Microsoft PowerPoint 2021/365 for Absolute Beginners

Import slides from a Word outline to quickly create PowerPoint slides with title and text layouts. Then replace fonts from Times New Roman to Lato for a cohesive look.

Create a title slide in a blank PowerPoint by inserting a background image from pexels and using crop and fill to perfectly fill the slide without distortion.

Learn to enhance slide readability by applying a transparent shape overlay over a background image in PowerPoint, using shape fill, transparency, and formatting options to keep text legible.

Insert a circular logo on the title slide and fill the circle with the logo using the picture fill technique. Crop and center the image, then remove outlines.

Use the eyedropper tool in PowerPoint to sample colors from the slide and apply them to text and shapes. Maintain a limited, branding-aligned color palette for a cohesive presentation.

Practice creating a Jupiter Space title slide in PowerPoint 2021/365, using a background image, transparent overlay, Roboto Slab fonts, a blue accent, and saving as Jupiter_space.pptx.

Learn to select, align, and group objects in PowerPoint with practical techniques such as multiple selection, click-and-drag, keyboard modifiers, and using the selection pane for complex slides.

Explore how to use the morph transition in PowerPoint 2021/365 to create smooth, animated slide changes, using the meet the team example with duplicated slides and resized elements.

Explore inserting and formatting icons in PowerPoint 2021/365. Learn to use the icon library, search and insert SVG icons, color and resize them, adjust with crop, rotate, and Z-order.

Learn how to compress pictures in PowerPoint to reduce file size and prevent lag by applying compression to all images, deleting cropped areas, and selecting high fidelity or other resolutions.

Master PowerPoint animation basics by applying entrance, emphasis, and exit effects, distinguishing transitions from animations, and tuning timing, duration, and delay with the animation pane.

Learn to apply multiple animations to the same image in PowerPoint by using the add animation dropdown, sequencing with after previous, and combining fly in, pulse, and optional fade out.

Explore slide sorter view and other PowerPoint views to organize slides efficiently. Learn to duplicate, move, delete, and reorder slides while noting animations or transitions.

Discover how to use slide zoom in PowerPoint to jump between slides, return to a main page, and customize zoom thumbnails with borders and alternate images.

Create hyperlinks in PowerPoint to slides, other presentations, external websites, emails, or documents using the insert hyperlink option, with screen tips and navigation via icons or shapes.

Demonstrate how to add and format tables in PowerPoint 2021/365, including inserting tables, applying borders and shading, editing headers, inserting columns and rows, merging cells, and aligning the final layout.

Create an organization diagram with smart art by inserting a picture organization chart under hierarchy, add staff, heads of department, and assistants, with photos, cropping, and formatting.

PowerPoint offers a basic background removal tool that lets you insert an image, mark areas to keep or remove, and refine the cutout to create a clean, layered slide.