Course: PowerPoint Part 1

Learning PowerPoint can be beneficial for many reasons, including:

  • using it to create visually appealing presentations

  • communicate complex information effectively

  • enhance your credibility

  • engage your audience

Target Student: Anyone who wants to learn the basics of PowerPoint to create and work with presentations. The course is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge and skills that can be built upon.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, the learner will become familiar with the layout of PowerPoint and begin to work with creating slides, adding and editing text and running a slide show. Additionally, the learner will create tables to organize information and add pictures, icons and 3D models to increase audience engagement.

Prerequisites: Familiarity using a personal computer including a mouse and keyboard, comfort working in the Windows environment.

What you’ll learn in this course!

    • PowerPoint Screen Elements

    • Using Templates

    • Save, Close, Open a Presentation

  • Work with Slides

    • Insert Slides

    • Change Slide Layout

    • Duplicate, Move, Delete a Slide

  • Work with Text

    • Copy & Move

    • Spell Check & Thesaurus

    • Format Text

    • Using the Mini-Toolbar

    • Copy Formatting

    • Bulleted and Numbered Lists

    • Vertical Line Spacing

  • Modify a Presentation

    •  Themes

    • Headers and Footers

  • Run a Slide Show

    • Running a Slide Show Options & Tools

    • Transition Effects

  • Tables    

    • Insert a Table

    • Adjust Column Width and Row Height

    • Insert & Delete Rows & Columns

    • Format a Table

  • Pictures, Icons & 3D Models

    • Insert an Online Picture

    • Resize, Move & Crop & Format a Picture

    • Icons

    • 3D Models