Microsoft PowerPoint: Presentations, Book Covers, Animation

Learn practical ways to start and stop PowerPoint on Windows 8.1, including pinning to the taskbar, using the apps by name screen, and closing the program with the X.

Explore the PowerPoint main screen layout, including the ribbon, menu, and command bar, with left slide thumbnails, a right slide workspace, and tools for home, insert, design, transitions, and slideshow.

Compare PowerPoint 2013 and 16, install the software, and master the window layout, quick access toolbar, status bar, ribbon, screen layout, and essential actions like new, save, open, and close.

Master PowerPoint beginner training by selecting templates, configuring slide size and orientation, and creating and editing title and standard slides.

Choose and configure a template to set the look and feel of your presentation, using the slide master to apply fonts, colors, and layouts across all slides.

Set slides to wide screen via design > slide size, and choose wide screen to fit modern displays; use custom slide size to switch between landscape and portrait.

Configure slide size and orientation for a book cover in PowerPoint, using portrait dimensions and 300 dpi bitmap export to create print-ready graphics.

Learn to create title slides and title-and-contents slides in PowerPoint, starting from a clean template and using bullets to outline your overview.

Explore additional PowerPoint slide layouts beyond the basics, including section headers, two-column content slides, comparison slides, title only, blank slides, and slides with captions or pictures.

Edit slide contents by adjusting text boxes, moving and rotating text, and using the context menu to cut, paste, and hyperlink. Manage line breaks and font size to fit.

Preview your presentation by reviewing slides in editing mode, start from beginning or current slide, navigate with keyboard arrows, fix errors, and plan transitions and animations.

Apply simple slide element animations in PowerPoint by selecting items, choosing float in or fade, starting on click or with previous via the animation pane to pace your slide's narrative.

Master PowerPoint basics by learning templates, setting slide size and orientation, inserting and editing content, reviewing presentations, and applying simple transitions and animations to create a course overview slide.

Advance your PowerPoint skills with intermediate training, mastering inserting pictures, colors and artistic effects, text boxes and shapes, SmartArt, tables, charts, graphs, and video.

Learn how to create artistic effects in PowerPoint by building composite images with cutouts, removing backgrounds, layering wings between a child and grass, and applying color and softening effects.

Learn how to copy screens with print screen, paste into PowerPoint slides, resize the image, and use design ideas for alternative layouts to create seamless presentations.

Insert text boxes to add descriptive text to slides and images, then configure font, size, and alignment to fit your layout.

Insert and customize shapes in PowerPoint to add graphic elements to slides, select from lines, basic shapes, arrows, and callouts, then format text and apply effects.

Explore how to configure slide elements using four approaches: the home menu for text formatting, element-specific format options, chart tools with design and format, and contextual formatting pop-ups.

Create a complex graphic slide in PowerPoint by layering a background image, a you are here button, grouped shapes for products, and sequential float-in animations for an engaging course overview.

Master creating complex visuals in PowerPoint by inserting Smart Art to combine text and graphics, exploring cycle and process diagrams, and customizing layouts to convey steps clearly.

Insert and configure a PowerPoint table by selecting rows and columns, applying header rows and banded colors, borders and table styles, merging or splitting cells, aligning text, and entering data.

Master advanced PowerPoint topics, from basic presentation skills and engaging voice inflection to slide and chart animation, background removal, templates, and creating course promotional slides.

Slow down to improve pacing, speak clearly with inflection, and use bullet prompts to elaborate rather than read, while recording alongside slides and editing out ums.

Record the course overview with Camtasia Studio, using screen recording, editing, and trimming to start at the presentation, import a production logo, adjust audio, and render an mp4 video.

Explore advanced slide animation in PowerPoint by building a writing-process storyboard with 3-D elements, motion paths, and coordinated timings that reveal outline, research, and plot character.

Learn to remove backgrounds in PowerPoint using the remove background tool, mark areas to keep or remove, and create transparent silhouettes for composite images.

Learn a trick to animate charts by duplicating slides and filtering data to reveal categories one by one, with fade transitions and a growing chart.

Master advanced PowerPoint techniques, including recording presentations in a studio setup, creating advanced slide animations, removing background images, and using PowerPoint for course promotion and charts.

Learn to craft a 2D animated movie trailer in PowerPoint that conveys suspense and emotion through scenes of spying, crying, and love.

Create memes and infographics using PowerPoint by selecting a background image, applying design ideas, adding text boxes with contrasting colors, and exporting as jpeg for social media.

Design book covers in PowerPoint by combining a full-background image, colored boxes, and bold text, then duplicate slides and export as jpeg.

Explore the 2017 extensions and more, navigate the course catalog, and discover PowerPoint courses on book cover design, recording presentations, and business graphics.

The lecture explains how the 2017 section extensions expanded the PowerPoint course. It adds five extensions, including advanced presentation skills and advanced slide animation, to deepen beginner to advanced learning.

Master advanced PowerPoint presentation and animation, including animated objects and book cover design for ebooks and print on demand, plus production options and business graphics with Excel.

Master advanced presentation skills for PowerPoint, from slide, screencast, or hybrid formats to confident delivery, pacing, enunciation, and picture-in-picture talking head transitions with foreshadowing.

Explore various presentation styles: screencast, PowerPoint slide, hybrids, snapshots, and webcam—and evaluate which works best for each lecture and audience.

Outline courses, sections, lectures and articles in a text editor, then create lecture topics with bullet points, and translate them into PowerPoint slides for the presentation.

present at a casual pace, speak like a friend, slow down for clarity, use a clear, confident voice, and guide a logical sequence while knowing your subject and craft.

Defeat ums, uhs, and sos through disciplined practice, recording, and repeating without filler. Embrace silences, slow down, stay fearless, and use postproduction carefully to reduce edits without choppiness.

Learn to use enunciating, articulating, emoting, inflecting, and laughter to captivate audiences in PowerPoint presentations. Overact to project energy and use pauses, volume, and inflection to keep listeners engaged.

Learn to use PowerPoint bullet items as prompts to guide dialogue, paraphrase, and stay on point without scripting, while blending screenshots and hybrid presentations for a lively, spontaneous delivery.

Master paraphrasing and augmenting your talking points by rewriting bullet items in your own words, using them as visual cues, and elaborating with examples to avoid boring your audience.

Use cheating ahead to segue into the next slide, smoothing transitions and signaling expertise. Build anticipation with foreshadowing and cliffhangers, and open and conclude by previewing upcoming topics.

Explore whether to use music in your presentation, with rules on legal rights, choosing appropriate music, keeping volume low, and using fading to set a mellow mood.

Deliver a dynamic live presentation by projecting to the back of the room, moving beyond the podium, engaging the audience with interactions, and embracing fearless energy without post-production.

Be fearless and teach with PowerPoint as you explore reasons not to lecture. Decide if you are a teacher and overcome the voices in your head doubting your topic.

Explore PowerPoint as a vector graphics editor to design slides, apply basic and advanced animations, draw shapes, use the selection pane, and craft animated intros.

Outline your lecture in a text editor, then translate the topics into a PowerPoint presentation with sections, slides, bullet points, and animations to map your course structure.

Explore slide components for a lecture, including title slides, bullet items, section transitions, and graphics, and learn how to structure introductions, section overviews, and conclusions.

Explore creating slide foundations with static slides, bullet points, and simple transitions, then apply basic animations like float in to enhance bullet item delivery while maintaining consistency.

Apply and sequence entrance, emphasis, and exit animations in PowerPoint, using the animation pane to assign multiple effects and control starts such as on click, with previous, or after previous.

Create engaging promo videos in PowerPoint by applying text effects, fly in, spin, and fly out animations, and sequencing motion paths with grouped graphics for dynamic infographics.

Learn to draw any shape in PowerPoint by editing shapes, adding points and bezier curves, and merging shapes for holes in layered 2D graphics.

Learn to draw smooth freeform curves in PowerPoint by using the curved tool instead of the freeform shape to round corners quickly. Avoid editing points and Bezier tuning, saving time.

Design and animate a truck in PowerPoint using standard components, gradients, and shapes, then create a continuous loop with moving tires, a passing cactus, and a moving background.

Drive your PowerPoint animations by using the selection pane to organize and view slide elements, rename groups, and manage visibility for precise layering.

Learn to create multislide animations in PowerPoint by using slide transitions to simulate movement, duplicating slides for bar movements, spaceship effects, and talking head sequences with fade transitions.

Learn talking head animation in PowerPoint by creating avatars with mouth and beard movement, blinking eyes, and layered image techniques to synchronize speech.

Explore PowerPoint for presentations and book covers, using simple graphics and bullets, plus animation sequencing, multi-slide animation, spoof animation, drawing shapes, and the selection pane.