Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (PPT201)

This course offers an extensive exploration of Microsoft PowerPoint 2019, perfect for companies looking to enhance their presentations through advanced tools and features. Whether you’re looking to train an entire team or an individual member seeking to refine their skills, this course ensures a comprehensive understanding of PowerPoint's capabilities, from customizing themes to managing multiple presentations.

You’ll start the course by learning about Customizing Presentations. This includes applying and customizing themes, setting default themes, and working with background styles. You’ll also explore adding footers, controlling page numbers, arranging, and printing sections. These lessons set the foundation for creating visually-appealing and organized presentations.

Next, we cover Presentation Masters. Here, you’ll work with the Slide Master, create and format slide layouts, and add elements like watermarks and slide numbers. You’ll also modify notes and handout masters, ensuring that your presentations maintain a consistent and professional look.

In the segment on Working with Special Effects, you’ll animate text and objects, explore motion paths, and utilize the Animation Painter. You'll also learn to set animation timing and animate charts, bringing a dynamic and engaging touch to your presentations.

We then introduce Using SmartArt, a feature that helps you visualize complex information. You’ll insert, modify, and resize SmartArt graphics, as well as format text and add shapes. These skills are essential for creating impactful and clear visual representations of data and processes.

The Multimedia portion of the course guides you through creating photo albums, adding sounds and videos, and editing media clips. Whether you're inserting a YouTube video or customizing a photo album, these lessons enhance your presentations with rich multimedia elements.

Next, you’ll learn about Setting up the Slide Show. You'll set up custom shows, create hyperlinks, add action buttons, and use rehearse timings. These skills will optimize your presentations for effective delivery and audience engagement.

In Outlines and Slides, you’ll discover how to export notes and handouts to Word, save presentations as outlines, and save slides as graphics. These features are useful for sharing and repurposing your presentation content in various formats.

We’ll then move on to Managing Multiple Presentations. This involves merging presentations, reusing slides, and tracking changes. You’ll learn to manage comments and review changes, ensuring smooth collaboration and version control within your team.

The course wraps up with Sharing and Securing a Presentation. You’ll learn to share presentations with remote audiences, embed fonts, and inspect presentations for metadata. Additional lessons on using comments, packaging for CD, and encrypting presentations ensure your content is secure and accessible to your intended audience.

By the end of this course, you’ll have mastered the advanced features of Microsoft PowerPoint 2019, enabling you to create sophisticated and interactive presentations. You'll be equipped to enhance your company’s communication and training efforts, producing professional presentations that captivate and inform your audience.

1. Customizing Presentations
   1. Applying a Theme
      1. Previewing and Selecting a Theme
      2. Customizing a Theme
      3. Saving a Custom Theme
      4. Setting a Default Theme
   2. Applying a Background Style
      1. Apply a Built-in Background Style
      2. Modify Slide Backgrounds
      3. Create and Apply a Background Style
   3. Adding a Footer
      1. Controlling Page Numbers
   4. Arranging and Printing Sections
      1. Using Sections
      2. Removing Sections
      3. Printing Sections
   5. Exercise: Adding a Background Image
2. Presentation Masters
   1. Working with the Slide Master
   2. Slide Layouts
      1. Create a Slide Layout
   3. Formatting Slide Masters and Layouts
   4. Adding a Watermark to Your Presentation
   5. Adding Slide Numbers Using the Slide Master
   6. Inserting a New Slide Master
   7. Preserving a Slide Master
   8. Modifying the Notes Master
   9. Modifying the Handout Master
   10. Adding a Header and Footer to Notes and Handouts
   11. Exercise: Using the Slide Master
3. Working with Special Effects
   1. Animating Text and Objects
   2. Motion Paths
      1. Morph Transition
   3. Working with the Animation Painter
   4. Setting Animation Timing
   5. Animating a Chart
      1. Zoom for PowerPoint
   6. Exercise: Applying Special Effects to a Presentation
4. Using SmartArt
   1. Inserting SmartArt Graphics
   2. Modifying SmartArt Graphics
   3. Resizing/Repositioning a SmartArt Object
      1. Resize a SmartArt Shape
      2. Reverse Direction
      3. Resize a SmartArt Graphic
      4. Reposition a SmartArt Graphic
   4. Inserting Text into a SmartArt Object
      1. Creating SmartArt from a List
   5. Formatting Text in a SmartArt Object
   6. Adding Shapes to a SmartArt Object
   7. Ungrouping SmartArt Objects
   8. Exercise: Working with SmartArt
5. Multimedia
   1. Creating a Photo Album
   2. Adding Captions
   3. Applying a Theme to Your Album
   4. Customizing an Album
   5. Exercise: Creating and Modifying a Photo Album
   6. Inserting Sounds and Video
   7. Inserting a Sound File
   8. Inserting a Video File
   9. Adjusting Media Window Size
   10. Inserting a YouTube Video
   11. Editing Media Clips
       1. Editing an Audio Clip
       2. Editing a Video Clip
       3. Link to External Media
   12. Exercise: Adding Video to a Presentation
6. Setting up the Slide Show
   1. Setting up a Custom Show
      1. Configuring Slide Show Resolution
   2. Creating a Hyperlink
   3. Adding an Action Button
   4. Jumping to Another Presentation
   5. Exercise: Presenting a Custom Show
   6. Using Rehearse Timings
   7. Navigating within a Slide Show
   8. Annotating a Presentation
   9. Recording a Slide Show
   10. Setting Up a Slide Show to Repeat Automatically
   11. Exercise: Preparing the Slide Show
7. Outlines and Slides
   1. Exporting Notes and Handouts to Word
      1. Setting Handout Print Options
   2. Exporting an Outline to Word
   3. Saving a Presentation as an Outline
   4. Saving a Slide as a Graphic
   5. Exercise: Exporting an Outline to Word
8. Managing Multiple Presentations
   1. Merging Multiple Presentations
   2. Reusing Slides from Other Presentations
   3. Viewing Multiple Presentations
   4. Tracking Changes in PowerPoint
      1. Discarding Changes from Specific Users
      2. Managing Comments
   5. Exercise: Reviewing Changes in PowerPoint
9. Sharing and Securing a Presentation
   1. Sharing a Presentation with a Remote Audience
   2. Embedding the Fonts in a Presentation
   3. Inspecting the Presentation
      1. Removing Presentation Metadata
   4. Using Comments
      1. Checking for Accessibility Issues
      2. Checking for Compatibility Issues
   5. Packaging a Presentation for CD
   6. Using the PowerPoint Viewer
   7. Exercise: Sharing a Presentation
   8. Encrypting a Presentation
   9. Adding a Digital Signature
   10. Marking a Presentation as Final
   11. Compressing Pictures
   12. Sending a Presentation in PDF Format
   13. Exercise: Securing a Presentation

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.

Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft PowerPoint class: