Microsoft PowerPoint & Google Slide Beginner to Intermediate

Learn to design, create, and deliver presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint, part of the Microsoft Office suite, using either Microsoft 365 or standalone installations, with updates and cloud storage.

Explore the PowerPoint 2013 interface, themes, saving options including OneDrive, creating slides, inserting media, applying transitions and animations, and exporting to video or PDF.

Compare PowerPoint 2013 with 2007, highlighting interface changes, the Office Button vs menus, and how transitions, animations, and design options differ while keeping slides and notes accessible.

Aim to communicate ideas clearly using words and images, not just design. Design slides with easy-to-read fonts, layouts, and minimal transitions, using templates or from-scratch work to serve the audience.

Learn to set up slide size and apply a themed background in PowerPoint, including customizing size, orientation, and fonts, and using design themes.

Learn how to save PowerPoint presentations in multiple formats, including pptx, OneDrive, PDF, image, slideshow, and video, with best practice to save in pptx for ongoing edits.

Apply and customize slide transitions with previews, per-slide or global options, and set timing, duration, and sound to control slide advancement.

Learn to apply PowerPoint animations, manage entrance and emphasis effects, set timings with mouse click or after previous, coordinate transitions, arrange the order, and create automated slide shows.

Learn to insert and manage audio in slides, control playback (start automatically, play across slides, loop), and source audio from your PC or online for PowerPoint and Google Slides.

Learn to add narration to slides with a microphone, record from the beginning, and export video presentations with voiceover, while also reviewing basic computer concepts and the abacus-to-computing evolution.

Master 11 tips for delivering effective presentations across contexts—live, screencast, or pre-recorded—by knowing your topic and audience, speaking clearly, using natural gestures, and staying focused on your core message.

Master presenting with presenter view in PowerPoint, use dual monitors, speaker view, and slide notes to guide your storytelling while the audience sees the main slide.

Explore how to use the slide master to apply a universal format across all slides, including logos, layouts, backgrounds, and notes, and customize print and note options.

Master template use in PowerPoint and Google Slides to quickly design professional slides, flyers, and graphics by downloading, enabling editing, and customizing editable templates.

Learn how to create a photo album in PowerPoint using photobomb, import and arrange images with captions, adjust layouts and design options, and produce a polished slide deck.

Learn to remove image backgrounds in PowerPoint using the background removal tool. Keep the areas you want to retain and save the final image for use in other formats.

Learn to record your screen in PowerPoint with the built-in screen recorder, select the area, and save the video for online publishing.

Use mind maps to craft presentations by organizing a central topic with non-linear branches and subtopics, enabling sequential reveals and clear visual communication.

Explore Google Slides overview, including templates or blank slides, autosave, layout and master slide concepts, importing and exporting, adding images, shapes, transitions, presenter notes, and sharing for collaboration.

Discover how to design slides in Google Slides from a blank slate, choose layouts, add text and images, adjust fonts, colors, borders, and basic formatting to create engaging presentations.

Learn to set an image as a slide background in PowerPoint and Google Slides, adjust colors and text contrast, and import images from device, Google Drive, or online sources.

Learn how to apply transitions and text or object animations in Google Slides, including per-slide vs. all-slides settings, animation order, and mouse-click triggers for polished presentations.

Explore how to use Google Slides templates to quickly create polished presentations. Replace images and text, customize layouts and fonts, and import templates to fit business or education contexts.

Learn to link between slides and to external web pages in Google Slides, using text or objects and the insert link feature, for seamless navigation during a presentation.

Learn to present slides with the presenter view, using notes and side notes, while managing audience questions in online or offline settings.

Explore miscellaneous features in Google Slides and PowerPoint, including inserting audio and video from Drive or YouTube, timing video playback, creating diagrams and charts, grouping objects, and sharing with collaborators.