Course Overview
How do you grab and maintain an audience's focus when you're asked to present important information? By being clear, organized, and engaging. And, that is exactly what Microsoft PowerPoint can help students do. Today's audiences are tech savvy, accustomed to high-impact multimedia content, and stretched for time. By learning how to use the vast array of features and functionality contained within PowerPoint, students will gain the ability to organize their content, enhance it with high-impact visuals, and deliver it with a punch. In this course, students will use PowerPoint to begin creating engaging, dynamic multimedia presentations.
Note: Most Office 365 users perform the majority of their daily tasks using the desktop version of the Office software, so that is the focus of this training. The course material will also enable students to access and effectively utilize many web-based resources provided with their Office 365 subscription. This includes brief coverage of key skills for using PowerPoint for the Web and OneDrive. Helpful notes throughout the material alert students to cases where the online version of the application may function differently from the primary, desktop version. This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help students prepare for the PowerPoint Associate (Office 365 and Office 2019): Exam MO-300.
Who should attend
This course is designed for students who wish to gain a foundational understanding of PowerPoint that is necessary to create and develop engaging multimedia presentations.
Prerequisites
To ensure success in this course, students should have end-user skills with any current version of Windows, including being able to start programs, switch between programs, locate saved files, close programs, and access websites using a web browser.
Course Objectives
In this course, students will create and deliver an engaging PowerPoint presentation. After completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the basic features and functions of PowerPoint.
- Develop a PowerPoint presentation.
- Perform text formatting.
- Add and arrange graphical elements.
- Modify graphical elements.
- Prepare to deliver your presentation.
Follow On Courses
Outline: Microsoft PowerPoint for Office 365 (Desktop or Online): Part 1 (91147)
Module 1: Getting Started with PowerPoint
Lessons
- Navigate the PowerPoint Environment
- View and Navigate a Presentation
- Create and Save a Basic Presentation
- Navigate in PowerPoint for the Web
- Use PowerPoint Help
Module 2: Developing a PowerPoint Presentation
Lessons
- Create Presentations
- Edit Text
- Work with Slides
- Design a Presentation
Module 3: Formatting Text
Lessons
- Format Characters
- Format Paragraphs
Module 4: Adding and Arranging Graphical Elements
Lessons
- Insert Images
- Insert Shapes
- Create SmartArt
- Insert Icons and 3D Models
- Size, Group, and Arrange Objects
Module 5: Modifying Graphical Elements
Lessons
- Format Images
- Format Shapes
- Customize SmartArt
- Format Icons
- Format 3D Models
- Animate Objects
Module 6: Preparing to Deliver Your Presentation
Lessons
- Review Your Presentation
- Apply Transitions
- Print or Export a Presentation
- Deliver Your Presentation