PowerPoint Like a Boss - Get Certified, Make Amazing Slides

Insert and format slides via the navigation pane or right-click to add, delete, duplicate, and change layouts, then hide slides or adjust backgrounds from the design tab.

Learn to add headers, footers, and slide numbers using the insert tab, set date and time, and apply these elements across slides, with slide master concepts discussed.

Apply slide masters to ensure consistent logos, colors, and line styles across your deck, using the master hierarchy. Save and reuse these changes by saving as a template.

Organize your slide decks by creating and renaming sections, grouping slides, and using the slide sorter to rearrange content and apply section-specific formatting.

Change slide size in PowerPoint using the design tab, choosing standard, widescreen, or custom dimensions for print or social media, then explore view modes and set file properties.

Learn to print slides, notes, and handouts from the file tab, with options for color, grayscale, or black and white and for all slides, current slide, or a custom range.

Learn to use PowerPoint's presenter view to display notes, timer, and upcoming slides, manage displays, and navigate slides with thumbnails, pen, and taskbar tools.

Learn to rehearse timings and record narration in PowerPoint, using rehearse timings, record slide show, and setting automatic slide advancement for a polished presentation.

insert and replace shapes and text boxes on a new slide, resize and format shapes with styles and outlines, then adjust text boxes with padding and alignment.

Explore how to order, align, and group slide objects using the selection pane, bring forward and send backward tools, distribute items, and reveal smart guides via the view tab.

Master inserting and formatting tables in PowerPoint, adjusting rows and columns, applying styles, and importing or copying tables from Excel while keeping slides readable.

Insert and import a chart in PowerPoint, edit data in Excel, adjust chart elements, and link to an existing Excel chart for dynamic updates.

Learn to link Excel data in PowerPoint by inserting an object from a file, resizing it on the slide, and updating slide visuals as the source changes.

Convert bulleted lists into smart art to create dynamic visuals in PowerPoint, then customize layout, color, and shapes using the design and format tabs, or insert smart art from scratch.

Learn how to insert and manage media in slides, including video from your downloads, editing playback, trimming, fullscreen, volume, and how to integrate audio with bookmarks and interstitials.

Finalize presentations by protecting with passwords or read-only settings, inspecting for personal information, preserving fidelity by embedding fonts, and exporting as PDF, video, or handouts.

Learn to add and customize slide animations in PowerPoint, including entrance, emphasis, and exit effects, timing, triggers, and using the animation pane to coordinate objects and smart art.

Apply slide transitions to move between slides, using the transitions tab to choose effects, adjust duration and sound, and preview results for a cohesive deck flow.

Master PowerPoint skills and the 77 729 exam via a design class for non designers, with advanced tips and a practical test featuring slide tasks like changing the user name.

Learn when and how to use bullet points effectively in PowerPoint, including how templates can force bullets, how to remove them when undesired, and techniques for grouping, chronology, and emphasis.

Chunk information to replace bullets, using icons, shapes, and smart art to create visually appealing, cognitively digestible slides with proper alignment and spacing.

Apply design hierarchy and contrast to organize slide content and guide your audience's attention. Use color, shape, size, and saturation to create focal points across slides.

Explore how to use color to connect ideas, create contrast, and attract attention in slides, using simple examples and a consistent color palette.

Discover four sources for royalty-free images—Unsplash, Pixels, Burst, and Canva—that help you quickly find high-resolution pictures to enhance slides, credit the photographers, and communicate your message.

Create a kiosk-friendly photo album in PowerPoint to auto-play a full screen, looped slideshow with fade transitions for product demos.

Install fonts to customize slides by downloading fonts from fonts.google dot com or default dot com, unzip, install on Windows or Mac, restart PowerPoint, and apply Oswald.

Learn to use the zoom tool in PowerPoint to create dynamic, navigable presentations by zooming between slides and returning to the summary, with tips on thumbnails, duration, and formatting.

Master interactive slide navigation with zoom to slide and hotspots. Build a central metaphor with a touchstone image and seamlessly return to navigation during the deck.

Create a prezi-style PowerPoint by using slide zoom to craft an infographic-driven overview. Then zoom into maps and infographics like the China map and Texas opportunities.

Learn how to animate a chart in PowerPoint, applying series or category animations, adjusting triggers and timing, and previewing changes in the animation pane to highlight data points.

Turn pictures into effective slide backgrounds by cropping to the slide aspect ratio and adjusting color saturation, brightness, and contrast so the eye focuses on the slide text.

Launch PowerPoint, browse the slide gallery, and create a presentation from templates focused on lab safety. Edit slides with text boxes and graphics, and save to OneDrive with autosave.

Master cropping pictures to a slide's aspect ratio using the format tab, crop with 16 by 9 dimensions, and adjust the crop to fit the slide precisely.

Create a new blank presentation, replace placeholders with a title and subtitle, preview in slide show view, and format backgrounds while adding slides and saving to OneDrive.

Add and edit pictures in PowerPoint using the title and content layout, placeholders, and picture tools to adjust color, effects, frames, alignment with smart guides, and resizing via placeholders.

Master inserting and editing icons in PowerPoint, resizing and arranging them with graphic styles and effects, and converting icons to shapes or filling shapes with pictures for polished slides.

Learn to add links and cross references in slides by linking to web pages, files, or other slides, using the insert link dialog, screen tips, and slide zoom features.

Learn to dramatically improve slide aesthetics by changing the background with the format background pane, choosing solid, gradient, or picture fills, and adjusting saturation and softness to highlight text.

Discover how to add headers and footers to slides and notes, using the insert tab to set date, time, slide numbers, and footer text, and apply them to all slides.

Master PowerPoint animations to build content on slides, emphasize key points, and control timing using the animation pane, with entrance, emphasis, and exit effects.

PowerPoint lets you print slides and create handouts, offering layouts like two-up and notes beside slides, and export options to Word or pdf/xps for distribution.

Launch a slideshow quickly by renaming a PowerPoint deck from .pptx to .pps, then double-click to start and exit to the desktop without showing editing tools.

Link Excel data into a PowerPoint slide by inserting an object from a file, enabling live updates when the source changes, and editing the data or chart tools.

Turn a slide deck into a video by exporting from the backstage view, selecting a resolution like full hd, hd, or ultra hd, and applying recorded timings and narrations.

Apply a watermark or logo to all slides in PowerPoint by editing the slide master, inserting an image, adjusting transparency, and applying the layout globally.

Transform dates and times into a professional timeline in PowerPoint using design ideas and smart art, then export or print the slide as PDF or JPEG.

Diagnose and fix complex slide animations using the selection pane, grouping, and the animation pane; rename and reorder elements, group items, and choreograph on-click and after-previous timing.