Microsoft PowerPoint Masterclass

Introduction to PowerPoint Presentation

• What is Microsoft PowerPoint?
• Start PowerPoint
• Create a Presentation
• Save a Document
• Import a File
• The Status Bar
• Close a Presentation

Work with Presentations

• Open multiple Presentations
• Understand Presentation views
• Change Presentation views
• Switch between open Presentations
• Navigate a Presentation

Introduction to Format Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• Select a Slide Layout
• Add Text
• Add Text from a Text File or Word Outline
• Edit Text
• Format Text
• Format Text as WordArt
• Create Bulleted and Numbered Lists
• Format Text Placeholders
• Add Slides to a Presentation
• Arrange Slides

Introduction to Backstage View (The File Menu)

• Overview of the Backstage View
• Open a Presentation
• New Presentation and Presentation Templates
• Presentation Properties
• Adding Your Name to a Microsoft PowerPoint

Work with Images

• Add Images to a Slide
• Insert a Picture
• Insert Clip Art
• Capture and Insert a Snapshot
• Edit an Image
• Format Images
• Apply a Style and Crop an Image
• Group and Ungroup Images
• Arrange Images
• Add Shapes

Work with Tables and Charts

• Insert a Table
• Format Tables
• Import Tables from External Sources
• Insert a Chart
• Format a Chart
• Import Charts from External Sources

Work with SmartArt

• What is SmartArt?
• Insert a SmartArt Graphic
• Insert Text into SmartArt
• Add Shapes
• Promoting and Demoting Shapes
• Resize or Reposition SmartArt
• Apply a Color Scheme
• Apply a SmartArt Style

Apply Transition and Animation Effects

• Use a Transition Effect
• Modify a Transition Effect
• Use an Animation Effect
• Edit Animation Effects
• Use Transition and Animation Effects Review

Set up the Slide Show

• Setup a Custom Show
• Create a Hyperlink
• Add an Action Button
• Use Rehearse timings
• Make a presenter-independent slideshow
• Navigate within a slideshow
• Annotating a Presentation

Share and Secure a presentation

• Share a Presentation with a remote audience
• Embed the fonts
• Inspect the Presentation
• Package a Presentation for CD
• PowerPoint viewer
• Encryption of Presentation
• Add a Digital Signature
• Make a Presentation as final
• Granting permissions
• Compressing pictures
• Send Presentation in PDF format