PowerPoint 365 2-Course Bundle (Introduction & Advanced)

Explore PowerPoint 365 basics, including navigating the user interface, creating and editing a presentation, formatting slide text, adding graphical elements, tables, and charts, and delivering a professional presentation.

Open PowerPoint 365 via the start menu, search bar, or taskbar, then use the home, new, and open tabs to create, browse templates and themes, or pin important files.

Take a guided tour of the PowerPoint user interface, including the ribbon, quick access toolbar, and file backstage view, and learn to navigate slides, notes, and sharing options.

Navigate the PowerPoint ribbon, switch tabs and groups, and use the tell me and help features; discover contextual tabs, dialog launchers, and ribbon customization for efficient formatting.

Explore how to navigate PowerPoint views, including normal, slide sorter view, outline view, notes pages, and reading view, using keyboard shortcuts and the status bar for efficient slide presentation.

Add text and slides by using placeholders on title slides, insert new slides, and explore layouts to tailor bullet lists and content. Resize, move, and switch layouts as needed.

Learn to create and manage bulleted lists in PowerPoint, including crafting concise agendas, reordering items by dragging, indenting sub bullets with tab, and changing bullet styles in the home ribbon.

Apply a theme to your PowerPoint presentation to instantly enhance color, fonts, and effects, while customizing background styles and variations for cohesive, visually engaging slides.

Apply transitions from the transitions tab to visually engage slides, preview effects, and use morph by duplicating slides, moving objects, or starting a slide show.

Learn to save your PowerPoint work using backstage view, choosing save or save as, and selecting names, locations, and file types for compatibility and quick access.

Discover how PowerPoint auto saves to OneDrive and recovers unsaved work after power loss. Adjust auto recover timing and save locations, and use OneDrive version history to restore earlier versions.

View and edit PowerPoint file properties in the backstage info view, using tags and categories to organize and locate presentations.

master moving and copying slides in PowerPoint with drag and drop, slide sorter view, and shortcuts; select adjacent or non-adjacent slides with shift or ctrl+d.

Access outline view from the view tab in PowerPoint to edit left-side text while the right shows slides, and use drag, tab, and shift tab to move bullets and slides.

Master cutting or copying specific slide content, paste on another slide, and manage the clipboard with hotkeys and the ribbon, while switching between open presentations in PowerPoint.

Format text in PowerPoint using font style, size, color, and effects from the home tab. Learn selection tricks (double/triple click) and options like superscript, subscript, color themes, and clear formatting.

PowerPoint 365 paragraph formatting teaches aligning text (left, center, right; vertical top, middle, bottom), adjusting line spacing and margins, setting text direction, and converting text to smart art.

Copy formatting from selected text to other text across slides with the format painter. Double-click to enable sticky mode and apply formatting across titles and slides.

Learn how to use the slide master in PowerPoint to apply universal formatting across a presentation, manage master and layout slides, and customize title and bullet styles for consistency.

Learn to convert bullet lists to numbered lists in PowerPoint, customize numbering with the paragraph options, adjust start numbers, and manage lists across slides and placeholders.

Learn to insert a text box in PowerPoint, distinguish it from placeholders, and use it for captions or labels. Move, resize, format, and note its outline view behavior.

Learn to insert pictures in PowerPoint 365, using images from your computer, online sources, and placeholders, center images with alignment guides, and manage licensing and design ideas.

Learn to resize, rotate, and crop pictures in PowerPoint using the picture tools format tab, lock aspect ratio, and exact height and width settings.

Explore PowerPoint picture tools to enhance images with corrections and effects. Learn to apply picture styles, borders, shadows, color, transparency, 3d rotations, crops, and batch edit multiple images.

Use PowerPoint's remove background tool to delete the image background, then mark areas to keep or remove and choose keep changes or discard to finalize.

Select multiple shapes and use the align options to line them up horizontally or vertically in PowerPoint. Distribute spacing and adjust stacking order with bring forward and send to back.

Explore PowerPoint shape formatting—fill, outline, effects; gradients, textures, picture fills, and eyedropper color picking. Set a default shape and merge shapes with union, intersect, and subtract.

Insert and animate 3D models in PowerPoint by choosing from categories, rotating with the center icon, copying across slides, and applying the morph transition to create engaging slide transitions.

Learn to apply word art to text in PowerPoint, using word art styles, text fill, outline, and effects—shaping, warping, and transforming text for bold titles, with a practice project file.

Learn to add tables in PowerPoint 365, using a content placeholder or the insert tab to set rows and columns, then build a training schedule by entering text in cells.

Insert and adjust rows and columns in a PowerPoint table using the table tools layout. Resize and distribute cells to align column and row sizes for a consistent schedule.

Learn to merge and split table cells in PowerPoint, including inserting a top row, aligning text, undoing and redoing actions, and using the border eraser to refine layouts.

Format PowerPoint charts by adding and adjusting chart elements—titles, data labels, legends, and axis titles—then change chart types and edit data, including quarters and trend lines.

Customize chart designs by applying styles, colors, and formatting to individual elements in PowerPoint, including chart area, legend, and title, using the chart tools design tab.

Learn to proof a PowerPoint presentation using spell check (F7) from review tab, handle misspellings with ignore or add to dictionary, and improve wording with the thesaurus and grammar checks.

Use PowerPoint's auto correct to fix repeated misspellings and abbreviate department names with acronyms, and set up replacements that insert full text for acronyms, via file > options > proofing.

Learn to create and use zooms in PowerPoint 365 to navigate slides, build section and summary zooms, and design a dynamic slideshow menu.

Learn to create and resize slide notes, switch to notes page view, and print notes pages, handouts, or outlines from PowerPoint's backstage view.

Learn to print a PowerPoint presentation with flexible options. Choose slides, ranges, current slide, or noncontiguous ranges; save ink by printing in grayscale and pick printers, copies, and duplex settings.

Learn to convert a PowerPoint presentation to a read-only PDF, using the backstage export to create a PDF, or save as PDF and share via email, preserving slide integrity.

Master delivering a PowerPoint presentation by using multiple slide show start options, navigation shortcuts, and on-screen markup tools like laser pointer, pen, and highlighter.

Learn to use presenter view in PowerPoint to see notes, track time, preview upcoming slides, and access backstage tools without your audience seeing them.