current view, and apply changes that update immediately.

Learn to manipulate 3D models in PowerPoint 2019 by resizing with sizing handles, tilting with the middle 3D control, and circling the model with the top handle.

Pan and zoom move the model within the frame to reveal different views and adjust depth to look closer or farther; unlike resizing, zooming may crop parts that don't fit.

Move and resize a 3d model in PowerPoint 2019 using the format tools, 3d model views, and pan and zoom to position the head, then deselect with escape.

Explore how to animate objects in PowerPoint to enhance a presentation with graphics and images, boosting professional look, visual appeal, and audience engagement while keeping content lively.

Explore PowerPoint's built-in animation effects to transform graphics and text with motion, including pulse, spin, appear or disappear, and motion paths. Use animations judiciously to guide the audience and keep slides on track.

Explore 3D animation options in PowerPoint 2019, including entrance, emphasis, and exit effects for 3D models, with additional 3D-specific effects alongside other animation options.

Use animation to reinforce memory, reveal bullet points progressively, and illustrate changes with motion paths. Keep effects minimal and professional, emphasizing key points without distraction.

Learn to animate objects in PowerPoint by applying fly in and grow and shrink effects from the animations tab, and copy formats with animation painter.

Modify graphical elements in PowerPoint by formatting images and shapes, customizing SmartArt, icons, and 3D models, and adding animation to objects to boost presentation professionalism.

Review your presentation using auto correct features and spell check to address mistakes before delivering to an audience.

Learn how PowerPoint 2019’s auto correct feature fixes spelling, capitalization, and formatting as you type, customize corrections, add your own entries, and manage symbols, fractions, and right-click actions.

Use the spell checker to scan slide text and notes, compare to a language list, view pronunciation for related words, and update the custom dictionary across the presentation.

Explore specific terms in your presentation using the smart lookup feature, which displays web results, wiki articles, definitions, and related links directly within PowerPoint.

Use the compatibility checker to evaluate a PowerPoint presentation for grammatical issues, errors, and save compatibility with older file types, helping you communicate with users on older PowerPoint versions.

Identify inaccessible content with the accessibility checker, review slides that pose access challenges, and improve accessibility by editing slides and adding alternative text.

Review your presentation with spellcheck from the review tab or F7, correct misspellings, and use smart lookup to fetch definitions and quick web results for research.

Master applying transitions in PowerPoint 2019, recognizing that transitions are the animation between slides and that objects on a slide animate when moving to the next slide.

Explore how PowerPoint transitions add visual effects between slides, with customizable speed, direction, sounds, and auto-play options. Use transitions sparingly to draw attention to key slides and avoid distracting audience.

Use the timing group to auto-advance slides in a speakerless presentation, setting each slide to five seconds, noting the default is on mouse click and avoiding sound options.

Explore applying slide transitions in PowerPoint 2019 by selecting transitions from the gallery, choosing categories, adjusting timing and duration, and applying to all slides with preview.

Print your completed presentation by selecting from options to print handouts, notes pages, or full slides, tailoring hard copies to your audience and goals.

Learn how the print command in PowerPoint 2019 provides options for printing copies, color, and collation. Use left pane settings and right pane preview to choose slides and notes pages.

Produce full page slides as printed materials that display only the slides, with no speaker notes or audience notes, and onscreen text mirroring the slides.

Explore the notes page, printed materials that display speaker notes, slide numbers, and slide images, helping you deliver the presentation with a clear view of your notes.

Use the outline view as a printed option that shows text only, providing a table of contents for viewers to follow along with the presentation.

Create handouts as a Word document version of your slides to enable note-taking, include page numbers and the presentation date, and provide space for notes beside each slide.

Learn how to deliver your PowerPoint presentation, share ideas with people who aren't in the room, customize the slideshow, and save presentations in different formats.

Learn PowerPoint 2019 basics by mastering four delivery options from the beginning, from the current slide, online presentation, and custom slide show via the slide show tab.

Learn to present a slideshow in PowerPoint 2019 by configuring transitions, enabling automatic timing after 10 seconds, and using presenter view with monitor selection.

Discover the different file format options for saving PowerPoint presentations, including PPTX, PDF, ODP, and PowerPoint show, with export, video, and handout options.

Export a PowerPoint 2019 presentation to a PDF, preserving formatting and accessibility, by using the export tab and publish option to create a ready-to-view document.

Prepare and polish your PowerPoint delivery, review the presentation, deliver it in a specific way, and share it in various formats to gain confidence when presenting important information.

Conclude the basic PowerPoint course by reviewing slides, applying formatting, arranging smart art, word art, and 3D models, and preparing for delivery with transitions and printing options.