Master the fundamentals of creating, organizing, and delivering professional presentations using PowerPoint. This foundational course teaches you how to construct and rearrange slides logically, format text for clarity and visual impact, incorporate drawing objects, and work confidently with graphical elements. You will learn to customize background settings, apply dynamic transition effects, generate speaker notes and audience handouts, and skillfully deliver polished presentations to audiences.
Course Lesson Structure:
Lesson 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint
- Navigating the PowerPoint user interface and workspace
- Viewing and navigating through multi-slide presentations
- Creating new presentations and mastering save procedures
- Using PowerPoint help resources effectively
Lesson 2: Developing Comprehensive Presentations
- Creating original slide presentations
- Editing and refining text content
- Working with and managing slide content
- Applying cohesive design principles
Lesson 3: Text Formatting
- Formatting text at the character level
- Formatting text at the paragraph level
Lesson 4: Adding and Arranging Visual Elements
- Inserting photographs and image files
- Creating and inserting geometric shapes
- Generating SmartArt diagrams
- Incorporating stock media, icons, and 3D models
- Sizing, grouping, and arranging visual objects
Lesson 5: Modifying Visual Elements
- Applying professional formatting to images
- Formatting and styling shapes
- Customizing SmartArt diagrams
- Applying effects to icons
- Formatting 3D models
- Creating object animations and effects
Lesson 6: Preparing for Presentation Delivery
- Reviewing your presentation for quality and accuracy
- Applying transition effects between slides
- Printing presentations or exporting to other formats
- Delivering your presentation to live audiences
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
