Learn Microsoft Powerpoint 2016 - From Beginner to Expert

Become a Guru in Powerpoint Quickly, Ace the Interview and get the Job!

Created byScott Falls

Last updated 6/2017

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What you'll learn

For starters, we'll create a presentation from scratch, adding slides, bullets, and photos to help convey your idea. I'll show you how to use and customize the built-in themes and templates, and photo effects to create professional-looking presentations with very little effort. Then we'll cover animating your slides and providing transitions between them that will add a touch of class to your presentation. We’ll cover rehearsing and timing your presentation and I’ll give you tips on how to present. Armed with your laptop and a mouse, you can become a dynamic speaker with PowerPoint, illustrating your ideas on a screen.

Course content

1 section • 33 lectures • 2h 52m total length

Introduction3:03
Learn to create professional PowerPoint 2016 presentations from scratch with a hands-on, look-over-the-shoulder approach, covering themes, animations, timing, and delivery tips.
Course Practice Material0:01
Touring the User Interface, Views & Quick Access Toolbar9:28
Explore the PowerPoint 2016 interface, including the ribbon, themes and templates, and master the quick access toolbar, slide sorter, and notes.
File Menu, Back Stage View & Options4:30
Open the backstage view from the file tab to save, export, and share PowerPoint presentations, manage templates and options, and customize the ribbon.
Tell Me What You Want?2:24
Explore PowerPoint 2016's tell me what you want to do search bar to quickly find and launch tasks like formatting the background and adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Setting Up Your Presentation (First Step)4:27
Organize your presentation from scratch by drafting bullet points in a word document, keeping slides concise with bullet points, and outlining notes, headings, and graphics before opening PowerPoint.
Starting to Build Your First Presentation (Part I)6:28
Learn to start a PowerPoint 2016 presentation from a blank theme, copy from Word, add title and subtitle, and organize content with slide layouts and alignment guides.
Starting to Build Your First Presentation (Part II)8:51
Learn to transfer content from Word into a PowerPoint presentation, choose appropriate slide layouts, apply destination formatting for bullets, adjust line spacing, and duplicate slides.
Changing the Theme of Your Presentation3:12
Learn to apply PowerPoint 2016 themes with one click, preview bold and readable options, and manage multiple themes across slides to maintain cohesion and readability.
Customizing a Theme (Part I)6:09
Learn how to harmonize two PowerPoint 2016 themes by selecting and customizing colors with the design tab, using variants and custom colors to match company branding.
Customizing a Theme (Part II)1:59
Change the maroon theme to plain white to reduce distraction and blend with the blue-gray. Save progress using backstage view, save as, and pinned folders, with cloud or desktop options.
Using Powerpoint Templates to Create Amazing Documents Instantly2:32
PowerPoint templates let you create professional certificates quickly by selecting a template from backstage view, customizing details, and printing or saving for reuse.
Slide Master - Customize Themes for Your Purpose7:19
Learn to create and apply a custom PowerPoint theme using the slide master, tailoring fonts, colors, and sizes for a school or business and saving the theme for reuse.
Cleaning Up Your Slides1:25
Resize content boxes to fit text within the theme and white background, avoiding overlaps. Tidy every text box to ensure readability and whitespace before animating slides.
Adding Animations to Your Presentations7:34
Learn to add and customize PowerPoint 2016 animations using the animation pane, applying entrance, emphasis, and exit effects with precise timing, directions, and sequencing for bullets and images.
Adding Transitions to Your Presentations4:55
Learn how to add transitions to PowerPoint slides, compare transitions with animations, adjust timing, apply subtle fades to all slides, and use selective, occasional dramatic transitions for emphasis.
Creating Sections in Your Presentations3:13
Create and organize your PowerPoint 2016 presentation by adding, renaming, and grouping slides into sections, then use section headers and collapsing to rearrange and manage content.
Section Header Slides - Dividing Each Section7:24
Add section header slides before each section to clearly divide content in PowerPoint 2016, using blank tiles, online pictures, and bold text effects.
Adding Smart Art to Your Presentation6:13
Transform plain bullet lists into visually impactful graphics with SmartArt, selecting cycle diagrams and layouts, customizing colors and styles, and animating pieces for emphasis.
Adding Video to Your Presentations6:03
Learn how to insert and format videos in PowerPoint 2016, including online and local options, embed codes, trimming, poster frames, and playback settings to enhance presentations.
Working With Icons in Your Presentations6:17
Insert icons from PowerPoint's icon library to diversify slides, then use graphic tools to adjust fill, outline, alignment, and shadows.
Adding Charts to your Presentations7:40
Add charts to PowerPoint 2016 via two methods: paste an Excel chart (embedded or linked) or insert a chart and edit data. Customize with chart tools.
Adding Equations to your Presentations3:13
Add equations to your PowerPoint 2016 presentations using the insert tab, explore basic forms, and use Inka equation with a stylus for precise transcription.
Rehearsing the Timing of your Presentation4:04
Rehearse timings in PowerPoint records slide timings and total duration, then adjust durations to fit the allotted time before presenting.
Record a Presentation & Slide Sorter View7:09
Learn to use slide sorter view to rearrange slides and clear rehearsed timings, then record a slideshow with narration, notes, and optional webcam in PowerPoint 2016.
Presenters View - How to Present6:00
Present using PowerPoint's presenter view to see notes while the audience sees the slides. Add notes on each slide and use clear timings to stay on track.
Creating Custom Handouts for Your Audience4:24
Create custom audience handouts in PowerPoint 2016 using the handout master to add headers, dates, footers, and page numbers. Set orientation and slides-per-page to print clear, note-friendly handouts.
Presenting Online2:20
Learn to present online with PowerPoint 2016 by using the slideshow tab, connecting for remote viewers via a Microsoft account, sharing a link, and deciding whether to allow downloads.
Project - Create a Custom Theme from Scratch - Part 18:05
Learn to create a custom PowerPoint 2016 theme from scratch using slide master, save a green theme, insert a background image, and tailor fonts and effects.
Project - Create a Custom Theme from Scratch - Part 26:49
Create a custom PowerPoint 2016 theme from scratch, apply a green design to the slide master, and refine layouts with shapes and images.
Project - Create a Custom Theme from Scratch - Part 37:00
Update the master title slide and create section headers to build a cohesive theme, adjust color tones and saturation, apply artistic effects, and save for new slides.
Project - Create a Custom Theme from Scratch - Part 412:08
Design and apply a custom PowerPoint 2016 theme from scratch, using the slide master to set background, borders, and fonts, then save and reuse the theme across slides.
Conclusion - Next Steps0:33
Finish this course with confidence in creating advanced PowerPoint 2016 presentations and presenting them live or by recording. You now have the tools to get the job done.

Requirements

Access to the Microsoft Powerpoint program.

Description

This is Scott author and trainer on several books and courses on Microsoft Office products.

But even more importantly, I've actively used PowerPoint in real-world situations for many years.

With each new version of PowerPoint, I've not only learned what is new for myself and my own benefit, I've built my skills to help teach others and to train many of my colleagues.

In this course, you'll get the benefit of that experience in addition to learning the basics for how to use PowerPoint. You'll gain some tips and tricks and learn to avoid common pitfalls people encounter when they're using this program.

We’ll be creating robust documents from scratch using real-world examples from my experience in the business world, but don’t let that stop you.

The methods learned in this training can be applied anywhere:
·      Business
·      School
·      Webinars
·      Home Business
You name it.

Learning a New program can seem daunting at first.

But by using my unique “look over my shoulder” training method, we’ll work together as if you are sitting right next to me looking over my shoulder. Instead of just going through the interface, tab by tab, learning individual functions we will build a complete presentation from scratch using the features of PowerPoint to complete the task.

Each part of project builds upon what we’ve already covered so by the time you complete this course You will learn to think in terms of problem-solving rather than just knowing about each feature

You will quickly discover how to make PowerPoint work the way you like to work.

Let's take a glimpse of what I'll be covering in this course.
For starters, we'll create a presentation from scratch, adding slides, bullets, and photos to help convey your idea.
I'll show you how to use and customize the built-in themes and templates, and photo effects to create professional-looking presentations with very little effort.

Then we'll cover animating your slides and providing transitions between them that will add a touch of class to your presentation.

We’ll cover rehearsing and timing your presentation and I’ll give you tips on how to present.

Armed with your laptop and a mouse, you can become a dynamic speaker with PowerPoint, illustrating your ideas on a screen.

The ideal student for this course is either a complete beginner or someone who uses PowerPoint regularly but doesn’t really use too many of the features, maybe creating new slides and typing out the presentation, (maybe changing fonts, bullet points, saving and printing) but doesn’t really know how to customize all the features in PowerPoint to get that professional looking presentation, regardless of whether you’re presenting in the class room or the board room.

This course is also ideal for someone who uses an older version of PowerPoint and wants to see the new features in action.
Or to help on the interview or add a little extra job security.

So, feel free to look through the course description. I look forward to seeing you inside!

Who this course is for:

The ideal student for this course is either a complete beginner or someone who uses PowerPoint regularly but doesn’t really use too many of the features. This course is also ideal for someone who uses an older version of PowerPoint and wants to see the new features in action.