PowerPoint 2013 for Beginners
What you'll learn
- Navigate the basic features and functions of PowerPoint 2013
- Choose an appropriate theme for creating slides
- Create a presentation from start to finish
- Present a slide show
Requirements
- Students should have the most recent version of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
Description
Course Description
According to Microsoft estimates, there are more than 30 million presentations created daily. Over 6 million teachers around the world use PowerPoint for classroom lectures, and there are more than 120 million people who use PowerPoint for business presentations.
The key to delivering a great presentation that will convey your message with a bang is to master the fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint 2013. In this introductory course, you will do just that.
You will start by learning to navigate the PowerPoint 2013 interface, including the Ribbon, Backstage View and the Quick Access Toolbar.
As you dive further into the course, you will discover concepts to help you create a basic presentation, use themes and templates, format text boxes, slide transitions, apply animations to objects and use presentation tools in your slide show.
Learn and master the most popular presentation software in this introductory course.
- Layout of the PowerPoint interface
- Opening new presentations and templates
- Slide layouts
- Slide customization
- Working with text boxes and images
- Slide transitions
- Animations
- Presentation tools
- Saving, sharing, and exporting
- Setting up a slide show
A powerful tool in your hands
Learning the basics of PowerPoint 2013 puts a powerful and very valuable tool in your hands. PowerPoint 2013 is easy to learn, offers many more options than previous versions, and can be used in many different ways. Build your confidence in a way you never thought you could by learning how to design slides that are engaging and will keep your audience tuned in to what you are saying and what you are showing.
This course is perfect for anyone who has to design presentations whether it's for school, a job or you're self-employed and want to use presentations to market your product or service.
Content and Overview
Suitable for beginning slide creators, through this course of X lectures and X hours of content you'll learn the basics of slide design and form a solid understanding of the concept behind great slide design. Each section ends with practice exercises that allow you to put your new learned skills to use right away.
Starting with the layout of the interface, this course will take you through navigating the Ribbon and the Backstage areas, formatting slides, working with images, transitions and animations. By creating slides along the way, you will form a solid understanding of slide design.
After mastering the basics, the course takes you through the steps for setting up a slide show and how to use presentation tools that will enhance your presentation even more.
Students completing this course will have the knowledge and the skills to create stunning slide presentations for use in any setting (job, school, or business).
As you complete the practice exercises and share your creations with the class you will gain greater confidence in creating presentations.
What am I going to get from this course?
- 20 lectures and 3 hours of content!
- Learn PowerPoint 2013 from a professional trainer from your own desk.
- X lectures (9.75 hours of content) teaching you slide customization, using images, slide show setup and presentation tools
- Suitable for beginner presentation designers and ideal for users who learn faster when shown.
- Visual training method, offering users increased retention and accelerated learning.
What are the requirements?
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2013
- Downloadable practice file
What is the target audience?
Anyone new to PowerPoint 2013.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for anyone new to PowerPoint or creating presentations
Course content
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- 00:03Course Practice Files
Instructor
Andrea is an experienced Instructional Designer with an extensive background in designing PowerPoint presentations for training and marketing purposes.
In addition to being a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance by the Association for Talent Development, Andrea brings a wealth of design skills and training experience to the classroom.
Her PowerPoint designs have been used to train thousands of learners on a variety of subjects from software implementation to business skills.
Andrea is known for designing presentations that are highly engaging, interactive, powerful and professional.