Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners

Name: Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners
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Perfect course for anyone who wants to create, edit, format, and run an on-screen slide presentation!

Created byPatricia Hill

Last updated 4/2023

English

What you'll learn

Create, edit and format on-screen presentations in PowerPoint
Visually display data in charts, graphs, tables and diagrams
Setup and run an on-screen slide show
Utilize PowerPoint's built in slide show tools

Course content

6 sections • 39 lectures • 3h 20m total length

Introduction & Resources7:11
This section includes:
Course Outline
Course Information
Learning Files
Lesson PDF for sections 2-6
Optional Activities for sections 2-6

Create New Presentation/Open Existing Presentation8:10
This video contains the following content:
Create a New Blank Presentation
Create a New Presentation from Template
Open Existing Presentation
PowerPoint Elements and Navigation6:46
This video contains the following content:
File Menu
Ribbon Tabs
Thumbnails
Notes
Work Area
Status Bar
Scroll Bar
Working with Placeholders2:21
This video contains the following content:
What is a placeholder?
Adding Text
Move, Resize, and Delete Placeholders
PowerPoint View Options2:53
This video contains the following content:
Normal View
Outline View
Slide Sorter View
Notes Page View
Reading View
Show and Zoom Options2:09
This video contains the following content:
Ruler
Gridlines
Guides
Notes
Zoom
Fit to Window
PowerPoint Window Options2:36
This video contains the following content:
New
Arrange All
Cascade
Switch Windows
PowerPoint Print Options3:37
This video contains the following content:
Print Procedure
Printing Multiple Copies
Print Settings
Saving3:33
This video contains the following content:
Save Procedure
Password Protect Procedure
Close Presentation
Quiz 1: Orientation & Basics

Formatting Text1:43
This video contains the following content:
Formatting vs. Editing
Formatting Text Process
Add New Slide and Apply Slide Layout2:55
This video contains the following content:
Add New Slide Process
Apply Slide Layout Process
Presentation Themes, Variants, and Backgrounds9:35
This video contains the following content:
Apply Presentation Theme
Modify Presentation Theme
Change and Modify Slide Background
Quick Styles3:37
This video contains the following content:
What is a Quick Style?
Apply Quick Style
Alignment3:12
This video contains the following content:
What is Alignment?
Change Alignment
Bullets and Numbering4:08
This video contains the following content:
Apply Bullets and Numbers
Modify Bullets and Numbers
Increase and Decrease Indents
Slide Master9:09
This video contains the following content:
What is Slide Master?
Working in Slide Master
Notes Master
Handout Master
Hide and Unhide Slides1:29
This video contains the following content:
Hide Slide Process
Unhide Slide Process
Find and Replace2:49
This video contains the following content:
Find Process
Replace Process
Header and Footer3:37
This video contains the following content:
What are Headers and Footers?
Applying Headers and Footers to Slides, Notes and Handouts
Thesaurus and Spelling3:42
This video contains the following content:
What is a Thesaurus?
Using the Thesaurus
Using the Spelling tool
Quiz 2: Formatting & Editing

Tables9:18
This video contains the following content:
Create, Format and Edit Tables
Pictures and Screenshots8:57
This video contains the following content:
Insert, Format and Edit Pictures
Create and Format Screenshots
Photo Album3:52
This video contains the following content:
Create, Format and Edit a Photo Album
3D Models, Shapes and Icons6:28
This video contains the following content:
Create, Format and Edit 3D Models
Create, Format and Edit Shapes
Insert and Format Icons
SmartArt6:55
This video contains the following content:
What is SmartArt?
Create, Format, and Edit SmartArt
Charts10:30
This video contains the following content:
Build a Chart
Add Chart Elements
Format Charts
Edit Charts
Update Charts
Links, Bookmarks and Actions8:55
This video contains the following content:
What is Link, Bookmark and Action Button?
Create and Activate a Link
Create and Activate a Bookmark
Create and Activate an Action Button
WordArt3:26
This video contains the following content:
What is WordArt
Create, Format and Edit WordArt
Object6:19
This video contains the following content:
What is an Object?
Create a New Object
Create Object from File
Video and Audio9:22
This video contains the following content:
Insert Video from File
Insert online Video
Video Format Options
Video Playback Options
Insert Audio from File
Record Audio
Audio Format Options
Audio Playback Options
Screen Recording5:15
This video contains the following content:
Record Screen and Related Audio
Record Control Dock
Video Format Options
Video Playback Options
Quiz 3: Working with Illustrations & Objects

Transitions4:31
This video contains the following content:
What is a Transition?
Applying Slide Transitions
Effect Options
Timing
Preview
Animations7:36
This video contains the following content:
What is an Animation?
Applying Animations
Effect Options
Animation Pane
Timing
Preview
Motion Paths5:44
This video contains the following content:
What is a Motion Path?
Create a Preset Motion Path
Create a Custom Motion Path
Modify a Motion Path
Animation Pane
Effect Options
Timing
Preview
Quiz 4: Transitions & Animations

Setup Slide Show1:58
This video contains the following content:
Show Type
Show Options
Show Slides
Advance Slides
Multiple Monitors
Hide/Unhide Slides1:28
This video contains the following content:
Hide Slide
Unhide Slide
Rehearse Timings2:43
This video contains the following content:
What is rehearse timings?
How to use rehearse timings
Applying timings in a presentation
Record Presentation5:39
This video contains the following content:
How to record a presentation
Record options
Running a recorded presentation
Running a Slide Show and Using Slide Show Tools6:46
This video contains the following content:
Running a Slide Show
Creating and Running a Custom Show
Slide Show Tools
Quiz 4: Working with Slide Shows

Requirements

No prior on-screen presentation knowledge required. Must have Microsoft PowerPoint version 2007 or later.

Description

Microsoft PowerPoint for Beginners is an introductory on-screeen slide presentation course. The target audience for this course is anyone with little or no experience using Microsoft PowerPoint. Lesson content will be explained and presented in a way that is easy to understand and follow. This class includes 5 lessons: Orientation & Basics, Formatting & Editing, Working with Illustrations & Objects, Transitions & Animations, and Working with Slide Shows. With each lesson you will be provided with Microsoft PowerPoint learning files, a PDF for each lesson, a video that explains and demonstrates each concept in the lesson, an optional activity for each lesson and a 10 question multiple choice quiz. Upon completion of this course you will be able to create, edit, format, and run on-screen slide presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint.

Learning Microsoft PowerPoint will provide a solid foundation for learning other on-screen slide presentation programs such as: Google Slides, Keynote, Visme, Prezi, Zoho Show, and Canva. Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the most widely used on-screen slide presentation software programs. Microsoft estimates that roughly half a billion people use the Microsoft Office suite, which includes PowerPoint.

As our world becomes more and more digitally driven, it is necessary to develop skills that enable us to better create, edit and format digital information.

Who this course is for:

Entry level users who what to learn how to create, edit, format and run on-screen presentationnts in Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 7min

Lesson 1: Orientation & Basics8 lectures • 32min

Lesson 2: Formatting & Editing11 lectures • 46min

Lesson 3: Working with Illustrations & Objects11 lectures • 1hr 19min

Lesson 4: Transitions & Animations3 lectures • 18min

Lesson 5: Working with Slide Shows5 lectures • 19min

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