Mastering Microsoft PowerPoint Made Easy Training Tutorial

Learn to create, open, save, and close PowerPoint presentations by using the open dialog and file tab to locate and open single or multiple files, including recent items.

Learn how to manage PowerPoint windows by closing a single presentation with the X, or close the entire application, and use the File tab to close within the window.

Open the file tab on the ribbon, click new in backstage view, pick a template or a blank presentation from the templates panel, then click create in the lower right.

Save presentations by using the save as dialog from the file tab to set a location. Choose a memorable file name and follow filename rules, including symbol restrictions.

Add new slides from the home tab, use a chosen layout from the dropdown, and manage placeholders by applying different title and content slide layouts.

Select a slide, apply a new slide layout to determine placeholders and their placement, and reset to default placeholders using the reset button in the Home tab.

Explore PowerPoint 2010's save and send options from the backstage view, including email, save to web, SharePoint, broadcasts, publish slides, and handouts.

Learn how PowerPoint 2010 and 2007 use a new, smaller, more secure file format, manage four file types, and maintain compatibility with older versions through compatibility mode.

Explore normal view in PowerPoint, the default workspace that combines slide, outline, notes, and slides navigation panes. Enable ruler and grid lines to align content and edit slides.

Use the slide sorter view to see all slides as thumbnails and organize, delete, or copy them. Double-click a slide to open it in normal view for editing.

Open notes page view from the view tab to see the current slide with a notes box below for speaker cues, and edit notes directly in the bottom pane.

Enter slide show view to preview your presentation, focusing on slide content; start from the selected slide via the status bar button, navigate by clicking, and press escape to exit.

PowerPoint 2010 reading view displays slides inside the app window with slideshow-like controls, entering from the status bar or view tab, and navigable using on-screen clicks or status bar tools.

Learn to insert text into slide placeholders, text boxes, and shapes in PowerPoint; understand text mode vs object mode, and how to edit and format text within objects.

Learn basic object manipulation in PowerPoint: select shapes and text boxes, edit text inside objects, resize with handles, move with the mouse or arrow keys, and delete objects.

Apply font formatting to text in objects or text mode using the Home tab's font group, the mini toolbar, and the font dialog box with font and character spacing tabs.

Apply paragraph formatting to text within an object by switching to text mode and using the Home tab paragraph group to adjust alignment, indentation, spacing, and line spacing, then apply.

Learn to customize bullets and numbering in PowerPoint by selecting paragraph text or objects, opening the bullets and numbering dialog, and choosing character or picture bullets, color, and start values.

Activate the ruler from the view tab. Use the tab button to choose the tab type, select the paragraph, and set a stop on the ruler with the tab key.

Open the format text effects dialog box to customize text box options for text containing objects, adjusting vertical alignment and text direction. Set margins, wrap text, and columns; apply changes.

Use PowerPoint’s spelling tool in the review tab to find misspellings, then choose ignore, ignore all, change, change all, or add to the dictionary.

Master clip art and pictures in PowerPoint by using the clip art gallery or your own images, inserting them into placeholders and editing crop, size, and colors.

Learn to resize and move clip art in PowerPoint using resizing handles, resize in all directions while keeping the center fixed, and delete via the delete key.

Explore how to modify inserted pictures in PowerPoint 2010 using the picture tools, including background removal, corrections, color, artistic effects, borders, styles, cropping, and layering.

Explore the format picture dialog box to adjust fills, line color, shadows, 3D rotation, cropping, size, and other image options in PowerPoint.

Learn to insert and edit SmartArt in PowerPoint, choose and customize diagrams from the SmartArt dialog box, and adjust text, layout, and size using the SmartArt tools.

Navigate the SmartArt tools to edit and format graphics in PowerPoint, using the design and format tabs to add shapes, bullets, layouts, colors, styles, and 2d/3d views.

Run the PowerPoint slide show from the beginning or current slide, navigate with a click, and exit anytime with the escape key, while using pointer options to annotate.

Create a custom show by selecting slides from a presentation, arrange them, save, and run it from the custom slides dialog in the slide show tab.

Adjust slide layout with the page setup dialog box, accessible from the design tab on the ribbon, to set slide size, numbering, and orientation from portrait to landscape.

Set header and footer on slides via the ribbon button, choosing date, time, slide number, and footer options. Use the title slide layout to exclude them from the first slide.

Configure printing via the Page Setup, preview with Print Preview, and use backstage options to select slides, layout, color, and copies before printing.

Explore PowerPoint's built-in help system, including a searchable help database and table of contents, to quickly find topics, view content in the help window, and print topics when needed.

Add slide transition animation in PowerPoint by selecting slides, choosing a transition such as dissolve, fade, or blinds, and adjusting duration and optional sound. Apply to all slides if desired.

Select a slide object, apply an animation from the animations tab, and preview the effect in the slide window; use the animation pane to adjust start, timing, and order.